Tossing for love and good fortune (Poll Inside)


Social networking: Lim (left) and Kung (in red) among the group that tried their ‘luck’ at tossing mandarin oranges into the sea on the eve of Chap Goh Meh at Persiaran Karpal Singh. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Although you may have a better chance of finding your soulmate through social media than throwing a mandarin orange with your name and number scrawled on it, a group of friends here is not letting the tradition fade away.

Even Evonne Lim, 38, who is married, wants to join in on the frolic. Instead of hoping for soulmates, she penned a different wish on the mandarin orange.

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