Happy Chinese New Year

  It is Chinese New Year, the most important festival in the Chinese communities.

  This year, most people in Taiwan get a vacation of night days during Chinese New Year. For me, I can only be off  for 5 days. Nevertheless, it is long enough to me. I bought a ticket to India 2 months ago with a trip plan to visit Taj Mahal. I changed my mind 3 weeks ago to cancel the flight in order to accompany with my family, especially my grandmother because she is not at a good health status in recent years. It is better to me to celebrate the Chinese New Year with her, or I might have many opportunities to be with her in the future.



  We dined in a restaurant on Chinese New Year's Eve. There were 20 adults and 1 children in our family group for the dinner. I was lucky to get the seats 2 weeks ago because most restaurants in Taichung have no more seat available on that day. The food was good, and the price was relatively low. I always love the ambience of family reunion. Following traditional custom, I gave money gifts in red paper envelopes to my family (so I went bankrupt). My aunt bought scratchcards to us to try our fortune. At the end, mine didn't win any prize.

Group Photo of My Family

My Scratchcard

   On the day of Chinese New Year, I went to a movie with my aunt and my cousins. The movie was "Haywire" by Steven Soderbergh. I have to say I don't really like it. Some fighting scenes in the movie were great, but that was all.

   We visited a local temple of God of Wealth on Tuesday. We prayed for a prosperous year, and I touched a big Chinese gold ingot which is believed to give people good fortune. Of course, I prayed for hitting the jackpot so that I can own a nice condo in Paris somewhere abroad.

The temple of God of Wealth

God, please give me a good fortune.

    If I went to India, it would be a totally different story to tell. However, spending the vacation at home is a good choice as well. I felt relaxed and happy. Hope everything is going well this whole new year.