Today, sunshine is supposed to be at its weakest, and daylight the shortest. True enough, it was cloudy, gloomy and rainy all day today!
In Chinese, the Winter Solstice Festival is known as 'Ko Tong'. It simply means the end of a year, and the start of a new one.
Traditionally, family members get together for a meal and after that have 'tong yuen' or glutinous rice balls. Everyone is a year older after having a 'tong yuen'. Ha!
Our family has been following this tradition for as long as I can remember - have dinner and 'tong yuen'. This year we ate out because I was too busy to cook, actually, lazy to cook.
Mum usually buys the 'tong yuen' frozen from the supermarket, but this year my sis made them from scratch.
Happy 'Ko Tong' everyone!
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