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Jan 09
You must wear red new clothes or get eaten by a monster
Posted by Sheylara . 55 Comments »

To be totally blunt, I think us Chinese people are all being taken for rides.

Just think about it. Chinese New Year customs originated from some stupid folklore about a mythical monster by the name of Nian (Year), who enjoys swallowing innocent people with his great big mouth, but who is also very conveniently scared of red.

To prevent Nian from paying you an unsolicited midnight visit for a midnight snack, you should stick red paper all over your house or, better yet, all over yourself.

Think about it. Year after year, we are celebrating the non-existence of a great big monster whose nemesis is the colour of red. If that doesn’t make us quite silly, I don’t know what does.

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Love, Sheylara
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  1. Mince Pye says:
    Thu, 22 January 2009 at 4:14 pm

    Hey RN, yeah… I got confused a bit.

    The TV series is called Firefly, named after the type of the ship they fly.

    The movie is called Serenity, which is what the crew calls their Firefly-class ship.

  2. tiger4 says:
    Thu, 22 January 2009 at 4:32 pm

    @Mince Paye/RN: Yep, Serenity is a nice movie. Too bad its series does not do well and is discontinued.

    For the movie, I like the part where River clean house with the Reavers and when Wash fly through the crossfires.

    “I am a leave on the wind, watch how I soar”

  3. Michael Yip says:
    Thu, 22 January 2009 at 5:47 pm

    Ah Girl …. Got Boyfriend already ah … When Getting Married? KEKEKE..

    Happy Chinese New Year! And May you have loads of Yee Sang until you don’t want to eat til next year.

  4. RN1209 says:
    Fri, 23 January 2009 at 9:47 am

    @tiger4 / Mince Pye: I was a big fan of Joss Whedon’s work. Damn near followed every single episode of Buffy throughout the 7 seasons, hehe:)

  5. tiger4 says:
    Fri, 23 January 2009 at 11:52 am

    @RN1209: haha, Buffy is a nice series (Sarah Michelle Gellar!) but start to get tired of it esp for the last few seasons.

    I am never a fan of series. Neither have the time or patience to follow them. Like Lost, the first season is so exciting, after that it’s like Huh? to me. Still prefer movies.

    Only exception is CSI: Las Vegas n Prison Break, but even that I miss quite often.

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