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Happy Chinese New Year to you too, Edwin!
In Malaysia we have the Lion Dance performed every Chinese New Year. I just love,love,love this celebration because of the Lion Dance and the 'Ang Pau' >$*0*$< that I'd be receiving from my chinese neighbours,especially my baby sister, she gets the most $$$hehe. |
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:37 am happy chinese new year |
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Oh my God, so many new years...
We have December 31, then comes Russian new year, which is January 13, now we find out that we also have the chinese new year, we are also going to have the Iranian new year on 21 March...
A half of the year passes with new year celebrations...
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:28 am happy chinese new year |
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People celebrate it too here in Yokohama Chukagai (Chinatown, Yokohama). Just my two cents. :D
BTW, could anyone tell me if April 1st was also a new year somewhere at ancient times? I don't know it for sure.
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:17 am happy chinese new year |
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| Haihao wrote: |
BTW, could anyone tell me if April 1st was also a new year somewhere at ancient times? I don't know it for sure.
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It was a new year in my life in 1973: I was born that day :)
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:53 am happy chinese new year |
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| Haihao wrote: |
People celebrate it too here in Yokohama Chukagai (Chinatown, Yokohama). Just my two cents. :D
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Haihao dear,
what's up with the 2 cents?It's beginning to bug me.Care to explain?
Does it mean that you are willing to bet 2 cents whether the info is correct or not?And why 2 cents? :?:
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:33 am Happy Chinese New Year! |
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Hi Nina,
Sorry for the inconvenience. In fact I meant to make a convenient use of the idiom 'two cents worth'. :) But I was very impressed with your discernment referring it to bet. Here is a piece of information about the idiom and I hope it would be of some help to you.
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Two cents worth
Meaning
Offer an opinion.
Origin
Poker games often required a small bet to be made by a new player before they could join the game. Notionally offering two cents (or two bits) late came to be used as a way of entering your opinion in a conversation.
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By the way, just out of curiosity, what language(s) do people use in Malaysia?
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Feb 22, 2007 16:01 pm Happy Chinese New Year! |
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Haihao dear,
I didn't mean it that way.When I said it has started to bug me what I meant to say was'Chotto ki ni natteru' dake dayo :oops:
Thanks though, for taking the trouble explaining it to me.You're a doll :wink:
Anyway, in Malaysia people speak the Malay language(national language) and English(sort of official or the social language).Well, of course the Chinese can speak chinese too.Some Malays can speak chinese..so there.
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Feb 22, 2007 20:01 pm Happy Chinese New Year! |
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Happy Chinese New Year
Just an FYI, though:
The year starts on January 1.
hehe
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| #10 (permalink) Fri Feb 23, 2007 18:45 pm Happy Chinese New Year! |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
Happy Chinese New Year
Just an FYI, though:
The year starts on January 1.
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Happy chinese lunar new year. Starts on the 18 feb 2007.
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| #11 (permalink) Fri Feb 23, 2007 22:40 pm Happy Chinese New Year! |
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yeah, i know. I added the "hehe" to give away my joking mood.
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| #12 (permalink) Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:50 am Happy Chinese New Year! |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
yeah, i know. I added the "hehe" to give away my joking mood.
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Oh I see... :twisted:
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| #13 (permalink) Wed Feb 28, 2007 22:49 pm Happy Chinese New Year! |
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O I C
Let us laud the innovation of the online chat generation. hehe
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| #14 (permalink) Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:28 pm Happy Chinese New Year! |
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hi
the malay girl said you were a doll ,are you a doll?thank you old big,the wed you give me is so wonderful i love it !!!
i love it,i hope i can make a lot friends in the fantastic world!!! |
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| #15 (permalink) Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:08 am Happy Chinese New Year! |
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dear edwin
i want to change the gay into guy!!but i really do not know how to change the title of my article!!!i |
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