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Every Chinese New Years, we go to a restaurant in Mountain View called Kirin.  Once the family assembles, Mom orders one of the restaurant's banquet menus, which usually consists of a soup, a chicken dish, a seafood dish, a whole fish, a beef dish, something with pork, and rice.  There's often a vegetable dish of some sort, and there's usually one ( Read more... )

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By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

-- Confucius

Nutcracker, The Terracotta Prince
An Eastern spin on the holiday classic, The Nutcracker!

When I was a little girl, my father would take me to Ballet San Jose’s annual production of The Nutcracker. I’ve lost track of how many times I saw the show, but I feel like I know it by heart.
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WHITE SNAKE

Serpent spirits, meddling monks
In a beloved Chinese legend, a snake spirit disguised as a beautiful woman falls in love with a young scholar. White Snake keeps her true identity secret from him, but a disapproving monk persists in unmasking her. With the help of Green Snake, White Snake summons all her magic powers to defeat the spirits ( Read more... )

2011 is the year of the rabbit. What does that mean?
I haven't the slightest idea. I do think it's interesting that in Vietnam, it's the year of the Cat. In Chinese mythology, the cat doesn't have a place in the Chinese zodiac. Many years ago, the Jade Emperor declared a great race would be held to determine positions in the zodiac. Rat was ( Read more... )

Entry #9 in the 'Watch all the Classic Disney (Animated) Movies' Challenge

Previous movies:
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Peter Pan (1953)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
Tarzan (1999)
Brother Bear (2003)
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Mom: So you have Sunday off. We should go to San Francisco to visit Popo.
Me: Yes. Absolutely.
Mom: Lots of Chinese places will still be open, too.
Me: Hm. Yeah, I guess if you're Buddist Easter isn't such a big deal.
Mom: **starts walking upstairs**
Me: Or a Taoist...hey, Mom, what are Chinese people generally anyway?
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