Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Or Happy New Year! Chinese New Year is bigger than Christmas here. Everywhere is decorated and lit up...like Christmas! But instead of presents, young people receive HongBao (red packets with money inside) from their elders and present them with 2 oranges in return. Doesn't seem like a fair swap to me! This year is the Year of the Tiger, which is the year that I was born in. It's supposed to bode badly when your birth year swings around again and you should wear protective amulets to stop the bad luck. What it actually means is that you must be getting older - perhaps I can find one sponsored by Oil of Olay?