Hullo all! Wow, it’s been a busy weekend – Not only have I had to contend with additional workload ahead of my couple of days in Manchester this week, it’s also been the time for the traditional Chinese New Year dinner with family. This year, particularly special because two of my cousins are over from Hong Kong studying, and it was really nice to see both of them! I did, however, manage to sneak in an hour or two of the newly launched XCOM 2, and let me tell you, it’s something special. So far, I’m finding it even more tense than Enemy Unknown, and the storyline is fascinating; I think they managed to hide away enough from the teasers they released ahead of the game to make the story totally compelling, even for someone who has followed news of the game in development. Definitely worth a look in.
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Gong hei faat choi! Happy new year from me to you, and I wish you a prosperous and auspicious one! If you’re celebrating, I hope you have a brilliant time and get to catch up with friends and family alike. Eat plenty, make merry, and have an awesome time in general! I’m looking forward to this year’s celebrations in town; I missed them last year due to illness, so I’ve got some catching up to do!
Joi gin, bai baii!
M.
Whew, what a day it’s been! Had a lovely day at the Chinese New Year celebration this morning, always great to be out and about at a festival. New Year celebrations always make me proud of my Chinese heritage, much as Burns Night makes me proud to be Scottish. The smell of food cooking at the stalls; Delicious! The sound of a thousand voices nattering away in Cantonese and putonghua; Thrilling! The westerner who thinks he’s being worldly-wise by wishing every Chinese stranger he passes by a happy new year; Full marks for effort, but penalties for annoyance!
Forgot to wish you all a happy new year on Monday, so I’m doing it now! Ngoh di pang yau, gung hei faat choi! The reason why I sort of let it slip on Monday is that in Manchester, the focus (as a community) tends to be on the Sunday after New Year. There’s a big festival in Chinatown and it is quite awesome, especially coming from Glasgow where we didn’t seem to have anything like that (although having said that, I did get to spend New Year with my family).
I was quite jealous of one of my friends, who got to spend New Year in Hong Kong, a pleasure I have not entertained since I was very young indeed; I’d love to go back for a big holiday like that. Hell, I’d love to go back to work there (There’s only so much winter one person can take!)




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