Happy Chinese New Year
From “Learn Chinese” –
Lǐ nǚshì nín hǎo. Rènshi nǐ hěn gāo xìng.
Hello, Madam Li. Very pleased to meet you.
Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal’s year would have some of that animal’s personality. Those born in rat years tend to be leaders, pioneers, and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking.
Happy New Year to all the charming, passionate, charismatic, practical, and hardworking Chinese and Chinese-American babes who read this blog! Oh yeah, and the Chinese guys, too.
Tags: Chinese New Year, Year of the Rat
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Wait…is today Chinese New Year? I miss out on everything good over here!
By natalie on 02.08.08 4:29 am
I bet the animal that should actually have described me was one of the ones that just didn’t show up.
By Miss Britt on 02.08.08 4:34 am
hm, looks like i’m going to have a rat-baby….
By iamthediva on 02.08.08 6:37 am
i think I am an ox. what are you neil?
By melanie on 02.08.08 8:09 am
Happy Chinese New Year, but wasn’t it like Thursday. I have actually no idea since it always seems to move. Did you know we are already 4706? You haven’t aged a bit since I last saw you in 2008 Neil
By Manictastic on 02.08.08 8:40 am
Yesterday was Chinese New Year. But “Gung hay fat choy” to you anyway.
By Dagny on 02.08.08 9:03 am
Chúc mừng năm mới, which is Vietnamese for “Happy New Year,” which is was in Vietnam as well.
By kat on 02.08.08 9:30 am
Someone called me yesterday and said, “La Shana Tova Chinese”. We celebrated like any other Chinese Jews would do and we ate blintzes and kugel.
By orieyenta on 02.08.08 10:13 am
What about all the charming, passionate, charismatic, practical, hardworking Kiwi rats who visit you?
Cheers and Happy New Year to you too.
By Frida on 02.08.08 10:26 am
Does it bother anyone else that those little girls switched right and left hands for their air guitar-ing?
By DaveX on 02.08.08 10:46 am
Yes, I prefer the more modern and inclusive term of Lunar New Year.
And I’m disturbed by the hip-shaking of the girls in that video. Hello, JonBenet!
By teahouseblossom on 02.08.08 11:40 am
Rat is the first to arrive, and the Pig last; No wonder I am always late for meetings….
Happy New year!
2,008 OR 4,057 is the first year for a new cycle of 60 years, so good time to get started on new adventures or endeavors.
By NYR on 02.08.08 12:51 pm
Hmmm. I’m a snake. I think I like that.
By Leanne on 02.08.08 3:15 pm
Teahouseblossom - yes, I did pause for a second about those girls and their hip-shaking, but I found the tune too catchy to not share…
Do you know what they are saying? I know it has something to do with the new year, right?
By Neil on 02.08.08 5:36 pm
Happy New Year, Neil! I’m in a country that allows fireworks and they’ve been going off since Wednesday night - whee!
By an9ie on 02.09.08 6:22 am
i think i’m a goat and i bought fortune cookies at the grocery store, they had a huge seasonal display set up, fortunately, no rats in sight.
By better safe than sorry on 02.10.08 3:27 am
happy new year from the monkey
By E on 02.10.08 3:19 pm
Not for nothing, but I think it’s appropriate that Bush’s last twelve months in office are deemed the Year of the Rat.
By Jennifer on 02.11.08 8:03 am
Hmm..to answer your question, Neil..what they’re singing is pretty unintelligible. Because they’re so young they can barely form the words to begin with. It’s like they’re speaking baby talk. Scary, huh?
By teahouseblossom on 02.12.08 10:25 pm
Gung hay fa choy! I was surprised to read about chinese new year on your blog. LOL
By CuriosityKiller on 02.14.08 9:33 am
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