Lunar 7th Month Dinner

It's time to update my blog again on a Monday morning with all the kids back at shool. They would rotate among themselves round the clock when they are at home.

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Reminisces the Hungry Ghost Festival Dinner I had attended at my ex-kampung whilst I was a young teenager. My late-dad quit after paying $72 a year as my family had shifted out of Kim Chuan then to nearby Jln Waspada in Upper Paya Lebar. I slept over at my ex-neighbour's place that night. Wayang was very popular then but the live-band geitai was up-coming during that era.

I had walked over to watch the geitai when I happened to see the tenage set-up behind Villa Verde playground many years ago. After the ABC Plan along the Sungei Kadut, it's now held under the Kanji Flyover. I was expecting geitai when I was invited for the 7th month dinner but the getai is now held separately on the following weekend :-(. I went to Yew Tee Wet Market instead which is nearer when both geitai were on the same night. The dinner at wet market is also on different day now hence it's more spacious & without interference from the loud auction biddings.

The food at VV was good, better than at the K-Box that we had the day b4. I enjoyed the sharkfin soup, fresh steamed promfret & `or nee'. The landed property residents bidded very high for most of the `good luck' items & few paid cash on the spot. $3000 was donated Villa Verde NC for constructing a hardcourt to hold their events.