View Full Version : Chinese New Years!
Sir_Froggy
02-09-2002, 10:17 PM
yep time again to get the money that'll last me about 2-5 weeks :D
sho.gun
02-09-2002, 10:18 PM
happy new years guys!! :cheers: now i want money too...
*Stretching eyes apart with index fingers* Where is my money?
Cantacuzene
02-09-2002, 10:33 PM
happy new year -_-
Sir_Froggy
02-09-2002, 10:39 PM
haha stop being prejudice :P
well i think it gets lesser and lesser as u grow up...i only get money from my grandparents now....no longer from my aunts and uncles....wut kinda relatives do i have in my family :rolleyes:
brain
02-09-2002, 11:12 PM
Is Chinese New Year this weekend or this upcoming weekend?
Sir_Froggy
02-09-2002, 11:14 PM
monday
brain
02-09-2002, 11:20 PM
Hmm.... Perhaps it would be a bad idea for me to go to Vegas this weekend. My friend was there for Chinese New Year a year or two ago and it was insanely packed.
Sir_Froggy
02-09-2002, 11:24 PM
hmm.......but how would that work? there's no long weekend or anything is there?? or am i just missing something??
brain
02-09-2002, 11:26 PM
President's Day. No?
Sir_Froggy
02-09-2002, 11:30 PM
this monday right after this week's sunday?? cuz i'm talking bout the 11th
i thought pres day was next next week......? as in the 18th
MadCool
02-09-2002, 11:34 PM
Gon Hay Fat Choy! :kaching:
brain
02-10-2002, 01:35 AM
Originally posted by Sir_Froggy
this monday right after this week's sunday?? cuz i'm talking bout the 11th
i thought pres day was next next week......? as in the 18th
That's why I asked whether it was this weekend (the one we are currently in) or the upcoming weekend (the weekend right after Valentine's day).
molecularfire
02-10-2002, 11:27 AM
It's tomorrow!!!! :D
Time to rake in the dough
Windsor
02-10-2002, 04:59 PM
New Years EVE is tomorrow, New Years is on the 12th!
g222leav
02-10-2002, 05:58 PM
Originally posted by Sir_Froggy
yep time again to get the money that'll last me about 2-5 weeks :D
lil rugrats like you piss me off on chinese new years. if all you care about is money you shouldn't get any "foombows"
just my opinion...it taints the whole chinese new years celebration. every year the lil kids gets worse. as for myself, i'm just grateful if i even get just one. i have red envelopes all the way from 1990...like a 2 inch stack. keep 'em for good luck.
its not on monday... its on tuesday! ;)
happy new year btw... *ka-ching* lol
Sir_Froggy
02-10-2002, 07:03 PM
i guess....i usually only get one or two a year anyways...use to get more or seemed more cuz i was a lil kid.....
NuTs62
02-10-2002, 07:24 PM
I think the whole idea of red packets is pretty cool. It gives the kids a bit to look forward to every year. It gets them all excited. I wouldn't get mad at lil' rugrats for wanting the money, just as long as they know the significance of it, and know where it comes from. Its a cycle, in many cases when they get married, they'll be the ones giving out the lei-see.
Sir_Froggy
02-10-2002, 07:35 PM
lei-see?
cuz in mandarin it's hong-bao.....so is lei-see another form of chinese?
there are two different sayings for the red packets.. in either language...
hong bao.. is just red packet
lei-see is like another way of sayin it... but he was saying cantonesse there tho..
Sir_Froggy
02-10-2002, 07:47 PM
oh ok...ya that's wut i was thinking......
NuTs62
02-10-2002, 08:03 PM
Yup, what he said! =P Cantonese is what I grew up with, but I still do understand hong bao. =) I dunno bout anyone else, but the dialects seem pretty similar that I understand it, and am able to make a transition. I just have a problem with speaking =P I am a (in cantonese) toe-ji-jai.
mcs328
02-11-2002, 08:42 AM
Happy chinese new year.
I dunno how everyone else celebrates but we have two dinners and of course the hoom bow. We had a closing year dinner and we are going to have an opening new year dinner.
The dinner we had was absolutely maddening. This chinese lady brought in her co-workers (about 50) to the same restaurant as my family. And everytime they toasted or another dish came to their table they would yell out 'Gung Hay Fat Choy'. It was amusing the first few times but at 7 dishes per table and at least 5 tables...hearing 35 times plus everytime they made a toast was maddening. And their chinese was getting worse...at the end it was like 'Go home fat boys' or something. Ugh.
Jihforce
02-11-2002, 09:24 AM
I've noticed that as you grow older, not only do you get less money, you have to start giving it out too. :(
Ladogaboy
02-11-2002, 10:23 AM
Originally posted by Jihforce
I've noticed that as you grow older, not only do you get less money, you have to start giving it out too. :(
:heh: But in theory, you should have a better job by then, right? :heh:
Sir_Froggy
02-11-2002, 09:15 PM
Originally posted by NuTs62
Yup, what he said! =P Cantonese is what I grew up with, but I still do understand hong bao. =) I dunno bout anyone else, but the dialects seem pretty similar that I understand it, and am able to make a transition. I just have a problem with speaking =P I am a (in cantonese) toe-ji-jai.
ya cantonese is like mandarin and vice versa with the major difference is accents....some words are different a lot though......
specially taiwanese! now i can understand a lil....but still hard to understand.....almost completely different than mandarin
brain
02-11-2002, 09:28 PM
I remember when I used to get fat stacks as a little kid for new years. I would easily clear anywhere between $500-$1000. But, what the heck do you do w/ $1000 when you're 8?
Devhux
02-11-2002, 09:29 PM
I actually attended some of the Chinese new year festivites going on here in Calgary.... lion dances, martial arts demonstrations, etc. It was actually pretty fun considering I'm not Chinese. :)
CornMonkey
02-11-2002, 10:23 PM
Originally posted by freakinfreak
Hmm.... Perhaps it would be a bad idea for me to go to Vegas this weekend. My friend was there for Chinese New Year a year or two ago and it was insanely packed.
las vegas AGAIN??!?
brain
02-11-2002, 11:06 PM
Originally posted by CornMonkey
las vegas AGAIN??!?
I haven't gone to Vegas at all this year. It's been at least 3 months.
kimchicowboy
02-12-2002, 12:53 AM
Originally posted by freakinfreak
I remember when I used to get fat stacks as a little kid for new years. I would easily clear anywhere between $500-$1000. But, what the heck do you do w/ $1000 when you're 8?
i could only imagine YOU bryan starting a roth IRA account at the the ripe age of 8. :P and there were some jerks walking up and down my street throwing those stupid popping things then threw a grip and made a loud noise. i'm trying to study. grr.
NuTs62
02-12-2002, 01:05 AM
Originally posted by Jihforce
I've noticed that as you grow older, not only do you get less money, you have to start giving it out too. :(
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I've been brought up, you start givin out red packets after you get married. But as for getting less as you grow older, I'd say thats kinda true.
NuTs62
02-12-2002, 01:07 AM
Originally posted by Sir_Froggy
ya cantonese is like mandarin and vice versa with the major difference is accents....some words are different a lot though......
specially taiwanese! now i can understand a lil....but still hard to understand.....almost completely different than mandarin
Well, at my church, I'm not too sure whether they speak Taiwanese or Mandarin, but I do understand it somewhat. But listenin to some of my sister's mandarin music in the car, I couldnt make out what the girl was singing. Weird =P
NuTs62
02-12-2002, 01:09 AM
Originally posted by freakinfreak
I remember when I used to get fat stacks as a little kid for new years. I would easily clear anywhere between $500-$1000. But, what the heck do you do w/ $1000 when you're 8?
Are you accepting applications for honorary members of your family? :D Thats why my parents set up a savings account which I couldn't touch until I turned 18.
brain
02-12-2002, 10:02 AM
Originally posted by kimchicowboy
i could only imagine YOU bryan starting a roth IRA account at the the ripe age of 8. :P and there were some jerks walking up and down my street throwing those stupid popping things then threw a grip and made a loud noise. i'm trying to study. grr.
I don't think I could've opened a roth IRA back when I was 8. It is made for those that are self employed and making a certain amount of money. I suppose it would've been best if my parents had put it all into a bank account that I couldn't touch until I was 18.
brain
02-12-2002, 10:03 AM
Originally posted by NuTs62
Are you accepting applications for honorary members of your family? :D Thats why my parents set up a savings account which I couldn't touch until I turned 18.
Just don't blow it all on strippers and fast living!
CornMonkey
02-12-2002, 10:05 AM
Originally posted by freakinfreak
Just don't blow it all on strippers and fast living!
stop going to vegas!!!
brain
02-12-2002, 10:07 AM
Originally posted by CornMonkey
stop going to vegas!!!
Come on. I've invested far too much. I need to see a return in my "investment" there. BTW, did you ever end up going that one time?
NuTs62
02-12-2002, 11:13 AM
Originally posted by freakinfreak
Just don't blow it all on strippers and fast living!
Nah, strippers cost too much. I just invested in an inflateable, more cost effective! The economy is goin down, we gotta make any sacrifices we can! =P
brain
02-12-2002, 10:16 PM
Originally posted by NuTs62
Nah, strippers cost too much. I just invested in an inflateable, more cost effective! The economy is goin down, we gotta make any sacrifices we can! =P
Inflatable :laugh:
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