A young boy from abroad visited a hawker centre to try Singapore’s famous food. He ordered 5 different dishes with their own unique local characteristics. Suddenly, something strange happened. His body started to grow uncontrollably every time he took a bite. It turns out everything was just a dream!

Xiao Cheng’s Grandma hand was injured and Xiao Cheng did his best to help her during this inconvenient period. He tried soothing Grandma’s wound every night, helping to wash her dishes and clothes, and buying a new pair of gloves for her.

While her wound did not heal, Grandma was moved by Xiao Cheng’s considerate and heart-warming behaviour.

Little Mouse Le Le went to the city in search of a mouth-watering bowl of Bak Kut Teh, in order to nourish Grandpa Mouse’s thinning body.

When Le Le found the Bak Kut Teh, she attempted to take it away secretly, but was caught red-handed by the boss of the shop. After Le Le’s remorseful pleading and explanation, the boss was moved by his filial piety and decided to pass down his secret Bak Kut Teh family recipe to her.

As he was teaching Le Le, the boss also explained the history and development of the dish. Armed with the knowledge of Bak Kut Teh, Le Le hurried back to Mouse City to cook the dish for her grandfather. A few weeks later, Grandpa Mouse slowly recuperated and recovered.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, a little boy and his family were spring cleaning and preparing the offerings in celebration of the Heaven God’s birthday.

He was intrigued by one of the offerings, a sugar cane. His father took the chance to tell him about the tales and traditions of the Heaven God’s birthday, including the worship rituals and offerings involved in the celebration. Eventually, the boy understood more about this traditional practice.

One day, a teacher took her students on a learning journey to the National Museum of Singapore. Suddenly, one of the little girls saw a middle-aged lady wearing a red headscarf and this made her curious.

After an explanation by her teacher, the young girl learnt that the middle-aged lady with a red headscarf was known as a Samsui woman, who played an important part in the history of Singapore, especially in the construction of many famous buildings and monuments in Singapore.

On Le Le’s 7th birthday, he wanted to do something special for his parents, so he volunteered to order drinks for his family at the coffee shop. When Le Le was queueing up in line to get his drinks, he overheard other customers using special drink names that he has never heard of. Le Le, who was perplexed by these ‘strange’ drink names, ran back to his seat to ask Dad what was going on.

Dad proceeded to explain the origins of these special drink names and terms to Le Le. After listening, he found these names very amusing. That day, Le Le became not only a year older, but also a year wiser.

Wei Wei was prejudiced against foreign workers while she was on a train with her father, due to their sloppy attire. Her father then took this opportunity to share about her grandfather’s experience as a Nanyang Chinese.

Wei Wei then understood the hardships her grandfather went through when he left his hometown, and realised how the foreign workers were in the same predicament as her grandfather in the past. She developed a deep admiration for the hard work and perseverance of her grandfather and had a newfound understanding and appreciation of foreign workers. She would even greet them kindly to show her respect for them.

During a young boy’s first experience celebrating Chinese New Year, he accompanied his cousin to visit their grandmother. They offered her mandarin oranges, ate a variety of uniquely Singaporean New Year food, and proclaimed auspicious phrases while tossing the yusheng. This made his first Chinese New Year experience in Singapore meaningful and memorable.

While humans celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on Earth, the Jade Rabbit and his family were also celebrating it on the moon! Since they were on the moon itself and cannot admire the moon in the sky, they decided to ‘admire’ the humans who were celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival on Earth instead.

They prepared riddles, carrot tea, carrot mooncakes, and carrot-shaped lanterns for the occasion. During the celebration, Jade Rabbit and his family suddenly recalled the task Chang’e had asked them to do. Read the story to find out more!

According to Singaporean Chinese New Year customs, relatives and friends would gather to toss yusheng on the seventh day of the first lunar month. The young boy did not understand the tradition and mistook the shredded vegetables for noodles, almost finishing all the raw fish before the elders could toss the yusheng.

Fortunately, the elders in the family patiently explained the tradition to the young boy and answered his questions. He finally learnt about the lohei tradition.