*Adapting to Life*: Chinese New Year Greetings

Year of the Fire Dog is upon us... Kicking off the New Year for Chinese all around the world. Although as Chinese we are extremely traditional people - From wearing the colour red to mandarin oranges and not sweeping the floor - there are signs that technology is catching up. TMNet has a very cute CNY ad, where instead of burning firecrackers to scare off the demon (The small kid had the firecrackers, but no matches), the hero downloaded the sound (presumably via Streamyx) to his phone (Why not 3G i wonder? Too much a favour to Maxis?) and destroyed the demon. The tagline "Technology Advancing Tradition"....

Another clear sign of technology is the amount of SMS greetings that I have received... Here are some of the more interesting ones...

1. Gong Xi Fatt Chai.. May this new year bring u a bright new n better health, wealth, career advancement and many more. dragon horse spirit (Did I lose something in translation here?) . May we all hope 4 de best!
2. Ayam pegi, anjing mali, 'sueh' pergi, 'ONG mali', Untong Untong Hali-hali, jason wishing u n family HAPPY Lunar new year.
   
3. Feng Shui master advises doggy style sex on CNY eve. Achieve pleasure, prosperity and health. Gong Xi Fa Chai. ;-).
   
4. I know that it's a bit early for CNY sms, but I have to send to hundred of ugly friends. So I thought I'll start with the sexy and good looking ones first. Happy Chinese New Year! Obviously Charmaine is trying to get a free breakfast from me, or either that she simply whack the same message to everyone on her list.
5. Ayam pegi, anjing mali, 'Sueh pegi', 'Ong mali', untong untong hali hali, gembira mesti mali, kena 4 ekor tiap tiap kali. Gong Xi Fa Cai & Best Wishes 2 u and your family.
6. Lillian Too Feng Shui Master advises, 2 perform doggy style on New Year Eve of CNY to bring propesrity, health & happiness 4 year of the dog.

So the main theme for this year is obviously the dog, but also focus on yearly theme such as propesrity and health.

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all & May the Year of the Fire Dog be bitching EXCELLENT for everyone!

*Adapting to Love*: Parting is such sweet sorrow

It seems that my love life revolves around certain key dates... September 11, October 14 and now December 14.

December 14, the day I bid farewell to my Wildfire Princess. However the circumstances of this farewell is so different from September 11. She was leaving to Dubai as she managed to secure a job with Emirates Airlines as a cabin crew, and with that parting, I realise now what the bard meant by parting is such sweet sorrow.

She is leaving to Dubai for the righ reasons, she is young, ambitious and have goals in life that the job would help her fulfil... That is the sweet part, knowing that it was the right decision for her as an individual. Throughout her interview, I was always there for her (At least I hope I was, encouraging her to go for it and preparing her for it). It was an undenialable that I was extremely proud of her when she got the offer, and it was a hectic time for her to prepare to uproot and leave.

Nothing prepared me for the sorrow of her leaving though. It has been a month since I held her in my arms, it has been a month since our fingers interwined like lovers could, it has been a month since I felt her heartbeat beneath her skin...

It took a long time for me to compose this, and my thoughts are still jumbled. I guess the point of this posting is to say that it was the right decision for her to accept the job, and I will do all I can to prevent us from sharing the same faith as the Bard's most famous and tragic couple.

Hopefully my thoughts will be more coherent in my next posting.