Gung Hay Fat Choy
Cantonese roughly translated means
Best wishes & congratulations. Have a prosperous good year.
Today kicks off celebrations for the Chinese Lunar New Year, The Year of the Snake. The Lunar calendar follows a 12 year cycle with twelve animals representing each year. If you were born in the year 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001 or 2013, you were born in a year of the snake and that means this will be an especially good 12 months for you.
Fireworks are set off to ward off evil spirits and red lanterns abound. Wearing red ensures good luck will stay with you for the year ahead. It's a great day to excuse yourself from housework too! Tradition dictates that those who clean on a new year's day sweep away good fortune in the year ahead. More studio time today and less cleaning. I'm for that!
To celebrate Chinese craftsmanship today, I'd like to share with you a lovely piece of hand carved ancient jade from my collection.
Then it's off to the kitchen to prepare sweet and sour spareribs for our celebration dinner tonight.
While the ribs simmer in the oven, it's time to also celebrate a good book....
.....as it is also NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY today. Now which one of these little beauties shall I tuck into?
AND to top it all off it's HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA so I am also tuned into CBC in the studio as we celebrate our national game from the grass roots level right up to our pros, 24 hours today. Four NHL games, OHL, our juniours, little guys and special thank yous to the dedicated Mums and Dads who are the foundation and real heroes of our game
A triple header in Celebrations today makes me a very happy camper! Oh, and while the hockey plays out in the studio, the ongoing Sci Fi project slogs out at a snail's pace.
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