We’re in the middle of the Chinese New Year “octave“. Tradition has it that everyday in the this 15-day period has a different significance. Today is the 7th day of the Chinese New Year, also known as ren ri (人日）, or the “day of man”, which is treated as the common man’s birthday, or the day when everyone gains a year in age. So “Happy Birthday” to you!
The highlight of the celebrations of ren ri is eating yu sheng (鱼生), a practice also known as lo hei in Cantonese. This practice is thought to bring good luck and prosperity. Our company is also having a company lo hei dinner. However, I will not be attending the company dinner tonight. I must say, I’m a little anti-social when it comes to gatherings like that.
Instead, I’ll have a simple celebration with Mom tonight at home. There won’t be any yu sheng, since we already had it on New Year’s eve. Just some of our favorite foods for dinner. Followed by a marathon of Korean drama DVDs of course.
Bumped into an ex-classmate this afternoon. Apparently, she’s now working near where I’m working. So we agreed to meet up for lunch some time soon. It’s nice to see old friends every once in a while.
Meanwhile, I’ll be thinking of how to celebrate Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Most likely a simple lunch, gift exchange and just plain hanging out together. We may squeeze in a movie if there’s time, although I don’t see anything that’ll interest me enough to wanna step into the cinema. Actually, I just wanna spend some quality time with him, it doesn’t really matter where we go or what we do. Just having him by my side already makes me very happy.
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