So it's Chinese New Year's eve here and a long weekend since Monday and Tuesday are the 1st and 2nd days of Chinese New Year and they are public holidays, but it's not going to be much of a holiday since I am buried in work and won't even have the time to do the mandatory Chinese New Year's eve gambling session. But if you want to celebrate Chinese New Year like a Chinese, here's what you have to do:
1. Stay up all night on New Year's Eve (25th Jan this year) and gamble. The later you stay up on New Year's eve, the longer your parents will live. And, obviously, the only way to persuade someone to stay up that late is to break out the cards or mahjong tiles. The luck you have in this gambling session is supposed to follow you throughout the year, so make sure you win. If you are invited to someone's house for a party on New Year's Day, prepare to gamble again. It's the first session of the year that determines your luck, and since you could start the year at midnight or at dawn, you could take the results of this session if it's better. For many, this is the only time of the year little kids are allowed to gamble, and they have lots of money from red packets (see below), the games will be soft. Take their lunch money without hesitation. If you win, you'll have good luck for the rest of the year. If they win, they won't be allowed to gamble for the rest of the year anyway, so what's the point?
2. If you are not married, visit every married friend and relation you can think of on the first 2 days of Chinese New Year. Anyone who is married will be compelled to give you red packets with cash inside. If you are married with kids, pimp your kids by visiting all the friends and relations who are married without kids. They will be compelled to give your kids red packets. Take the red packets away and tell your kids it's for their college fund. Deposit on PS. If you are married without kids, hide.
3. Refuse to help with household chores on New Year's Day (26th Jan this year). It's bad luck to handle anything sharp or clean the house.
There's a ton of other stuff (clean house thoroughly on New Year's eve) but it's not nearly as fun so just ignore.
I think the general consensus is that this coming year, the Year of the Ox, will be pretty bad for everyone except those born in the Year of the Pig. Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_pig to see if that's you!
In general, the fortune tellers say succeeding this year requires a lot of patience and steady work (like the ox), as opposed to sudden flashes of brilliance, and I suppose this could apply to poker as well as everything else.
For those interested in slightly more specific horoscopes, there's a free site that has them. http://astrology.suite101.com/article...inese_horoscope_for_sheep_animal_sign gives the horoscope for goats, and searching will turn up horoscopes for other animals.
Happy Chinese New Year to everyone who celebrates it.
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