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| Sunday, January 25, 2009 |
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It feels so soon, and yet here we are celebrating yet another new year again, this time not with booze and fireworks but with mahjong and firecrackers. I swear that next time Chinese New Year rolls around, I'll go memorise a list of new year greetings so that I won't end up dumbfounded when someone asks for a unique greeting (since everyone's probably heard the cliche "新年快乐 万事如意" year after year already.) And also so that my relatives will be very very happy upon hearing that they have been blessed with good luck and will thus give much much angpao moolah. =D So I'll do my part and wish that your dreams will come true, and that everyone may be prosperous (despite the recession of course), have good health, tumbling fortunes, good results, a long life, many sons and daughters, many fishes year upon year and of course much payouts from the Resilience Package. And since it'll be 12 years before we can make this joke again, here goes: HAPPY 牛 YEAR!PS My dad received an email from a "fengshui queen" saying that it will be a tough year ahead because: Many countries would go into recession and hence unemployment, food matters, environment matters, natural disasters, accidents would be the key issues She also said that the events on 4 Feb (beginning of spring season on solar calender) will determine our fortune for the year ahead, so remember to kick some Vader ass on that day. And finally, in order to have more good luck and for your wealth to grow in 2009, you must throw lots of coins on your writing desk in the study room or anywhere in the living room, especially in my room as well. xD |
'Twas teh winnar at 11:22 pm.
