Chap Goh Mei represents the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period as celebrated by Chinese migrant communities. The term is from the Hokkien dialect and literally means the fifteenth day of the first month.
Last night we had our Chap Goh Mei family dinner at my aunt's place. The 15th day of the Chinese New Year celebration actually falls on today 09th February 2009 but due to the hectic Monday schedules, we fixed a day earlier to celebrate the occasion together with the whole family. It was really fun, giving away Angpows and mandarin oranges... everyone loves gathering especially with the families ;-) The food was all delicious some more a BIG pot of delicious soup...wah..lapar balik ingat ni tau... Anyway, looking at the food here makes me wanna sit and enjoy the food again hehehe.. Oh there was Lion Dance performance too :-D by my girls ( Ruth and Cynthia ). I couldn't take any pix of them, my camera out of batt.