Beware of “Hidden” Calories during the CNY hor. Holiday gatherings & eating go hand in hand — dat’s y most people gain those xtras. This extras often lingers past d holidays & can lead to gradual weight gain over d years………………..OMG!
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OMG!
Posted in Mind & Body, tagged beware, calories, CNY, eating, gain, gatherings, gradual, hidden, holiday, lingers, weight, xtras on Friday, January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beauty Of Chinese Characters
Posted in Beauty In & Out, tagged affection, Ai - love, auspicious, Cai - wealth, De - virtue, Fu - Blessing, Good Fortune, Good Luck, He - harmonious, Ji - lucky, Lu - Prosperity, Mei - beautiful, money, moral, pretty, propitious, Shou - Longevity, Xi - Happiness on Friday, January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fu – Blessing, Good Fortune, Good Luck
Lu – Prosperity
Shou – Longevity
Xi – Happiness
Cai – wealth, money
He – harmonious
Ai – love, affection
Mei – beautiful, pretty
Ji – lucky, auspicious, propitious
De – virtue, moral
Carrying On The Important Tradition………..
Posted in Just Thoughts, tagged Chinese New Year, CNY, devotion, dinner, eve, family, festive, filial piety, important, occasion, parents, prevail, represents, respects, reunion, spirit, throughout, tradition on Friday, January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On CNY’s Eve, every family holds a grand reunion dinner attended by all family members from near and far. They come to pay their respects to their parents and demonstrate their filial piety and devotion. This reunion dinner is a very important tradition. May the spirit of Chinese New Year and all that it represents [...]
Tray Of Togetherness
Posted in Dine, Wine & Unwind, tagged candy melon, close, CNY, coconut, compartment, customary, dishes, eight, family, fertility, gold, good health, good sons, growth, guests, happiness, honesty, joy, kumquat, logan, longevity, lotus seeds, lychee nut, melon seeds, nuts, octagonal, peanuts, plastic, porcelain, prosperity, red, relationship, relatives, rosewood, round, sincerity, sweets, symbolic, tea, tray, Tray of Togetherness, treats, unity, visiting, wood on Friday, January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When visiting relatives during the CNY, it’s customary for them to offer guests tea, along with a round or octagonal tray filled with a variety of treats, from nuts to sweets. This is known as the Tray of Togetherness.
Traditionally, the tray was made of wood, with eight interior dishes of porcelain, but nowadays [...]
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