Happy Lunar New Year! 2009 is the year of the water buffalo, or the ox. My family has always celebrated both new years, which is lucky for me. Personally, I think January 1st is too soon after the holiday season to be expected to get organized and ready for the new year. One of the things to do in getting ready for Chinese/Lunar New Year is to clean your house. You can sweep away all of the bad luck from the previous year- this is how I spent most of my evening yesterday (still need to mop the kitchen floor though).
I also celebrated by going to my parent's house to eat this traditional Korean rice cake soup and on Saturday, I went to Eli Lilly's Chinese Culture Network's celebration. That was pretty entertaining- lots of dancing, music, skits, even the Eli Lilly executies got up and practiced their Mandarin and their calligraphy to amuse us!
The Ox symbolizes hard work and patience- two things we will definitely need considering the economy we have been experiencing recently. This year it is important to think of the things that really matter- family, health, and home! If we can all just keep the ideals of this animal in mind, we should all hopefully find ourselves more successful and peaceful in the year to come.
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