Pic taken at Sunway Pyramid during CNY2008‘CHAP GOH MEH’ meaning the ‘15th NIGHT’ marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebration and the first full moon of the New Year. . It was also the equivalent of ‘VALENTINE NIGHT’ for the Chinese in the olden days.
Back then, instead of roses, teddy bears, candies and a quiet hand-holding( maybe further) romantic night just for two, this night was more like a night where the normally shy amoi-damsels who were strictly not allowed to go out at night, less socialize with the opposite sex, gets their ‘ANNUAL LICENSE’ to do just that!! Tam Ka liao!!!
This means that they can all ‘go out to wet’ & ‘khow chye’(flirt with boys) all night long and ‘no diuu’ be bothered about the next door nosy aunty bitch going yakety-yak-yak around the village!
This is the night where the single amois would go throwing mandarin oranges into the sea believing that it would bring them a good husband as the saying in Hokkien goes,
“THIM KUM, KEH HO ANG”.
But….Wait!!! Before you girls dash to get your mandarin oranges to try it out, let me give you the Latest Revised Edition of this practice which is more economical and brings even better results!
Here's how you go about it.....All you need are just 2 small rocks (instead of mandarins) to throw into the river/sea, but first make sure there’s no one in the water having a night swim. If not, the only person u get is a dead swimmer!
As you throw the first rock, you say,
“THIM CHEOK THAU, KEH ENN TAU”
(throw rock, marry handsome wan)
As you throw the 2nd rock you say,
“ THIM CHEOK THAU, KEH CHIP ANG MOR LAU”
(throw rock, marry into a big house…rich-rich hubby lor)
See? It's so easy..just for 2 rocks you 'll get a rich& handsome hubby!!! But the problem here is ... you are probably missing the boat reading this a bit too late liao! hahaha!!
I have yet to come out with an edited version for guys.(Sorlee to disappoint guys like AaronWoolala and JJ!) Be patient la, maybe at the mean time, you guys try throwing RM50 notes…sure works wan!
HAPPY CHAP GOH MEH TO ALL!
Back then, instead of roses, teddy bears, candies and a quiet hand-holding( maybe further) romantic night just for two, this night was more like a night where the normally shy amoi-damsels who were strictly not allowed to go out at night, less socialize with the opposite sex, gets their ‘ANNUAL LICENSE’ to do just that!! Tam Ka liao!!!
This means that they can all ‘go out to wet’ & ‘khow chye’(flirt with boys) all night long and ‘no diuu’ be bothered about the next door nosy aunty bitch going yakety-yak-yak around the village!
This is the night where the single amois would go throwing mandarin oranges into the sea believing that it would bring them a good husband as the saying in Hokkien goes,
“THIM KUM, KEH HO ANG”.
But….Wait!!! Before you girls dash to get your mandarin oranges to try it out, let me give you the Latest Revised Edition of this practice which is more economical and brings even better results!
Here's how you go about it.....All you need are just 2 small rocks (instead of mandarins) to throw into the river/sea, but first make sure there’s no one in the water having a night swim. If not, the only person u get is a dead swimmer!
As you throw the first rock, you say,
“THIM CHEOK THAU, KEH ENN TAU”
(throw rock, marry handsome wan)
As you throw the 2nd rock you say,
“ THIM CHEOK THAU, KEH CHIP ANG MOR LAU”
(throw rock, marry into a big house…rich-rich hubby lor)
See? It's so easy..just for 2 rocks you 'll get a rich& handsome hubby!!! But the problem here is ... you are probably missing the boat reading this a bit too late liao! hahaha!!
I have yet to come out with an edited version for guys.(Sorlee to disappoint guys like AaronWoolala and JJ!) Be patient la, maybe at the mean time, you guys try throwing RM50 notes…sure works wan!
HAPPY CHAP GOH MEH TO ALL!
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