Gang hey fat choi!  Or whatever the words are, and I realise that that was exceedingly bad Cantonese.  Both S and D covered Chinese New Year at primary school.  What they weren't able to tell me was what the actual words are.  H and I didn't 'do' Chinese New Year, when we were at school 'multi-culturalism' involved learning about the Saints' Days ( Read more... )

Happy (Chinese) New Year!  Gung Ho Pak Choi!  Or whatever the correct phrasing is.  I told you having a multi-cultural society means you get more festivals to celebrate didn't I, Dear Reader.  Apparently if you do it properly the New Year celebrations can last up to a week.  Presumably the hangover lasts a bit longer, though being totally hung over ( Read more... )

Ooh look!  The new Paddington Bear film is out at the end of the month.  Lovers of the bear from Darkest Peru will, probably, be enchanted, though they seem to have rather gone overboard on the Effects, and seem to have put a fairly major Diversion (Nicole Kidman as a Baddie) into the story. I dunno, see what you think, Dear Reader.  I think it's ( Read more... )

Proposal, Polar, Pi

So the Government is planning to give pregnant women 'choice' in how they give birth in England?  *Reads the small print*, in  2009.  Yeah, right.  Last year several small maternity centres fairly locally were shut down, much to the disgust of local Mums & mums-to-be.  "Temporary closure, due to staff shortages".  And they'll ( Read more... )