Another year has just passed by... LITERALLY!
WAH! Time flies!
If I do not recall it wrongly I was saying HAPPY NEW YEAR back in DEC 2004. Now, in FEB 2005 I am already saying HAPPY NEW YEAR again! J
I am having a blast with this Chinese New Year thing. Everything is red and golden. Everyone is happy and with this anticipation feeling we, ‘western culture individuals’, feel around December. Changing years, making big plans, enjoying time with the family. It is interesting to see how much more celebration takes place for this day compared to the one in December (although I was in Canada for New Years, drinking and having fun with friends in AIESEC in Canada’s National Conference)
What’s cute? What’s special about this CNY?
Mandarin Oranges (tangerines)
You are supposed to give mandarin oranges as a way of wishing prosperity for the upcoming year. The sign for MANDARIN ORANGE sounds similar to the word GOLD (the experts say) and therefore it is a Chinese way to wish a great year.
Now, here’s the best part: WHO SAID BEING SINGLE IS BAD! No no no, not in Asia by this time of the year. Bridget Jones would be RICH here!
If you are single or a kid (or both, for that matter) and you give these oranges to married couples and elders you will get a red pocket in return with some money inside. YES! As you read it, and IT WORKS! (Secret: I have already bought a box of 5kg at the supermarket close to my apartment. See picture below. It was insane, people fighting over the bigger tangerines, because they mean more posperity)
Friday I will distribute oranges to all married Chinese people in my office, and if they do not want to have the CRAPPIEST year of their lives, they will have to “give me some cash”) You GOTTA love this!
Ying has made an interesting posting about this tradition (Thanks parrot!)
Pineapple Tarts
They are these little pieces of grainy dough with a delicious topping of a spoonful of pineapple jam with pieces of coconut. They look like the ones in the picture above.
My record is eating 15 of them in one go with green tea. Next day I was revolving and twisting in pain in the coach at home. They are not the lightest to digest.
They are soooo GOOD!
Salutations
When we greet someone in DEC we usually say HAPPY NEW YEAR (OK, in Argentina we say it in Spanish: ‘Feliz Ano Nuevo’) In Chinese culture there are many salutations you can use to wish a great year. Most of them are related to prosperity, money, and health.
How do they look like? How do they sound like? Take a look at them, click here.
Chinese New Year spirit
It’s everywhere, and the e-Nomads are also celebrating:
* Teresa’s comments about Chinese New Year
* Pilli’s comments about Chinese New Year
* Ying’s comments about Chinese New Year
* Melissa's comments about Chinese New Year
* A bit of Chinese Horoscope if you are interested
* More juicy stuff and predictions for the Year of the Rooster (for EACH animal of the Chinese Horoscope)
Happy Chinese New Year for everyone!!
If I do not recall it wrongly I was saying HAPPY NEW YEAR back in DEC 2004. Now, in FEB 2005 I am already saying HAPPY NEW YEAR again! J
I am having a blast with this Chinese New Year thing. Everything is red and golden. Everyone is happy and with this anticipation feeling we, ‘western culture individuals’, feel around December. Changing years, making big plans, enjoying time with the family. It is interesting to see how much more celebration takes place for this day compared to the one in December (although I was in Canada for New Years, drinking and having fun with friends in AIESEC in Canada’s National Conference)
What’s cute? What’s special about this CNY?
Mandarin Oranges (tangerines)
You are supposed to give mandarin oranges as a way of wishing prosperity for the upcoming year. The sign for MANDARIN ORANGE sounds similar to the word GOLD (the experts say) and therefore it is a Chinese way to wish a great year.
Now, here’s the best part: WHO SAID BEING SINGLE IS BAD! No no no, not in Asia by this time of the year. Bridget Jones would be RICH here!
If you are single or a kid (or both, for that matter) and you give these oranges to married couples and elders you will get a red pocket in return with some money inside. YES! As you read it, and IT WORKS! (Secret: I have already bought a box of 5kg at the supermarket close to my apartment. See picture below. It was insane, people fighting over the bigger tangerines, because they mean more posperity)
Friday I will distribute oranges to all married Chinese people in my office, and if they do not want to have the CRAPPIEST year of their lives, they will have to “give me some cash”) You GOTTA love this!
Ying has made an interesting posting about this tradition (Thanks parrot!)
Pineapple Tarts
They are these little pieces of grainy dough with a delicious topping of a spoonful of pineapple jam with pieces of coconut. They look like the ones in the picture above.
My record is eating 15 of them in one go with green tea. Next day I was revolving and twisting in pain in the coach at home. They are not the lightest to digest.
They are soooo GOOD!
Salutations
When we greet someone in DEC we usually say HAPPY NEW YEAR (OK, in Argentina we say it in Spanish: ‘Feliz Ano Nuevo’) In Chinese culture there are many salutations you can use to wish a great year. Most of them are related to prosperity, money, and health.
How do they look like? How do they sound like? Take a look at them, click here.
Chinese New Year spirit
It’s everywhere, and the e-Nomads are also celebrating:
* Teresa’s comments about Chinese New Year
* Pilli’s comments about Chinese New Year
* Ying’s comments about Chinese New Year
* Melissa's comments about Chinese New Year
* A bit of Chinese Horoscope if you are interested
* More juicy stuff and predictions for the Year of the Rooster (for EACH animal of the Chinese Horoscope)
Happy Chinese New Year for everyone!!
posted by iGnacio at
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
3 Comments:
What's wrong with the ' of Pilli's, Teresa's and Ying's.
As a friend of mine would say: "Dude, I am so pissed of right now" :)
By
Nacho, at February 08, 2005 8:28 PM
dude have the problem with the " as well, think u have to change it manually on the edit blog post. suspect it has to do with the formatting of word doc if u had just copy and pasted your text from there? maybe maybe not
By
Ying, at February 09, 2005 2:35 AM
WAH! Aren't we nerds!? :)
(Gracias!)
By
Nacho, at February 09, 2005 2:45 AM
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