Sun lin fai la!
Happy Chinese New Year!
I had a post all planned out today but I left it in the backseat of my mother's car. It was printed on the menu of the restaurant where we had our New Year dinner - the Joy Fortune Restaurnt.
Ironically, it was a list. A list I wanted to post in a blog. Har har har.
There were about 20 rules basically about when to say things. A few that I still recall are:
When you have something:
For most of my life growing up, I discounted my family because they couldn't understand me. Now that I'm a little older, I feel like there's so much that I haven't tried to understand about them. It's so easy to take for granted your own culture when being Chinese is just part of being alive. But it struck me as a shame that I didn't know more about my home country's history.
We don't really do "resolutions", but every year we wish each other good health, good work and good fortune. As I look forward in the following Chinese calendar year, I will dedicate to learning more about my cultural background.
I had a post all planned out today but I left it in the backseat of my mother's car. It was printed on the menu of the restaurant where we had our New Year dinner - the Joy Fortune Restaurnt.
Ironically, it was a list. A list I wanted to post in a blog. Har har har.
There were about 20 rules basically about when to say things. A few that I still recall are:
When you have something:
- Good to say, say it at the right occasion.
- Sad to share, be considerate and don't share it with every person you meet.
- Important to say, say it slowly.
- Insignifcant to say, say it humorously.
- You have to do, do it before you talk about it.
- Hurtful to say, don't say it.
- To say about someone else, be careful what you say.
- To discuss about yourself, listen to your heart.
For most of my life growing up, I discounted my family because they couldn't understand me. Now that I'm a little older, I feel like there's so much that I haven't tried to understand about them. It's so easy to take for granted your own culture when being Chinese is just part of being alive. But it struck me as a shame that I didn't know more about my home country's history.
We don't really do "resolutions", but every year we wish each other good health, good work and good fortune. As I look forward in the following Chinese calendar year, I will dedicate to learning more about my cultural background.
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