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Chinese New Year

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It’s Chinese New Year. There are a few times of the year Pokin loves to use as an excuse to have too much food, and apparently this is one of them. Even though none of us are year of the Dragon, dragons seem cool, and Pokin said we can all use some luck, so she went a little bit all out. I do love me some dragons, so I approved.

What started as a small celebration quickly got out of control. Lion dancers, you ask? Sure, why not? For a donation to the school, you can hire the local karate school to come perform. And despite the fact we had this on actual Chinese New Year, they were available! So my bud and Pokin invited way too many people, and we had them all over.

Technically my tag does say “Made in China”, and while I don’t consider this a large part of my identity it is sometimes nice to celebrate. And so celebrate we did!

Chinese New Year and Dragon Lion Dances

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It’s still Chinese New Year and I sure heard a lot of firecrackers in Shenzhen.

But it was even better to see a Dragon Lion Dance right outside my hotel room in HK.

I even got some front row viewing.

They did flips and lit firecrackers, chewed up cabbage and spit out stuffed animal horses into the crowds.

While we’re at it, here are some World Championships:

I like Dragon Lions.  Time for me to invite a spirit bear dance.

Day three Chinese New Year

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Today’s not a day to go and visit people.  It’s a day to get your fortune told.

Well we went and visited loads of people.

First stop, Uncle Adolf’s house.  Uncle Adolf moved to Pok Fu Lam which is located on the South Side of HK.  The metro line doesn’t run south, so we got a ride from the Admiralty MTR and drove around to the south side.

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Pok Fu Lam used to be a dairy farm but is now a swanky residential area.  It was a fine day and Uncle Adolf lives in the Penthouse suite so we got a good view of the South China Sea and Lamma Island.  Brunch on a rooftop is not a bad thing at all.

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Next stop, cousin Shirley’s place in Tseung Kwan O on the other corner of Hong Kong.

They live beside a mall with the best name in the world.

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That’s right, PopCorn Mall.  They’ve even got a PopCorn mascot.

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Since it was the Year of the Horse, they had some horses too.

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Cousin Shirley lives in a tall high rise tower.  She’s on the 53rd floor.  That’s almost as high as I fly.

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Eventually we went back down to the ground floor to meet with Auntie Connie, do another group photo, and then it was time to make our way back into Shenzhen, China.

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Day Two Chinese New Year

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Day two of Chinese New Year.  開年.

Today’s the day families are supposed to visit.  So we started the day with some family visits and family portraits.

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That got old quick, so in the afternoon we went to see the Monkey King.  In 3D.  With subtitles.

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It is your numeration, not your responsibility.

Through transmigration, you can live after die.

With dialogue like this, you bet I thought it was the most awesomest movie I’d see so far this Chinese New Year.

Lai see Red Envelopes

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Word in the house was that lai see packages were being prepared.  These are auspicious red packets containing money that are given to kids, colleagues and baby bears like me.

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Naturally I came out to supervise.

Nicholas received a bunch from various cousins, aunts, uncles and family members.

I made sure to take them all for myself.

I had a good haul.  This is a good start to Chinese New Year.