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niko2x
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:31 am Post subject: Re: The Year of the Monkey rocks! |
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ichiban_noodles wrote: | We're expecting our first child (a boy) next month. Needless to say, we're very excited to welcome the little monkey into our lives. It's going to be a great year! | Congrats, ichiban! Welcome to the forum as well! _________________
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juliana_phang wrote: | reunion dinner was GReAT!!!
but i hate the cleaning parT!
my house is in a mess now..
(^-^;;
how's everyone's diiner? |
fun..!! good food and everyone talking..!! ureshii desu ne..~
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niko2x
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country: |
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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sammimatsu wrote: | Happy Chinese Year!!!who is married here??should give me angpau ehehhe j/k | Really? I just thought all older people was suppose to give out the "red packets" (lay-cee). BTW, what is angpau? I know I should know it, being chinese and all...
loriemay wrote: | how do we spell happy new year in chinese? i wonder coz here it's kung hei fat choy.... | That is the Cantonese pronunciation of it. In the beginning of the thread there is a mandarin pronuciation of it as well. _________________
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juliana_phang
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 2416 Location: Le-Ciel, 1F,No.9 IS-Building, 1-13-6, Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 150-0013
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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niko2x wrote: | Really? I just thought all older people was suppose to give out the "red packets" (lay-cee). BTW, what is angpau? I know I should know it, being chinese and all... |
how i wish too.~~..hehe..then i'll have more angpau-s[red packets]
between what's lay ceE?
i thought red packet is known as angpau in chinese..
or maybe lay cee is another chinese dialect for angpau?
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niko2x
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country: |
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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juliana_phang wrote: | how i wish too.~~..hehe..then i'll have more angpau-s[red packets]
between what's lay ceE?
i thought red packet is known as angpau in chinese..
or maybe lay cee is another chinese dialect for angpau? | Lay-cee is the cantonese pronunciation of the red-packets (you know, thing with the money inside). Example below, do a scroll down and you will find the def of what we're talking about (what lang is angpau anyways? Maybe mandarin?)
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/newyear/newyear.html#Sweeping _________________
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Heh, when I was a little kid decades ago, lay-see was my sole source of income...
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juliana_phang
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 2416 Location: Le-Ciel, 1F,No.9 IS-Building, 1-13-6, Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 150-0013
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atheon
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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loriemay wrote: |
hi there, i was born in may 6, 1982, so what's my sign?
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DOG...whoof!!
well i'm having steam boat too.....
now i had sore throat....haizz...
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 5:10 am Post subject: |
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zbl wrote: | happy new year to ALL...
i am in the office...
AMERICAN company...does not appreciate chinese new year... |
Heh, our President and VP of the company are Chinese, but we're still workin' our butts off today. Oh well.
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niko2x
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country: |
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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zbl wrote: | nothing against chinese, but i think having a chinese boss can be very stressful... | You're right. I'm CHN and I don't even want to work for a chinese boss. I think I'd always feel I was underperforming. Now with regular americans, they can always know when to use a "coffee/cigarette break". _________________
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