An early edition of chap goh meh ...

Hello! people ..!!

for those who don't know what is chap goh meh, we have a simple definition for all of you

*Chap Goh Meh literally means the fifteenth in the Chinese Lunar New Year

most of you would have thought that the celebration starts on the the 15th day it self

well you all might just have misses out on one of the celebrations for chap goh meh tonite
yes! a day early than the usual celebration at Chinese town hall

this event was organized by the Penang Chinese Town Hall (PCTH)annually every year in front of the town hall at Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling. The twist for this year was they held it a day early..

well this was actually to avoid the clashing with other similar events held on the 15th...

we know what you all must be thinking

" how to throw oranges into the sea from town hall ??"

right we all have thought of that question too...

the answer was right in front of our face when we got there ...

instead of throwing oranges into the salty sea the we're suppose to throw them in the wishing well

The wishing well has 4 sides and sections that will fulfill every body's needs

wealth, relationship, health and since the retrenching rate is going up they have one side for occupation too..!! just in case you just loose your job ..wish for a new and batter job ppl...

we take this event not just as an assessment or a celebration... but also as a contribution to charity

because you obviously don't bring your own Mandarin oranges there to make a wish .. we bought it there.

from the many volunteers there that was helping out selling Mandarin oranges to collect funds for the Foyi dialysis center, each donation is entitled to get an orange and the amount is up to individual.

we later also found out that the oranges thrown in the wishing well are recycled and used again .... instead to save cost and is batter for the environment

besides the wishing well they also have a wishing tree ... having the same concept of the "make a wish, make a change" fund collection of deserving patients at Adventist hospital.

anyone who make donation will receive a leaf where they can write down a wish and hang it on the wishing tree.

other programmes include :

• Lion dance and chinga perdormance


• Baba Johny and the Nyonya Belles


• Dance performance


• Drums Performance


• Dragon Dance


• Lion Kings vying on the 18 feet high rack

our thoughts after coming back form this even is that any celebration can also be charitable... and environmentally friendly

we don't need to always stick to the old traditions of throwing oranges in the sea ...

the concept of the wishing well is just as good ...

moreover in this way everybody is happy ..killing 3 birds with just 1 stone

1. we gotten a change to make our wish

2. at the same time doing some charity donation

3. we don't need to make our sea anymore dirty as it is ..

at the end of the day every1 were happy even the oranges ...

if you have missed out on yesterday's nite celebration is ok ! there always next year ..

but ..

remember to catch tomorrow's celebration at esplanade by our state government

go and join the fun!! whether if you're looking for your other half, or already found yours is an even not to be missed ..!!

see you there ...!