Are You Ready to Celebrate Chinese New Year with Gong Xi Fa Cai?

[Saint]

Gong Xi Fa Cai

 

[Bubonic Plague]

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Hong bao na lai

 

[KLscilevothma]

Kung Hei Fat Choy

利是到來 (Character coding: BIG5)

In Chinese New Year, we have to say Kung Hei Fat Choy to every person we meet.

 

[Bubonic Plague]

In Chinese New Year, we have to say Kung Hei Fat Choy to every person we meet.

Not in my family, i just address them and get the red packets.

 

[jimmy p]

I know I am ignorant but which animal is this the year of?

 

[PrudensOptimus]

Originally posted by jimmy p
I know I am ignorant but which animal is this the year of?

monkey, is a bad year for bush since he looks like a monkey.

 

[jimmy p]

LOL! or maybe it is a good year for monkey-lookie-likies. Maybe he will be fired or something...

 

[KLscilevothma]

I think this thread started a little bit too early. In fact The Year of Monkey will start on 22rd Jan.

 

[recon]

My pin yin may be out of whack, but nonetheless

Xin Nian Kuai Le!

Chinese New Year is actually quite a big thing from where I am from in Brunei, even though only 20% of the population celebrates it. All the shops are emblazoned in red, but then again most of the businessmen here are Chinese. Fortune tellers are saying that the year of the monkey will be a good year, but isn't that the same thing they have said about other years?

 

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Heard that there will be something like one hundred million people moving around ('visiting relatives'...just like everyone else does) in China for this event, All of the population of Canada all moving around three times!

I am born in the year of the Monkey, '56...anyone smell banana?

 

[KLscilevothma]

I am born in the year of the Monkey, '56...anyone smell banana?

Why can't your age be divisible by 12 if you're born in the year of the monkey ?

My pin yin may be out of whack, but nonetheless

Xin Nian Kuai Le!

Kung Hei Fat Choy
Your pin yin is probably better than mine cos I don't speak good Manderin. Cantonese is my mother tongue. That's why I speak Kung Hei Fat Choy (Cantonese) instead of Gong Xi Fa Cai (Manderin).

 

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Originally posted by KLscilevothma
(SNIP)[/color] Why can't your age be divisible by 12 if you're born in the year of the monkey ? (SNoP)[/color]

Why is it difficult to divide 48 by twelve? ("Soon to come... at an MRP near you..." HUH? FOURTY EIGHT!)

Kung Hei Fat Choy![/color]

 

[PrudensOptimus]

Originally posted by Mr. Robin Parsons
Heard that there will be something like one hundred million people moving around ('visiting relatives'...just like everyone else does) in China for this event, All of the population of Canada all moving around three times!

I am born in the year of the Monkey, '56...anyone smell banana?

Becareful if you are a monkey in the year of Monkey... all things might have a chance to go against you, but since New Year is coming, I'm suppose to say good things.

Wish you the best fortune and luck.

 

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Originally posted by PrudensOptimus
Becareful if you are a monkey in the year of Monkey... all things might have a chance to go against you, but since New Year is coming, I'm suppose to say good things.
Wish you the best fortune and luck.

Thanks, heard it is a year for "Change" (Nickles?? dimes??) and same to you...BTW could you tell me what "Luck" Actually is?

 

[KLscilevothma]

Originally posted by Mr. Robin Parsons
Why is it difficult to divide 48 by twelve? ("Soon to come... at an MRP near you..." HUH? FOURTY EIGHT!)

oops, I thought you meant you were 56 years old. But I just realized what you meant was that you were born in 1956.

Kung Hei Fat Choy![/color]

 

[Saint]

Originally posted by Bubonic Plague
Hong bao na lai

Sorry, economy in malaysia is bad, this year no Ang Pow.

 

[Bubonic Plague]

Sorry, economy in malaysia is bad, this year no Ang Pow.

This isn't a good excuse. When the economy gets better, you owe me a meal. Have it fed-exed to my house.

 

[KLscilevothma]

Originally posted by Saint
Sorry, economy in malaysia is bad, this year no Ang Pow.

Will you say this to your kid(s) ?

 

[Saint]

just had dinner with whole family members

 

[PrudensOptimus]

Watching CCTV-4 right now :D

 

[Bubonic Plague]

As of Wednesday, 21st of January 2004, 11.57pm, I've earned $144 currently and about 1/4 there to an iPod.

 

[recon]

Originally posted by Bubonic Plague
As of Wednesday, 21st of January 2004, 11.57pm, I've earned $144 currently and about 1/4 there to an iPod.

11:57 pm on the 21st of January? And I thought you were from Europe (which is several timezones behind Asia). Or are you visiting Asia at the moment?

Your message was posted at 10:58 pm my time. You must be in Japan/NZ/Australia, but you cannot be in Europe.

EDIT: I don't mean any offense by the postings. I am just curious.

 

[recon]

Happy New Year to all! The fireworks here in my neighbourhood have been going on for the last 30 minutes, and I am a little deaf in the ear now. I'm looking forward to later in the day, as we will be having the lion dance and MORE firecrackers.

 

[KLscilevothma]

Happy Chinese New Year! Wish you all good health and may all your wishes come true in the year of the monkey!

Bubonic Plague's clock is the same as mine. So I guess he may be in China, Singapore or Pillipine. The time now is 2am, 3 hours has already passed in the year of the monkey!

I did some shopping with my father tonight and went back home at 00.00. My neighbour detonated firecrackers not very far away from me when I just arrived home. Well, I'm not deaf yet. In fact, owning firecracker or firework is illegal here, though I feel glad to have some explosions nearby.

Once I went to mainland China to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was really fun to detonate firecrackers. My brother and I emptied the gunpowder inside several firecrackers, poured the gunpowder on the floor and ignited it. The powder then burnt like a mini-firework!

 

[Bubonic Plague]

11:57 pm on the 21st of January? And I thought you were from Europe (which is several timezones behind Asia). Or are you visiting Asia at the moment?

Your message was posted at 10:58 pm my time. You must be in Japan/NZ/Australia, but you cannot be in Europe.

EDIT: I don't mean any offense by the postings. I am just curious.

None taken. I'm from Singapore.

firecrackers.

I can't believe they banned fire crackers here. Something about people being injured...

 

[The_Professional]

Live Long and Prosper

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Kung Hei Fat Choy Ya'all.

 

[KLscilevothma]

Originally posted by Ivan Seeking
Kung Hei Fat Choy Ya'all.

Kung Hei, Kung Hei

Yesterday, which was the first day of the year of the monkey, there's a big show here in Hong Kong. The show will be broadcast in other parts of the world, including USA.

This year, Hong Kongers really have a cheerful Chinese New Year. Compared to the past few years, we are willing to spend more money buying things and eat in restaurants in this holiday.