Happy New Year: the year of the Horse

[dan330]

Happy Asian new year...

 

[lunatic59]

Oh, Wilburrrrrrrr.

 

[kate]

Oh, Wilburrrrrrrr.

And now I have the theme song stuck in m head :rofl:

Happy New Year!

 

[lunatic59]

And now I have the theme song stuck in m head :rofl:

Happy New Year!

Of course!

 

[dan330]

of course

 

[Unforgiven]

Happy year of the horse.

And no one can talk to a horse...:vroam:

 

[lunatic59]

Well, somebody had to eventually ...

Spoiler

 

[mikedt]

Too many loud fireworks going off, need to get my beauty sleep.

 

[SiempreTuna]

Kung hei fat choy / Gong xi fa cai

.. which I think means "good luck gambling on Mahjong" .. effectively

So Mike: did you get an ang pau and some mandarins at work ..?

 

[zuben el genub]

Too many loud fireworks going off, need to get my beauty sleep.

How bad was your migration? News here had a spot about people going home for New Year was the biggest migration on earth. Some couldn't get tickets for any transport.

 

[dan330]

some Asians like to gamble for new years weekend.

up late last night.. with friends.. watching super bowl.. wow.. Denver was stomped hard!!! we all lost big!!! what happened???

then played cards till late.. 3 am.
so tired today! got my money back

 

[Bearsyzf]

some Asians like to gamble for new years weekend.

up late last night.. with friends.. watching super bowl.. wow.. Denver was stomped hard!!! we all lost big!!! what happened???

then played cards till late.. 3 am.
so tired today! got my money back

I hope you didn't bet on the game

 

[dan330]

yes.. yes we did..
we all thought Denver would cover the 2 point spread!!!!
year of the horse.. my assss!!!

lost a lot on the game..

 

[mikedt]

How bad was your migration? News here had a spot about people going home for New Year was the biggest migration on earth. Some couldn't get tickets for any transport.

Sure it's true about largest annual migration on earth. Here's a news article about it from a couple of years ago. Rush on the rails|Society|chinadaily.com.cn
...that's me on the packed train going to Hubei.

This year I'm staying more local, so only using taxis.