Family Invasion!

08 Feb, 2008. 2nd day of the year of the rats.

Traditionally, it's a day of union of the family. So we had invited a few of our closest clan members for dinner.

I must give a big hand to my mom, she truly is an 'Iron Chef'. She has been in the kitchen cooking all day.

Suddenly, I feel like singing that " 世上只有媽媽好" song. (In this world, mother is the best).

The kitchen was quite messy :D But this is what a real kitchen is like. I bet if i tidy it up for mom, she won't be able to find her things to cook for us a hearty celebration meal! :)

Here are the some of the foods my mom made.

Steamed chicken, big pot of fortune and luck (橫財就手), curry chicken and oyster and sea weed congee which in chinese sounds like fortune and fulfillment (發財富足). :)


After dinner, it's even good time for the firework show on TV. Every year, we get to have a big firework show on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. Boom Boom Boom! :) Very exciting.

This year's new year gathering was only a small one. Most of the Elders in the Clan went to China so we didn't get to spend new year together. But smaller means less dishes to do, which is not at all a bad thing! :)

Oh! At the end of the dinner, I went and took a daily picture of the peach blossom's tree and surprisingly noticed that it has a twin trunk! (連理枝) which is a symbol of love and romance. :)


There's a Chinese poem by －白居易, 《長恨歌》 :

在天願作比翼鳥
在地願為連理枝
天長地久有時盡
此恨綿綿無絕期

It means the lovers wish to fly as birds together in the sky with their wings touching each others. On land, they wish to be the twin trunk which grows attached. Although the world of the living is bounded by the hands of time, their love survives eternity.

How romantic and touching.

Heh! Made me feel warm and fussy inside. :D



Disclaimer: In the process of this invasion, no family member of the LaBean Clan has been hurt in any way. No clan member's pictures are published to protect the identity of the innocence.
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