 NST - 18 Feb '07 - PENANG: Chinese New Year reunion dinners have always been extra special for 75-year-old Loo Hong Bee. She gets to celebrate them in true muhibah spirit at her home in Taman Sri Nibong in Sungai Nibong here. Her youngest daughter Chan Poh Leng, 40, is married to Yazid Misnan, 40, while her eldest Poh Yin, 50, is married to R. Balasingam, 54. Yazid, an industrial relations manager, who stays in nearby Sungai Ara, came with a cake and on it was the Chinese character ’fu’ (meaning prosperity) for the occasion. Balasingam, a project manager who lives in Taiping, was also there. “Yazid’s children study in Chinese schools so they speak to me in either Mandarin or Cantonese. As for Balasingam’s children, they speak fairly good Cantonese,” she said. On food preparation, Loo said each family brings a variety of fishballs and other steamboat favourites like crabsticks and stuffed tau kua. No beef or pork is served. “I am proud to have a muhibah family and feel happy celebrating with them,” said Loo.
This is nice to see. Kong Hee Fatt Choy .. Gong Xi Fa Chai ... |
