C'mon, I know there are at least three of you Chinese heritage people reading this. Happy New Year to ya.
I have received three Chinese Happy New Year email greetings and one sms. I have just realised that I will probably live to be old enough to see Australia generally, celebrate Chinese New Year. This is good. Any excuse for a bit of binge drinking.
Now to get you up to speed on the protocols, here is the dirt on how to celebrate Chinese NY with a Chinese friend. You stuff an orange with your left hand into a red envelope and throw it at your loved friend with both hands. They then return fire with a deafening fire cracker. With them bruised and you burnt, you both go and get under a Chinese dragon and dance. The appreciative crowd gives you gold money.
I think that is how it goes. I should probably check the finer details.
I want to eat some chinese now!! Oh it is too early in the a.m. fo that, lol
ReplyDeleteVery smoking and confusing - Chinese New Year. Lots of fire-works and fiery colours.
ReplyDeleteIs there money in the envelope? If so, can you throw one at me?
ReplyDeleteFrom the people that gave us "Two wongs don't make a white", "Gung Ho Fat Chow"
ReplyDeleteRobert, I did not realise you had two blog identities.
ReplyDeletegee... things to try before you die suddenly comes to mind
ReplyDeleteLots of goodies too!!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a Chinatown around?
We do indeed have quite a large Chinatown Solitaire and an excellent Chinese Museum. Chinese have been in Aust for nearly as long as English.
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