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| Things I hate about Chinese New Year | | Date Created: Jan 29, 2006, 12:13 PM |
 It's that time again when millions of Chinese all over the world celebrate Chinese New Year and engage in several days of eating and drinking with family, friends and relatives.
I have always hated CNY particularly the inane conversation, lubricated by copious amounts of drinks and New Year sweets/pastries, that takes place among relatives that hardly know one another but go through the motions and breath a heavy sigh of relief once they have fulfilled their quota of visits. At least people have stopped asking me when we are going to have children. Now they just ask me when is GG coming back.
What irks me the most is the blind adherence to tradition that is so wrapped in the Chinese monetary mindset. We eat all kinds of things at CNY only because their names sound like "money", "fortune", "longevity" or other auspicious words. Well there is a reason why we don't eat these things at other times of the year ... they don't taste that good.
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