tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post3991961165027832943..comments2024-03-23T06:42:28.774+08:00Comments on the view from fanling: a new yearDennis Hodgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-43653003904526467442010-02-16T17:29:42.808+08:002010-02-16T17:29:42.808+08:00Dennis, as I said in my previous comment, you writ...Dennis, as I said in my previous comment, you write about life in Hong Kong in a way I could never describe better. I'm going to follow you, because you take away some of that homesick inside me.<br /><br />Michael.<br /><a href="http://doyouhateittoo.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Do you hate it too?</a><br /><a href="http://riveramichael.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">"If you're Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403119049496095966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-26297167989143132662010-02-16T17:27:29.058+08:002010-02-16T17:27:29.058+08:00@Exasperated Youth, another instance of this wordp...@Exasperated Youth, another instance of this wordplay and significance is the consumption of traditional Chinese cakes and fish. 'Cake' in Cantonese is <i>go</i>, but the Cantonese word for 'high' or 'higher'. So eating the cakes is supposed to mean that you are going to 'go higher' in the new year, increase in health, wealth and happiness. 'Fish' and 'Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403119049496095966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-41577987168686537762010-02-16T00:30:03.705+08:002010-02-16T00:30:03.705+08:00Wow i just love this. It's amazing how much sy...Wow i just love this. It's amazing how much symbolism and metaphor is behind a small event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-62191403684062278042010-02-16T00:23:46.960+08:002010-02-16T00:23:46.960+08:00"You need to know that the Cantonese for ‘let..."You need to know that the Cantonese for ‘lettuce’ is sang choi; choi simply means ‘vegetable’, but sang, apart from its meaning in this context, can also mean ‘new lease of life’. It is yet another example of the word association that is an integral part of many Chinese beliefs. Another is the avoidance of the number four, which sounds like the Cantonese word for ‘death’ (buildings often Exasperated Youthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020408835802260350noreply@blogger.com