Tian Gong Dan

"boom!!boom!!!" The sound of fireworks farting in the air can be heard everywhere. Some ppl will wonder, why there are so many fireworks although today is not New Year? Well, today is the day whereby most of the chinese especially Hokkiens pray to the god ( tian gong ) .

before the clock hits 12am, some neighbours cant wait to play fireworks for celebration. At least we have free shows to watch. Everytime i see the fireworks were shot to the sky and "boom", there goes few hundred ringgits. The fireworks are nice of course, so who cares, not my money also.

Somehow tonite the matas are very efficient, i am impressed. After those superb fireworks tat are similar to those during New Year eve, I heard the siren and it is getting louder. Unconsciously i am nervous, dun get the wrong idea, i dint commit any crimes. Maybe it is because of the brainwashing during primary school about the righteous and just of matas and now it becomes a mark in my memory. Pity the neighbour for getting saman, but i dun think it is a big problem for them.

When the clock hits 12am, our family started to pray to the god after we had made all the necessary preparations. The prayers started with my father, followed by my mother, eldest bro, 2nd bro, me , youngest bro and my cousin. Basically tats all,lol.

Right now i am sitting in front of my pc with a glass of red wine in my hand and blogging, hmm not bad.

There are many versions about the origin of this "tian gong dan". One of them came during Qing dynasty whereby the resistance group tat stationed in Hokkien province was confronted by the Qing army and the civilians decided to hide in the sugarcane plantations in order to save themselves. They were safe in the 8th day according to the Chinese calender. Dun be surprise if u see some family put some sugarcane tonite. The other versions are just some stories made up by ppl.

"Huat la! Huat la!" I cant stop laughing when i heard this cuz my father and my neighbour were shouting out from nowhere. I guess they watch too much Singaporean movies,haha.

Thats a short post of mine for today, will try to blog more. Stay tuned..

ps: I wonder can i wake up later to work without feeling sleepy?