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Location : Reading, England.
So the Chinese New Year(CNY) started on 2 days ago on Sunday and it goes on for 15 days. I went down to London last weekend because I felt like being in the mood to celebrate. It's funny how I never gave a damn about stuff like lion dances, CNY music, firecrackers, blah blah blah because I grew up with it but then in a foreign country, stuff like that kinda matters. I spent the first day of CNY in Oriental City in Colindale, London. While having lobster for lunch in one of the restaurants, a CNY lion decided to pay the restaurant a visit...
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First, the lion comes round looking for red packets(filled with money) and lettuce that Chinese people hang at the front door. Then the lion munches the lettuce....and spits it out!!! In this particular case, the damn lion spat the lettuce back on me! Wot da....? I don't remember that happening back home. Can someone out there tell me why do the lions spit the lettuce back? Or maybe he just don't like my face? I wanted to kick the lion's ass but being in the Chinese New year mood and all....I let it slide. =) Anyway, after prancing around like a drunkard outside the restaurant for a while, the lion stepped right in and starting drooling over customers' food. Some lions ain't got no manners, I tell ya!
All in all, CNY in London was quite cool. Oriental City is basically a mall filled with everything Asia. The management's effort for the CNY celebrations was commendable. That goes without saying it was all about prosperity(as it normally is with the Chinese). In the Oriental City, everything related to prosperity made an appearance - the God of prosperity, the red colour of prosperity, firecrackers of prosperity, cute Chinese girls of prosperity, etc. And oh yeah, I forgot how much I luurrrrrrvve seeing girls in cheongsam. It's a traditional Chinese dress with those yummy slits on the sides that can make it hard for me to walk! No, I don't mean wearing the cheongsam but just the sight of a girl in cheongsam can drive me....anyway-she-wants-to. Yeah baby! Rowr...
Posted by Ripcord at January 31, 2006 09:12 AMhahaha ed when the lions spit the lettuce back to you then mean you will hav the good luck.... is a typical chinese culture ( i wonder are u really a chinese) anyway if u need me explain more detail to you i will do it when u come bac to malaysia.( you know la I ENGLISH NO SPEAK SCHOOL NO GO WAN MAH) GONG XI FA CHAI to you and to all the LITTLENOMAD reader :)
Posted by: joe teoh at January 31, 2006 10:50 AMHappy New Year dude !
May you and your family enjoy peace,happiness and success in the Lunar Year of the Dog ^_^
Posted by: Jason Lee at January 31, 2006 05:51 PM"TONG TONG TONG CHENG!!TOK TOK CHENG!!!"
GONG HEY FATT CHOOOOOOOOOOOY!!!!
LOL! Your poor handsome face ;)
Gong Xi Fat Chai! Nien Nien Yiu Yi! :P
Posted by: Ashe at February 1, 2006 12:43 PMHahaha..
I wandered in here and read your take on girls in cheongsam.. Totally hilarious..
Posted by: poesy at February 1, 2006 05:41 PMThe reason of that the lion spat the lettuce to you. It's might probably to bring a good sign for you, which means you might have lucky year on this year. However there is thing you need to do is to act like dog barking sound to those people everytime I see them on the street.
Gong Xi Fat Choi.
Gong Hii Fa Chaii
Posted by: insomniacc at February 2, 2006 05:29 AMhahahaha...
good one...
read from news london got the biggest CNY celebration outside asia...
tht is cool...
so were u working on the first day, or u declare ur own holiday?
happy chinese new year...
wishing u year year got fish,
step step high rise,
hear think work done,
dragon horse spirit,
ashe : what were you saying about your nien nien? =Þ
dorian : act like a dog? i AM a dog!
zbjernak : first day was a sunday so i didn't have to work. but i am working all the rest of chinese new year.
Posted by: Ripcord at February 2, 2006 09:23 AM