光棍节 was introduced in the morning radio show recently. I find this interesting cos it's very much related to my status now.
It's celebrated today, 11 November every year. Looking at the date 11.11, can guess what this celebration is all about ? Hehehe ... It's Singles Day !
Information from Wikipedia :
Singles' Day was initially celebrated at various universities in Nanjing during the 1990s, and originated from Nanjing University in 1993. It got the name Singles Day because the date consists of four "ones". These college students have since graduated, and carried the university tradition into society. The Singles Day has been largely popularized in the internet era and is now a special day for all fashionable youths.
The main way to celebrate Singles' Day is to have dinner with your single friends, but it's important that each person pay their own way to show their independence. Some send short messages or e-mails to their single friends to deliver their best wishes. People also hold 'blind date' parties in an attempt to bid goodbye to their single lives. Not every single is happy on this day. They may tease themselves for being still single as a university student. Some prefer to watch movies in a theatre. Some schools of a university would put forward a special program to gather singles together for celebration.
I find this funny :
For breakfast on Singles' Day, singles often eat four Youtiao (deep-fried dough sticks) representing the four "ones" in "11.11" and one Baozi (steamed stuffed bun) representing the middle dot.
Note to myself, to eat youtiao next year... Hehehehe ... So, to my friends who are still single, 光棍节快乐... Hope you all will find your happiness soon enough yeah .....
