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02-08-2005, 07:35 AM
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| | | Happy New Year GameBanshee!
Chinese New year is still a few hours away for those who invented it, but better early than late! *happy*
Holidays started on Monday, though officially the Chinese New Year starts at 00:00 on the 9th of Februrary, Beijing time.
Chinese New Year is always a happy time for kids and half-kids like me. We get to bother relatives whom we rarely see and rob them blind, stuff ourselves full of sweets, and enjoy to the full the holiday.
This year, according to the Chinese almanac, is the year of the Rooster. This doesn't in any way stop us from eating chickens though  Dinner!
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02-08-2005, 07:40 AM
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| | Wow! It's a shame I didn't know that they celebrate New Year at this time of the year in China...  This world is sooo huge - lucky internet makes it smaller  At least I learned something new today Happy New Year, Rookie
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02-08-2005, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Rookierookie Chinese New year is still a few hours away for those who invented it, but better early than late! *happy*
Holidays started on Monday, though officially the Chinese New Year starts at 00:00 on the 9th of Februrary, Beijing time.
Chinese New Year is always a happy time for kids and half-kids like me. We get to bother relatives whom we rarely see and rob them blind, stuff ourselves full of sweets, and enjoy to the full the holiday.
This year, according to the Chinese almanac, is the year of the Rooster. This doesn't in any way stop us from eating chickens though Dinner!
Happy new year! | I'll stick with traditional royal chinese feast during new year eve  Those abalone.......and other dishes...YUM !
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02-08-2005, 07:43 AM
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| | It's a different day every year according to your evil imperialistic calendars The calendar system used in China is a form of Lunar calendar. Regardless, the time is usually early Februrary.
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02-08-2005, 07:44 AM
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| | | Year of the rooster....WOOHOOO!!! Happy New Year!!!! Enjoy your holiday...I'm jealous...New Years is my favorite holiday of all. |
02-08-2005, 07:44 AM
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| | | HNY, Rookie!!!
I heard chinese people avoid getting married in this year aye? |
02-08-2005, 07:45 AM
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| | Oh, some people have what is said to be "Cherry Blossom Luck" this year... better luck in love and such  |
02-08-2005, 08:01 AM
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| | | A little research suggests the opposite about "rooster" love:
The rigorous Wood Rooster comes along every 60 years to extricate us from bad habits, reduce profligate spending and send us back to the salt mines with pick, shovel and determination. Roosters are taskmasters and (you may have noticed) they are always right.
In 2005, I predict: Austerity. Repression. Surveillance. More stringent traffic laws to ensure abject monotony while driving on the straight and narrow. Nosier tax inspectors and vigilant policemen wearing radar on their fingertips. Get the word "discipline" firmly planted in your brain for the next twelve months and you will be chuckling all the way down to that golden wine cellar.
LOVE? Roosters crave love in the form of: high profile long-term relationships. Lengthy engagements. Eternal wedlock. Bevies of well-mannered children. Orderly households and long-standing friendships. |
02-08-2005, 08:58 AM
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| | Happy New Year!
Funny, because a couple of hours ago I just got this intense longing for Shanghai, I could almost feel the smell from hot asphalt and all the delicious food ...I didn't know it was Chinese New Year today
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