Last time I am actively online during 2008, so I gues, why not make it now?

Happy New Year's!

Grats earth, another lap around your giver of life.. although it would make more sense if you celebrated it during spring like the old days h-uh?

Have a great 2009 peeps ^^

2008 was a blast, lets see if we can make 2009 even better!

Happy new year everyone!

¡Feliz año nuevo!
Incluso para aquellos que me pegaron en el Dojo

Happy new year!
Even for those who hit me in the Dojo

La multi ani !

Happy new year!

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Happy New Year, may it bring you even more happiness than the last

and because i'm posting 37 mins later, it's 1h 44mins left till my year

Happy new year!!
and there's 364 days, 23 hours and 6 mins left of 2009 for me right now =)

have fun, and hopefully you survive the hangover^^

i cant remember which country it is, but there's one near Australia which the international date line goes through the middle of, meaning they get New Year's twice

2h 19 mins into my new year now

happy new year every1.. soon put up a new batch of avatars up there

Happy year since old one is already behind now and this new year is also already old.

Happy New Year Everyone! ^^

I came back at 8 am.. fell asleep and now i am awake.. at 3:30 pm...

New Year started with a dry mouth..

Happy Chinese New Year. ~_~

::laughs:: yes, happy Chinese New Year. year of the Ox i believe

Yeah.. my brother has to wear red underwear for the coming year, cuz he's an ox , my mom too, hhehehehe

lol, is there a colour code to each of the years?

no... red is just the main colour of happiness, manifesting itself in the realisation of dreams and goals, as well as an obscene amount of piles and piles of oodles of money..

Mehh.. My dad thought it was New Year's Eve the day before the actual eve. Not that I knew myself, anyway. I had to ask Yami (and here is the relevance to MD), and she also went on to tell me how to say Happy New Year in three different languages. Our family is American. >_>

But my dad brought home fried pork skin, duck meat, BBQ pork, peanut-butter sesame dim sum, egg cakes, dumplings, bean curd soup, boiled chicken and sticky cake from Grandma's. n___n I'm so happy, I'm happy just boasting about it. I love Chinese New Year.

Oh, I have to check how much money I got from Grandma too. Suckers.

*suddenly wants chinese relatives.....somehow*

i don't think i've really celebrated chinese new year, due to having no link to china or the new year, but if i get to eat chinese food and get money then i might next year

Hey! My Chinese colleagues wished me Happy New Year...should I ask them for money?

yes...yes you should


also ask for some chow mein or something, save buying dinner

It's too late now, dst. -_-

Hey, I will tell you a surefire way to gain a Chinese family, without the hassle of marrying a Chinese woman. It's a secret tactic! Find the closest old Chinese lady and talk to her whenever you pass by. Act curious, outgoing, friendly. Ask her gardening tips, make her tell you how to say this or that word in her language, comment on various things she does, relate conversations you had with others and ask her opinion. Bring her gifts like eggs, fruit and vegetables: "Do you like these? How do you cook them?" If you're male, it would behoove you to be abashed whenever she compliments you. If she ever mentions something you can help with, do so eagerly! She should begin talking about her children and grandchildren, and when that happens you should start calling her Auntie (ask first though). At this point you can begin asking about her past days and talking about your love life (fake or real). On holidays, if you follow these directions, she will start giving small gifts. If you keep this up for an extended period, you will meet members of her family and be called Uncle by her grandchildren! :)

The bean curd was a little disappointing. Too many dehydrated oysters overpowered the delicate taste. Someone cooked the BBQ pork and duck with tomato-cauliflower; I ended up eating only the cauliflower. But otherwise, very good! And I also got egg rolls, biscuit cookies, dried-salted plums and tangerines with the stems and leaves attached to them.

i think you may have looked into this too much Glai

and it seems a lot of effort to get Chnese New Year pressies, also my family is large enough without making it bigger by adding another family to it

Thank you Glai. Now my appetite is back. I was a bit worried cause I had some issues and I did not eat for the hole day but after reading your post I am definitely raiding the fridge .
I could try the Chinese family thing but there aren't so many Chinese in Bucharest and the ones that live here are almost invisible...