Chinese New Year
Many, many thanks to hengruh, who's put up an excellent post on Chinese New Year HERE.
Some nice pics and info on preparation, does and don'ts. First day of the New Year is Monday, but there's plenty to do beforehand.
Hm, our traditional CNY Eve dinner won't be traditional this year... we have choir practice on Sunday so dinner will probably be at Friendly's. Oh well. Maybe we can get some takeout tomorrow, for re-heating on Monday (we like to make cooking on First Day as easy as possible).
There's also a saying that whatever you're doing on the first day is what you'll be doing the rest of the year. Most folks I know will be working Monday, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing -- wouldn't it be nice if working that day meant you'd still have a job a year from now? Don't know as it's a true saying or just something that helps one focus on what one wants to be doing (self-fulfilling prophecy), but I do remember that one year we were at Birka as merchants and we did indeed spend the rest of the year traveling and merchanting. What a tiring year!
So, more cleaning to do!
Some nice pics and info on preparation, does and don'ts. First day of the New Year is Monday, but there's plenty to do beforehand.
Hm, our traditional CNY Eve dinner won't be traditional this year... we have choir practice on Sunday so dinner will probably be at Friendly's. Oh well. Maybe we can get some takeout tomorrow, for re-heating on Monday (we like to make cooking on First Day as easy as possible).
There's also a saying that whatever you're doing on the first day is what you'll be doing the rest of the year. Most folks I know will be working Monday, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing -- wouldn't it be nice if working that day meant you'd still have a job a year from now? Don't know as it's a true saying or just something that helps one focus on what one wants to be doing (self-fulfilling prophecy), but I do remember that one year we were at Birka as merchants and we did indeed spend the rest of the year traveling and merchanting. What a tiring year!
So, more cleaning to do!