It has been 2 days since we had taken over the keys to our new home. But as according to Ben's mother, we could only enter the house on an auspicious date and time which is today.
Filled with excitement, I couldn't sleep well the night before. My mother was telling us that according to Chinese customs, we should buy a pineapple, a "fa gao" and some oranges to place in the house when we first enter. We should also burn some offerings to the "Tu Di Gong" a.k.a. "Earth God" to pray for safety at the void deck. The pineapple should be rolled into the house following with a shout of "huat" to pray for good fortune for the house and occupants. The "fa gao" should be placed beside the pineapple after the carrier had said "huat" 3 times. Then according to Ben's mother, we should bring two red colour bamboo sticks tied at the front, center and rear with red strings, and the person carrying it would enter the house first and placed them in the kitchen. This is to create an illusion that there are people staying in the house so that there will not be any "dirty things" coming to the house. Every corner in the house will also be scattered with green beans and tea leaves for that same effect.
So we went to our house at 10am. Although we are not that superstitious, we rather believe than to regret in future. We followed what our mothers had told us and decided to combine the two customs. I have listed down what we had done in the house:
1. I opened the metal gate and door and Ben shouted "Huat ah" as he rolled the pineapple on the floor. It landed nicely just before the grey TV platform. Yeah it's a "X"!
2. Ben carried in the two tied red colour bamboo sticks and placed them in the kitchen.
3. I brought in the "fa gao" and said "huat" 3 times.
4. We placed the oranges beside the pineapple and Ben's mother went around the unit to scatter the green beans and tea leaves. After that, she placed the remaining green beans beside the oranges.
Ben's mother then instructed Ben to sweep the floor and to clear the things 3 days later, which is on 22 September. Ben had brought along his measuring tape and floorplan and we measured the dimensions of the washing machine and fridge platform. We also did a rough measurement of the dining table and sofa.
After all that had been done, we left the house and went to Bukit Gombak Central for lunch. Ben treated us for lunch. After our meal, we went around to shop for the cleaning devices for the house.
I had wanted to shop for furniture but we put off the idea as we were tired already. Well, we finally have our own HOME at long last! :-)
Filled with excitement, I couldn't sleep well the night before. My mother was telling us that according to Chinese customs, we should buy a pineapple, a "fa gao" and some oranges to place in the house when we first enter. We should also burn some offerings to the "Tu Di Gong" a.k.a. "Earth God" to pray for safety at the void deck. The pineapple should be rolled into the house following with a shout of "huat" to pray for good fortune for the house and occupants. The "fa gao" should be placed beside the pineapple after the carrier had said "huat" 3 times. Then according to Ben's mother, we should bring two red colour bamboo sticks tied at the front, center and rear with red strings, and the person carrying it would enter the house first and placed them in the kitchen. This is to create an illusion that there are people staying in the house so that there will not be any "dirty things" coming to the house. Every corner in the house will also be scattered with green beans and tea leaves for that same effect.
So we went to our house at 10am. Although we are not that superstitious, we rather believe than to regret in future. We followed what our mothers had told us and decided to combine the two customs. I have listed down what we had done in the house:
1. I opened the metal gate and door and Ben shouted "Huat ah" as he rolled the pineapple on the floor. It landed nicely just before the grey TV platform. Yeah it's a "X"!
2. Ben carried in the two tied red colour bamboo sticks and placed them in the kitchen.
3. I brought in the "fa gao" and said "huat" 3 times.
4. We placed the oranges beside the pineapple and Ben's mother went around the unit to scatter the green beans and tea leaves. After that, she placed the remaining green beans beside the oranges.
Ben's mother then instructed Ben to sweep the floor and to clear the things 3 days later, which is on 22 September. Ben had brought along his measuring tape and floorplan and we measured the dimensions of the washing machine and fridge platform. We also did a rough measurement of the dining table and sofa.
After all that had been done, we left the house and went to Bukit Gombak Central for lunch. Ben treated us for lunch. After our meal, we went around to shop for the cleaning devices for the house.
I had wanted to shop for furniture but we put off the idea as we were tired already. Well, we finally have our own HOME at long last! :-)
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