Happy Chinese New Year!
2009 is the year of Ox. Oxen possess such character traits as dependability, strength and determination. Oxen are tolerant individuals who believe that the road to success involves hard work and scrupulous behavior; they don’t believe in taking shortcuts. They characterize those who don’t work hard as lazy individuals not worthy of respect. Oxen are capable of trusting others and will listen to their opinions with an open mind. However, Oxen prefer making decisions that are based on their own research. Oxen favor strong, life-long alliances to casual acquaintances.
Chinese New Year is similar to the American Thanksgiving and Christmas. Everyone goes to their parents’ home and eat a lot. All my aunts and uncles are together right now, eating every day and night. On Chinese New Year day, all the little kids receive gifts in the form of a red envelope filled with money.
This is a very exciting year, because both my mom and uncle John will turn 60.
Hopefully, we’ll be able to go to China next year for Chinese New Year. The year of the dragon.
Thanks for your comment on The Honeymoon Phase! It looks like we feel the same way about The Bachelor! Great pictures on your blog!
Ali