This post is to humor Shyuing, who’s been going through hell (I assume) studying for her Macroeconomics.
We Chinese have a custom called Qing Ming (清明). It is akin to All Souls’ Day in the west. Qing Ming is a time for us Chinese to honor our dead ancestors, tend to the graves of the departed [...]

Today’s the last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations. My dad shared with me a few things that… I can’t help but laugh. Though I doubt that you’d understand. But since it’s the last day of Chinese New Year, I thought I’d honor my own heritage.
The fun thing goes as this-

I’ve just gotten back from Penang yesterday. Well, since classes have started today, Chinese New Year celebrations were kinda rushed. But here’s a wordy and lengthy recap (that no one except those really interested in my life will bother to read)

To: All My Readers1,
I sincerely wish2 you and your families3
Gong Xi Fa Cai4
and an environmentally conscious,socially responsible, low stress,non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the lunar new year from the view of the Chinese lunisolar calendar (however, not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped [...]