Happy New Year! (the year of the Ox)

quantumleap · Jan 24, 2009

Chinese Lunar New Year occurs January 26th this year. For those of you in China it will happen in less than 24 hours.

新年快乐， 万事如意
[FONT=&quot] GONG XI FA CAI [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]As We MooOooVe [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]FrOm 2008[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] tO 2009..[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] MaY You HavE No WorriEs[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] AnD MoRe Joy..[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] DuN Let StReSS TriP You OvEr[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] AnD SpEnD MoRe TiMe WitH FaMiLy[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] AnD FriEnDs..[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] HaVe A GreaT NeW YeaR..!![/FONT]

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May each and everyone of you have a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year !![/FONT]
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PapaParlay · Jan 24, 2009

Holy cow, I'm an ox...that means it's been another 12 years already?

BronxCheer+ · Jan 25, 2009

I'm also an Ox , born in 73, who should I stay away from? and if I do eventually end up dating a chic that I shoulnt what shoud I tell her?

PapaParlay · Jan 25, 2009

That system is a bit messed up...you're supposed to date chicks that are 4 or 8 years apart from you, and you're not supposed to date chicks the same age as you, nor 12 years apart.

Chinese Zodiac aside...if you're dating a girl that you shouldn't...just tell her to go **** herself.

Piranha · Jan 25, 2009

I'm also an OX and it is one of the strongest animal besides the Dragon on the Chinese zodiac.

I'm hoping for a good year..........

BronxCheer+ · Jan 25, 2009

Piranha said:
I'm also an OX and it is one of the strongest animal besides the Dragon on the Chinese zodiac.

I'm hoping for a good year..........

I hope u are right!! I need one!!

BronxCheer+ · Jan 25, 2009

testing!!!

BronxCheer+ · Jan 25, 2009

ty Will

quantumleap · Jan 25, 2009

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWE0OsQF-4O1D0ziIGp5HUos5_bQD95T2CRG0

Year of the Ox looking very un-bullish, seers say

By DIKKY SINN – 2 days ago

HONG KONG (AP) — If the global economy fails to recover in 2009, the housing bubble or credit crunch may not be to blame. It could be a lack of fire.

Chinese fortunetellers say fire — one of the five elements mystics believe form the basis of the universe — is essential to financial well-being. And fire is nowhere to be found in the mythology of this coming Year of the Ox, the Chinese lunar year that begins Monday.

"Fire is the driving force behind economic growth. Without it, the market lacks momentum," said Raymond Lo, a Hong Kong master of feng shui, the ancient Chinese practice of trying to achieve health, harmony and prosperity through building design, the placement of objects and auspicious dates and numbers.

Chinese soothsayers see a deepening recession, millions more losing their jobs, and stocks and home prices continuing to fall. That's more or less in line with what some economists are predicting, but some fortunetellers are throwing in other dire predictions — massive earthquakes, rising U.S.-Russian tensions and trouble for President Barack Obama.

Obama, born in the Year of the Ox, is taking office in a particularly bad year for his Chinese astrological sign. The ox sign is in direct conflict this year with a traditional Chinese divinity called the "God of Year," considered a bad omen. Obama also is the 44th president, a number the Chinese deem extremely unlucky, because "four" is pronounced the same as "death" in Chinese.

"The new U.S. president is not having good luck this year. His honeymoon will only be short-lived," said fortuneteller Alion Yeo, predicting Obama may even face impeachment in his first year in office. "The Year of the Ox looks slightly better and less dire than last year, but it will still be bumpy."

Yeo also predicted that the U.S. mortgage crisis would worsen and the stock market would plunge to new lows.

But Malaysian numerologist Weng Shi Ming suggested Obama's birth year would offset his bad luck. Weng said the symmetry of 1961 is "the perfect mix of ying and yang," rendering Obama "immune to the effects of 44."

The ox, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, symbolizes calm, hard work, resolve and tenacity. According to legend, the ox allowed the cunning rat to ride on its head in a race to determine the animals' order. Shortly before the ox crossed the finish line, the rat leaped off to claim victory. The Year of the Rat was marked in 2008.

Among the world's luminaries born in the Year of the Ox: former U.S. President Richard Nixon (1913), former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1925), Princess Diana (1961), and Hollywood actors George Clooney (1961) and Richard Gere (1949).

wolfie_cr · Jan 25, 2009

Kung Hei Fat Choy to you all!

(I was in Hong Kong last year during the New Year and after hearing it 50 times it finally stuck in my head)

I went to get take out from the Chinese restaurant two nights ago, I used my kung hei fat choy.....they starred at me for 5 seconds and then they burst out laughting 'HAHAHAHAHAHAH KUNG HEI FAT CHOY ! KUNG HEI FAT CHOY TO YOU TOO"

It was the funniest thing to see their reaction