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Thursday, December 07, 2006

St. Andrew Day

30th of November is an St. Andrew Day for Scotland and it's being celebrated all around the world. Want to know some history of Scotland ? The flag of Scotland is actually representing the Cross of St. Andrew who was a fisherman in Galilee(now part of Israel) along with his elder brother Simon Peter (Saint Peter). Both became followers (apostles) of Jesus Christ, founder of the Christian religion. Fooohh...related to Christianity in a way.

Anyway, St. Andrew is said to have been responsible for spreading the tenets of the Christian religion through Asia Minor and Greece. Tradition suggests that St. Andrew was put to death by the Romans in Patras, Southern Greece by being pinned to a cross (crucified). The diagonal shape of this cross is said to be the basis for the Cross of St. Andrew which appears on the Scottish Flag. The following shows the Cross of St. Andrew in Scotland flag.

Scotland flag(represents the Cross of St. Andrew).

Since everyone is celebrating St. Andrew day, my manager invited me and my colleagues to his house for a so-called party. He promised me to cook haggis ! oohhh...my irresistible haggis ! ...and only beers allow for that night. Just joking, we had coffee and cakes after the meals :p

Some photos to share...

Hhmmm...good Tennents, it tastes great ! though I am not a drinker but I am sort of fallen in love with Tennents.
Paul and William, say "cheese"~ kar chiak !

After looking at the photo of my own, I was on diet for 2 days and I "was" back to normal for another 3 days . Sigh...

Foods...

on your mark, get set...Go !!

Haggis !! yeay, mission completed.

That's about it folks ! Cheers everybody !

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