端午节快乐！ 端午节为每年农历五月初五，主要习俗有吃粽子和划龙船。端午节的由来与传说很多，不过唯一一个深入我脑的，只有屈原的故事。 （截至中国互联网新闻中心）据《史记》“屈原贾生列传”记载，屈原，是春秋时期楚怀王的大臣。他倡导举贤授能，富国强兵，力主联齐抗秦，遭到贵族子兰等人的强烈反对，屈原遭馋去职，被赶出都城，流放到沅、湘流域。他在流放中，写下了忧国忧民的《离骚》、《天问》、《九歌》等不朽诗篇。 公元前278年，秦军攻破楚国京都。眼看自己的祖国被侵略，屈原心如刀割，但是始终不忍舍弃自己的祖国，于五月五日，在写下了绝笔作《怀沙》之后，抱石投汨罗江身死，以自己的生命谱写了一曲壮丽的爱国主义乐章。 传说屈原死后，楚国百姓哀痛异常，纷纷涌到汨罗江边去凭吊屈原。渔夫们划起船只，在江上来回希望打捞他的身体。有位渔夫拿出饭团、鸡蛋等食物丢进江里，觉得说是让鱼龙虾蟹吃饱了，就不会去咬屈大夫的身体了。 人们见后纷纷仿效。一位老医师则拿来一坛雄黄酒倒进江里，说是要药晕蛟龙水兽，以免伤害屈大夫。后来为怕饭团为蛟龙所食，人们想出用楝树叶包饭，外缠彩丝，发展成棕子。 以后，在每年的五月初五，就有了龙舟竞渡、吃粽子、喝雄黄酒的风俗；以此来纪念爱国诗人屈原。 我是个粽子迷，年轻时可以一整天都吃粽子，一餐三粒粽子也难不倒我。。。可惜现在年纪不小了，粽子里的糯米飯不好消化，一天极限只可以吃两粒。现在有点担心，新加坡的小孩近年越来越“洋化”，许多小孩华语也不大会说（Kpo Kia 是其中一个！），也不关心传统文化（也许读书压力真的太大了？），若干年后，他们会知道为什么要吃粽子吗？说不定到时，他们还会以粽子不健康，连碰也不碰了。 想想我还是最好多跟Kpo Kia说华语，说传统故事，希望她别失了“根”。毕竟是华人，现在的一口“洋腔华语”，有时真的吃不消，哈哈！Kpo Kia 的爷爷奶奶都不会华语，家人大多跟我的教女方式又不一致，只有我一个“热脸”，不晓得有没有办法教好，祝我好运吧！ Happy Dragon Boat Festival! Dragon Boat Festival (also known as Dumpling Festival) falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of lunar calendar every year, Chinese usually eat dumpling and have dragon boat racing on this …
FIFA World Cup Tournament is here for all football fans!
The World Cup Tournament Fair will run on 24 June 18 (Sunday) and all football fans are welcome to join the competition and put your FIFA skills into good use! All participants will be playing on the PlayStation 4 in the FIFA 18’s World Cup mode which was released by …
Product Review: Stickerkid label
This is a super backlog post which I promised myself to put up during my break (which somehow still didn’t happened). 🙂 When Kpo Kia is around 5 months old, my in law was unable to take care of her temporarily so we have to put her up with a …
Cartoon Network Animate Your Life At Gardens by the Bay
I always believe that inside every adult is the heart of a child. Having a child especially makes me eager to see things from her pair of eyes, and always on an lookout for fun activities around us in Singapore. Image credit: Cartoon Network Glad to know that Cartoon Network …
More Disney Tsum Tsum Collectibles with MAGNOLIA
Milk provide us with calcium and protein for growth and strong bones. With the introduction of the ever popular characters from DISNEY TSUM TSUM, the nutritional glass of milk as been made ever more attractive! Earlier this year, MAGNOLIA celebrated a Tsum-tastic start to 2018 with the eye-catching DISNEY TSUM …
Launch of revolutionary breakthrough technology, Varilux(R) X Series™ from Essilor
Essilor has launched its latest innovation to enhance the visual experience of presbyopes – going one step further in understanding the evolving needs of wearers and putting them at the heart of its innovation process. Group designers have focused efforts on improving vision at arm’s length – reflecting the multitude …
Reminder of the day
Saw this on facebook: I was once again reminded why I started and maintained this blog, and felt a bit disappointed that I have been detoured along the way. I have wanted to sharpen my photography skill, but what I see, is it’s getting blunter than before. Hope it can …
All-in-One Affordable Blooms from A Better Florist
Singapore is the place where you can basically find whatever you want, in every niche or industry that you think of. The same goes for flower shops; there’s one on every corner and it takes a lot to surprise Singaporeans and make them stay true to one business only. This …
Café Asia 2018, the International Coffee & Tea Industry Expo 2018, and Sweets and Bakes Asia 2018
Café Asia 2018, the International Coffee & Tea (ICT) Industry Expo 2018, and Sweets and Bakes Asia (SBA) 2018 has been concurrently offer a one-stop convenient sourcing hub for the food and beverage industry since 2013. Café Asia has been featuring distributors and suppliers of equipment, machinery, accessories, and other …
The Best Service of Little Flower Hut
You want to send flowers cheap, but you don’t want to send cheap flowers; it is important for you to notice the difference. There are some ways you can do to send the best flowers at a cheap cost, and that includes finding the best online florist! A few days …