Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Ren Ri

Today is the seventh day of the first chinese lunar month, - the day of man (ren ri). This meant it is everybody's birthday today. In Singapore and Malaysia, it is common to celebrate this day by tossing the colourful salad and wished for wealth and prosperity.
For full story and origins of Yusheng, you can view my food blog.

9 comments:

Isadora said...

:) This looks like a fun and healthy celebration.

Jules said...

Hi Alice - so nice to be back and to catch up with all the goings on in Singapore!!!

This salad looks great even though I don't have much of an appetite yet!!!

Tom said...

Happy Birthday to one and all.. I really enjoyed this post and catching up on your othrs... I've ben slacking in my visits this last few days... sorry. I do like the look of the clogs, I had a pair of work clogs when I worked in the Dairy..very comfortable but heavy

quintarantino said...

So it's my birthday and everybody else's birthday? Wow, that's nice.

Dave said...

Alice... All the best for wealth and prosperity! :-)

alice said...

So, happy birthday to you...and me!

alicesg said...

Thank you for all the wishes. Happy birthday to you all too.:)

Keropokman said...

we tossed yu sheng for our office lunch too yesterday! hehe... it was fun ya..

Squirrel said...

i like this idea--it is everybody's birthday