Happy Chinese New Year!

[ 7 February 2008 ]


Photo by tsaiware

Today is the start of Chinese New Year! Happy new year! 2008 is the year of the rat in Chinese astrology. Nibble nibble!

The year of the rat means different things for each sign — check out astrology.com & fengshuiweb for some cool yearly predictions. But overall, the year of the rat is supposed to be great for getting married or starting a new job or project. Apparently we won’t see instant results, but if we are patient, fabulous things will happen. The year of the rat also lends itself to workaholic tendencies, so if you are prone to overworking yourself, make an effort to cut back & rebalance your life.

The general message seems to be: work hard & consistently, don’t get frustrated if things don’t immediately go your way, & take care of yourself. Though I guess that’s a good message all the time!

There should be Chinese New Year celebrations going on this weekend near you. I suggest searching online to find out what’s happening! In Auckland I always used to go to the Chinese Lantern Festival which is fabulous. This year I will mooching around Chinatown & photographing the festivities. The atmosphere is always brilliant.


Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala <3


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  1. Happy chinese new year everyone! x

    <3 Felicity · Feb 7, 09:14 PM · #

  2. Happy Chinese New Year!!! I love the New Year Festivals in Chinatown at home … and all up and down the street of Norwood Parade, in Adelaide (especially out the front of the Chinese Restaurant next to Danny’s Thai Bistro! Last year they had a giant dragon thing that snaked around th btables while we were eating! It was amazing!)

    PS We don’t have to make ANOTHER set of New Years resolutions, do we? Because I already messed up half the ones that I made on New Years Eve …

    <3 MJ · Feb 7, 09:26 PM · #

  3. Happy Chinese new year :D

    <3 Rachel · Feb 7, 09:32 PM · #

  4. Melbourne New Year is fun too. Make Yum-Cha reservations!!! I can’t remember the restaurant name but in past years we have had fantastic tables upstairs by a big window so we could watch all the dancers and dragons :)

    <3 nicOla · Feb 7, 09:44 PM · #

  5. Ahh my Year of the Pig year is over now.. but the Year of the Rat sounds promising! Might bump into you in Chinatown, too :P Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

    <3 Ivy · Feb 7, 09:58 PM · #

  6. Ivy — I am a piglet too! So’s my boyfriend :> Snuffle! Piggy power~!

    <3 Gala · Feb 7, 10:05 PM · #

  7. I was born in the Year of the Rat (apparently we’re the most intelligent of all the signs, hehe), so I’m hoping this will be an auspicious year for me. Bring it on!

    <3 Nadia · Feb 7, 11:01 PM · #

  8. I don’t have time during the week, but this weekend my family and I are making dumplings. It’s a family tradition, and we put a few coins in the dumplings. Whoever gets the coin gets good luck for the coming year and money!

    With my dad, it was twenty dollars. With me, I think I’ll give out $2.

    I don’t have much . . .

    <3 Sherry · Feb 7, 11:45 PM · #

  9. Sherry — Ah! Like King cake! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake) That’s so neat.

    <3 Gala · Feb 7, 11:46 PM · #

  10. kung hei fat choi! yay!

    <3 edrick · Feb 7, 11:52 PM · #

  11. Just read my predictions for the Monkey new year, they’re amazing and totally relevant :) Thanks Gala and Happy Chinese New Year!! XXX

    <3 Hannah · Feb 8, 12:14 AM · #

  12. I love chinese newyears, and the picture opportunities are awesome!

    So many bright colors! Especially that red!

    One of my favorite pictures is from the chinese newyear of a dragon dancing in a sea of red.

    Yay!! Chinese food is the best!

    <3 Stubby · Feb 8, 01:55 AM · #

  13. best holiday ever!

    <3 julie · Feb 8, 02:02 AM · #

  14. argh! when i entered my birthdate, i did not get something i particularly wanted to see! i totally mesh with how this year is supposed to be for planning at first and will have great rewards later (considering my plans for the next five months pretty much consist of “sit around waiting to move to new york” and a lot of crazy virgo planning for it) but i wrinkle my nose at the idea of letting my guard down and relying on other people a bit, two of my least favorite things to do. i also find it tragic that the first month is supposed to be my best… and really all i want to do right now is sleep! argh.

    <3 de Profundis · Feb 8, 04:27 AM · #

  15. Chinese new year is awesome!!

    I’m a Dragon!!

    XXX.

    <3 Juls · Feb 8, 04:30 AM · #

  16. Gala, my dear,

    I found an ADORABLE quote pour toi.

    “If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient.
    It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
    -Winnie the Pooh

    arwwww. xx

    <3 Lucy · Feb 8, 06:17 AM · #

  17. Happy Chinese new year, everybody! :D

    <3 Alice · Feb 8, 06:48 AM · #

  18. Gong Xi Fa Chai!

    Xin nian kuai le!

    <3 Rudy · Feb 8, 07:42 AM · #

  19. I’m a piggy, too :) No wonder last year was so good and I got a lot accomplished! Thanks for the links. I love any kind of astrology… It’s fun and sometimes scarily accurate.

    Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!

    <3 Erin B. · Feb 8, 08:16 AM · #

  20. Hmm…if the zodiac is to be believed, my girlfriend (a rat) and I (a pig) will have a lot of tension and fighting happening in March. Interesting.

    <3 Adam Snider · Feb 8, 08:25 AM · #

  21. I’m a rat! My sister has just had another son, so his Chinese family will be showering him with fat ‘red packets’. I think I might have to make an effort to get to the Lantern Festival this year – thanks for the reminder.

    <3 Nadine · Feb 8, 09:24 AM · #

  22. HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! i hope everyone’s projects & goals are going really well this year & i wish you all luck

    xx <3 Natasja · Feb 8, 12:26 PM · #

  23. I’m a snake. Looks to be a pretty good year for me overall. Good for career moves and finance and okay for health.

    <3 Mandy · Feb 8, 05:35 PM · #

  24. Kung Hei Fat Choy!!
    x

    <3 jessabee · Feb 8, 10:22 PM · #

  25. I’m a rat too! I’m excited for what this year’s going to bring me — improved health (yay!), more money (yay!), more parties (yaaay!), and maybe exciting new things in my career (yaaay!). Best wishes for the new year for everyone!

    <3 Jeanne · Feb 9, 06:38 AM · #

  26. Looks like everyone is a rat or a pig. T^T
    Whatever happened to the poor cowies??? Go cow power!!

    <3 Kelsey · Feb 9, 01:18 PM · #
 

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