This year, what with starting a new job, selling our house, and going to Melbourne to present a paper at the VALA2010 conference, I just did not manage to send greeting cards to anyone. So, a virtual greeting will have to do for this year: GONG XI FA CAI! Happy New Year! I hope this [...]
Gong xi fa cai! Happy New Year! This year the first day of the new lunar year falls on the Australia Day public holiday. Celebrations started yesterday, with the traditional family reunion dinner. Today we will be visiting a few relatives, to pay respects. I am currently getting into the mood by listening to new [...]
We’re not celebrating the Chinese New Year this year, given Mama’s recent passing. I don’t think we would have been in the mood, even if it was the ‘done’ thing to celebrate after a death. Mama was the person we consulted on cultural matters – how many oranges to give to uncles and aunts, how [...]