Fortune Telling

I am not sure whether this is common among the Chinese but whenever a child celebrated his/her first birthday, there are normally a ceremony where the child is required to pick something that will tell you a bit of the child's future. So they say....

This is how we do it for Yiyi. We actually put a few items in front of Yiyi for her to pick. These items were suppose to represent the career path she will take or something that will be of interest to her. In the olden days, people put items like tailor's ruler/scissor, book, pen etc. If the child picked the ruler, it means the child is more towards fashion. If the child picked the book, it means the child will become a teacher, or academician. If the child picked the pen, it means the child will become a writer. You got the idea....

So my father looked for a few items for Yiyi to pick. He got a book (which apparently is Yiyi's favourite book), a pencil, an apple that represent food, her new shoes that represent fashion and clothing, and an angpow that represents money, and arranged them in that order from right to left. We laid these items on one end of a matress, and put Yiyi down on the other. Yiyi started to crawl towards these items, heading towards the shoes (in the middle). She touched it for a second, then turned towards the book. She flipped the book open,while the other hand reached for the pencil, and waved it above her head. So, a book and a pencil!! What does that mean?? Will she become a teacher? An academician? A professor? I hope not a journalist in Jalan Riong!! kekekeke.....

Only time will tell....