Friday, February 26, 2010

"Singapore's producing far too few babies"

Gong Xi Fa Cai!! Last week was the first of the Chinese New Year! It is officially the Year of the Tiger now. While I think that it would be pretty awesome to be born under such an awesome animal - the Chinese disagree and probably plan to have fewer children as the Tiger is seen as "inauspicious".

The Prime Minister even had something to say about that in his address for the new year.

For those of you that aren't familiar with Chinese New Year festivities, its bigger than Christmas for the Chinese, a time to visit family and friends and wish them "Gong Xi Fa Cai!" (literally "wishing you enlarge your wealth" - here are some good examples of the meyhem:






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