Claypot Yam Noodles

Ulu Yam Loh mee

Kow York Mee Hoon

Cooking Wine chicken

Fried Spring Rolls

Fish cakes

Hometown Sweet Potatoes Leaves

All of the dishes are delicious except for the meehoon which is a bit too salty. For 10paxs, the billed for foods and drinks came up to RM105.00.

I got this from an email. This is how to do "Lo Hei" the Christian way when you eat Yee Sang during this Chinese New Year.


Ingredients for a Christian " Lo Hei " to the theme of " Praise the Lord "


Red envelope which contains pepper
" Praise the Lord, for peppering us with your loving kindness "


Green envelope which contains five-spice powder
" Praise the Lord, for accepting our labor as a fragrant offering to His plan "


Fish
" Praise the Lord, for the grace of God to be fishers of men "


Oil
" Praise the Lord, for the oil that keeps us burning in this fight of faith "
or
" Praise the Lord, for anointing us with the oil of joy " ( Psalm 45:7 )


Plum Sauce
" Praise the Lord, for the sweetness of your Words ……
sweeter than honey to my mouth " ( Ps 119:103 )


Crackers
" Praise the Lord, for the street of pure gold
that you have prepared for us to live in eternity." ( Rev 21:21 )

2008 CHINESE NEW YEAR & LOSAR GREAT PRAYER FESTIVAL @ LDC, a most meaningful way to start the celebration of the Chinese New Year. Daily Prayers stretching the duration of the period to enhance wealth, improve health and remove obstacles, will bring you prosperity and a happy new year.

A real TREAT will be the Chenrezig / Kuan Yin Sand Mandala to be constructed by the nuns from Kachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery (Kopan Nunnery) Kathmundu, Nepal. It is established that just by seeing the Sand Mandala will bring you great purification of negative karma and actualise the realisation of the path to enlightenment. Mandala is Sanskrit for circle, polygon, community, connection.
The Mandala is a symbol of man or woman in the world, a support for the meditating person.
The mandala is often illustrated as a palace with four gates, facing the four corners of the Earth.
The Mandala shown here is connected with the Buddha Vajrasattva, who symbolises the original crystalline purity.
In the centre is a lotus blossom with eight petals, resting on a bed of jewels.
In the next place are the walls of the palace with gates towards the four corners of the earth.
The gates are guarded by four angry doorkeepers.
Before the meditating person arrives at the gates, she must, however, pass the four outer circles: the purifying fire of wisdom, the vajra circle, the circle with the eight tombs, the lotus circle.

The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean "circle," a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself--a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds.

Describing both material and non-material realities, the mandala appears in all aspects of life: the celestial circles we call earth, sun, and moon, as well as conceptual circles of friends, family, and community.

"The integrated view of the world represented by the mandala, while long embraced by some Eastern religions, has now begun to emerge in Western religious and secular cultures. Awareness of the mandala may have the potential of changing how we see ourselves, our planet, and perhaps even our own life purpose."
(From Mandala: Journey to the Center, by Bailey Cunningham)

They are many do and dont’s during Chinese New Year if we followed very closely to the traditional Chinese traditions and cultures.

This do and dont’s was shared with us by Master Lyn Yap last and I believe this will be applicable on every Chinese New Year which are a part of our Chinese tradition practised by most chinese all over the world -

1) Do a spring cleaning before the lunar new year so as to welcome the new “qi” (good fortune) to come into your house

2) Hang lunar new year decorations like “red” things in the house – it can be a red banner, red trays etc to welcome the new year -

3) Wear red for the first 3 days of the lunar new year

4) Go to the bank and deposit money in the first 15 days of the lunar new year -

5) Speak or say only “good words” for the first 3 day of the lunar new year -

6) Paste a paper “chai sen yeh” usually red on the wall to invite good fortune -

7) It is good luck to do a donation during the first 15 days of Chinese New Year -

Paint your nails red - Switch on all the lights for one hour on Chinese New Year eve -

9) Take all the auspicious sounding food like fish and “yu sheng”, black moss etc -

10) During the lunar new year – every household should have a candy tray which is usually round to mean “togetherness” -

11) The candy tray should have :
a) black melon seeds – meaning growth and good health
b) red melon seeds – meaning joy and happiness
c) red dates – meaning many children and good fortune
d) peanuts – meaning long life
e) sweets – meaning sweetness
f) pine apple tarts – meaning good luck

12) All debts should be paid before the lunar new year
arrives -

Here are the DON”TS for the lunar new year - (between 1st to 15th day of the lunar new year)

1) Do not eat “sour plums” -
Otherwise, it is going to be a sour year.

2) Do not shed tears during the first 15 years of the lunar new year -

3) Do not loose temper or even shout or scream or get involve in any quarrels, the first 15 days of the lunar new year -

4) Do not go and cut your hair the first 15 days of the lunar new year -

5) Do not lend people money -

6) Do not wear black on the first day of the lunar new year -

7) Do not sweep the floor the first 15 days of the lunar new year -

Do not trim or pluck your eyebrow -

9) Do not visit the clinics or hospitals the first 15 days of the lunar new year -

10) Do not move house or visit funerals or go to the police station -

11) Do not spend a big sum of money away like buying a new house in the first 15 days of the lunar new year -

12) Do not travel on the first day of the lunar new year -

13) Do not go to dark places -

14) Do not use a pair of scissors/knifes to cut anything during the 1st 3 days of the lunar new year -