Sunday, February 28, 2010

Chap Goh Meh

Alas, the Chinese New Year celebration has come to an end. The 28 February marks the 15th and final day of the Chinese New Year. On this day, Chinese girls will head to the seafront or maybe nowadays anywhere where there is a pool of water to "toss mandarin oranges" into the water. It is believed that by doing so, the girls will be able to find a suitor and do not have to end up a spinster.


How do the girls not end up being spinsters just by throwing mandarin oranges into the water? Well, the eligible bachelors will scoop up the mandarin oranges from the water and then somehow miraculously scout out the girl that threw it. In order for that to happen I suppose the girls would have to write down their contact details on the mandarin oranges. Or better still, get tech advanced and attach some GPS to the mandarin oranges for easy tracking.


Wouldn't it be easier to just give the mandarin orange directly to the person that catches the eye rather than throwing it into the sea and having the mandarin oranges mixed up with others? Besides, the only people that would be able to scoop out the mandarin oranges from the water would most probably be fishermen. Which CEO, CFO, COO, doctor, accountant, lawyer, engineer, architect or businessman would go to the sea to fish out oranges? Besides, if no one scoops out the mandarin oranges from the sea then that would be pollution now wouldn't it? Turtles might choke on the mandarin oranges and die as a result. Then we would indirectly be killing the already endangered species.


Anyway, back to the mandarin orange tossing. Nowadays, not only mandarin oranges are tossed into the sea (or water). An article in the papers states that bananas are being tossed into the sea by single men apart from the usual oranges by girls. Not too sure whether other variants of fruits will have the same effect as mandarin oranges. As I keep mentioning throughout this entry, mandarin orange are used because it is the norm to toss mandarin oranges and not oranges. I suppose since it's a celebration on the final day of Chinese New Year, it is only right to use the Chinese fruit. Maybe it could be because there are leftover mandarin oranges from Chinese New Year, so might as well put them to good use {laughs}. Smart thinking the Chinese have there. Being thrift.


So single ladies, prepare your mandarin oranges and head to the nearest seafront or pool of water and try your luck on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. Suitors not guaranteed. Happy Chinese Valentine's Day and Chap Goh Meh.



*Don't ask me who came up with this whole mandarin orange tossing thing. I don't know and I am not the one that created this.

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