Gung Hay Fat Choy!

In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

I don't know if anyone else here is Chinese, but I'm 4th generation
Cantonese. My family has been here since the early 1900s.

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's side got a special exemption
certificate to come to the US (Cause the US had put a ban on Chinese
immigration at that time)

My great-great-grandfather on my mom's side came to Ensenada Mexico and
then snuck into San Diego on a fishing boat.

Normally I go all out and cook a feast, but i'm so busy this year, I
just ordered out.

Happy Chinese New Year!


Kristi

In article .com,
"Mischief" wrote:

In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

I don't know if anyone else here is Chinese, but I'm 4th generation
Cantonese. My family has been here since the early 1900s.

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's side got a special exemption
certificate to come to the US (Cause the US had put a ban on Chinese
immigration at that time)

My great-great-grandfather on my mom's side came to Ensenada Mexico and
then snuck into San Diego on a fishing boat.

Normally I go all out and cook a feast, but i'm so busy this year, I
just ordered out.

Happy Chinese New Year!

And to you! We really should have a feast...I have been known to get
together six or eight friends and set up a community assembly line for
dim sum.

"Mischief" wrote in message
oups.com...
In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

I don't know if anyone else here is Chinese, but I'm 4th generation
Cantonese. My family has been here since the early 1900s.

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's side got a special exemption
certificate to come to the US (Cause the US had put a ban on Chinese
immigration at that time)

My great-great-grandfather on my mom's side came to Ensenada Mexico and
then snuck into San Diego on a fishing boat.

Normally I go all out and cook a feast, but i'm so busy this year, I
just ordered out.

Happy Chinese New Year!


Kristi


What year is this? I haven't been paying attention like I usually do.

We have a large Chinese American community in Marysville and one of the
biggest local events is the Bok Kai parade in March. We have a really nice
dragon and lots of San Francisco area stuff comes here then too. There are
always really nice parade posters with whichever animal is current on it.

Happy lunar new year!

Jo

Jo Firey wrote:
"Mischief" wrote in message
oups.com...
In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

I don't know if anyone else here is Chinese, but I'm 4th generation
Cantonese. My family has been here since the early 1900s.

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's side got a special exemption
certificate to come to the US (Cause the US had put a ban on
Chinese
immigration at that time)

My great-great-grandfather on my mom's side came to Ensenada Mexico
and then snuck into San Diego on a fishing boat.

Normally I go all out and cook a feast, but i'm so busy this year,
I
just ordered out.

Happy Chinese New Year!


Kristi


What year is this? I haven't been paying attention like I usually
do.

We have a large Chinese American community in Marysville and one of
the biggest local events is the Bok Kai parade in March. We have a
really nice dragon and lots of San Francisco area stuff comes here
then too. There are always really nice parade posters with
whichever
animal is current on it.

Happy lunar new year!

Jo

Year of the Rooster. There's been some firecrackers in our
neighbourhood and Vino ran and hid under the table like a little wussy
pussy. LOL! He's not usually scared of noises like that but I guess
these firecrackers were just too close to the house (maybe 20 feet
away). He wasn't intimidated for long though, came out from under the
table and layed under his scratching post.
People here in Thailand are driving around with bouquets of orchids
tied to the grille's of their cars. I think it's for good luck.
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's
covered in fur!
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

Happy Chinese New Year to you, too!

Or, as Captain and Stanley would say, Happy Chinese MEW Year! )

Donna, Captain, and Stanley

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
"Mischief" wrote:

In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

I don't know if anyone else here is Chinese, but I'm 4th generation
Cantonese. My family has been here since the early 1900s.

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's side got a special exemption
certificate to come to the US (Cause the US had put a ban on Chinese
immigration at that time)

My great-great-grandfather on my mom's side came to Ensenada Mexico and
then snuck into San Diego on a fishing boat.

Normally I go all out and cook a feast, but i'm so busy this year, I
just ordered out.

Happy Chinese New Year!

And to you! We really should have a feast...I have been known to get
together six or eight friends and set up a community assembly line for
dim sum.

MMmmmmm.... Yum cha.

Happy Year of the Rooster to everyone!

Yowie ( a chook herself)

Mischief wrote:
In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

Gong xi fa cai, Xin nian kuai le!

I'm not Chinese, but I do live in Hong Kong, and we've been celebrating
hard for the last couple of days - parades, music, decorations, lots
and lots of nice food and - tonight - the big firework display across
the harbour!

I'm particularly fond of all the lucky snack trays that abound at this
time of year - candied lotus roots, gold-wrapped chocolate money,
coconut sweets... Mmm!

Enjoy your celebrations (lai see doh lay!)
Cheers,
Al.

Happy Chinese New Year to you too,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Mischief" wrote in message
oups.com...
In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

I don't know if anyone else here is Chinese, but I'm 4th generation
Cantonese. My family has been here since the early 1900s.

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's side got a special exemption
certificate to come to the US (Cause the US had put a ban on Chinese
immigration at that time)

My great-great-grandfather on my mom's side came to Ensenada Mexico and
then snuck into San Diego on a fishing boat.

Normally I go all out and cook a feast, but i'm so busy this year, I
just ordered out.

Happy Chinese New Year!


Kristi

Mischief wrote:
Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year to you too!

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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
...

"Mischief" wrote in message
oups.com...
In case you don't know what that means, "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means,
"Happy Chinese New Year!"

I don't know if anyone else here is Chinese, but I'm 4th generation
Cantonese. My family has been here since the early 1900s.

My great-great-grandfather on my dad's side got a special exemption
certificate to come to the US (Cause the US had put a ban on Chinese
immigration at that time)

My great-great-grandfather on my mom's side came to Ensenada Mexico and
then snuck into San Diego on a fishing boat.

Normally I go all out and cook a feast, but i'm so busy this year, I
just ordered out.

Happy Chinese New Year!


Kristi


What year is this? I haven't been paying attention like I usually do.

We have a large Chinese American community in Marysville and one of the
biggest local events is the Bok Kai parade in March. We have a really
nice dragon and lots of San Francisco area stuff comes here then too.
There are always really nice parade posters with whichever animal is
current on it.

Happy lunar new year!

Jo

Not surprisingly, I was born in 1951 - the year of the cat!!! ; What
about you guys?

http://www.astro-uk.dircon.co.uk/chinese_years.html

Hugs,

CatNipped