Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!

Happy chinese new year!!! Today is the start of Chinese New Year! Happy new year! Chinese New Year, pronounced in Chinese as "xin nian", always falls on the date marking the beginning of Spring and thus it is also called the "Spring Festival". "xin" means "new" and "nian" means "year". The actual date for Chinese New Year is the second new moon after the winter solstice. 2008 is the year of the rat in Chinese astrology. the year of the rat is supposed to be great for getting married or starting a new job or project. Apparently we won’t see instant results, but if we are patient, fabulous things will happen. The year of the rat also lends itself to workaholic tendencies, so if you are prone to overworking yourself, make an effort to cut back & rebalance your life.

The general message seems to be: work hard & consistently, don’t get frustrated if things don’t immediately go your way, & take care of yourself. Though I guess that’s a good message all the time!

Chinese also have superstitious beliefs as regarding their xin nian..lol. which include cleaning the house before the New Year so as to welcome new and positive energy, keeping of the brooms and brushes when the cleaning is finished as well as paying off all household debts so as not to incur more debts in the New Year.

Old and worn-out money should be replaced with new and crisp bills, secured in red envelopes or "ang pao" to indicate that it is lucky money. Differences between friends and family members should be resolved. I actually slept with new crisps of the highest denomination two in my pocket yesterday night and even jan 31st..lol.. beliefs sha

The New Year's Day house decorations include red banners or couplets with New Year wishes and symbols of good fortune in gold. The new clothes worn should be in orange and red, which signify happiness and prosperity.

As there are a lot of chinese over here, its always fun to go to the parks and watch the street parade and fireworks. This years parade in my city was postponed today because of the ash wednesday celebration. I just came back from a chinese friends house, had dinner with them and we would be going to watch the parade and fireworks.. A lot of sales are going on in the mall. see decorations everywhere with pictures of rat and stuff.

3x thursdays

1. Do you consider yourself smarter than most people? Why/why not?

2. Do you believe that smartness can be judged with an I.Q. score? Why/why not?

3. Do you think that we as humans have the potential to evolve some more, or is this the end of the line for us? Why/why not?

Got this in my mail.. see the new way these 419 people are using now..lol


Church Of Christ In England
St Johns Lane BedminsterBristol, EnglandBS3 5AY
England, UK

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I'M REV. RICHARD COLLINS THE PUBLISHER OF THE CHURCH
OF CHRIST IN ENGLAND.WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
THE CALLING FROM THE LORD TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN
NEED AND IN FINANCIAL PROBLEM,BY GIVEN OUT LOAN TO
ANY,INDIVIDUAL,COMPANIES AND SOCIETY THAT NEED MONEY TO
DO BUSINESS.

THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN HAS BEEN SIGNED AND APPROVED BY
THE CHURCH COMMITTEE THE SUM OF £100,000.00 WHICH YOU
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO LOAN £50,000.00 TO
£1,000.00.YOU ARE TO RETURN THE LOAN WHICH IS GRANTED
TO YOU IN 4 YEARS AGREEMENT.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED KINDLY CONTACT BISHOP WILLIAMS
WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW.

NAME:BISHOP WILLIAMS
Email:bishop_williams_1@yahoo.co.uk
TELL NO: (+44) 701 1149 353

STAY BLESSED.
REV. RICHARD COLLINS.
Thats it for today guys.. have a great day... stick around tomorrow.. mwahh

yay!! I got my waist bead back!!

Howdy bloggers!! thanks for those who participated in the meme of yesterday, i think catwalq's caption was really funny.. stick around my blog for more interesting ones.

my waist bead
so i finally got a waist bead yesterday. i had always had one before i left Nigeria, but my made me remove it before i left. actually i lived among yorubas who always made their little girls wear ileke idi( waist beads) and i had always liked to have one round my waist. i have no single idea what it is used for, some say its for making your butts grow bigger, well i wasn't really thinking of doing that, just thought it would be fun to ave an accessory round my waist since i am the queen of accessories.lol.
so how did i get and lose my waist bead. i had a friend who studied in kaduna and always came around on holidays, so during her sisters wedding( few months before i left Nigeria, was still very young then) while we were dressing up and stuffs, i saw she had like a lot round her waist, so i asked her if she could hook me up wit some. So like a week after, she gave me like 4 and i happily put it round my waist, she got green and red colors for me.. ohh boy was i happy. i never allowed my parents to see it. i remember guys used to make fun of me that i already had big butts and i was making it worse by wearing a waist bead.
a week before i left nigeria i was siting with my mum gisting and watchn a movie, as the movie ended i got up to remove the disk and bent down, alas she saw my waist bead and screamed
mum: caramel, kiloshi to wa ni idi e yen( whats that rubbish round your waist)
caramel: ohh maryam gave me as a gift
mum: b4 i close my eyes, remove that nonsense from your waist... are you a prostitute.
mehn it wasnt funny, seh even asked me to get scissors and she removed it herself and threw it away. it was so sad. anyways i left naija and sometimes the memory of it would come back.
so last week i was chatting with one of my male online buddies, he asked me if i had extra piercings and i was like nope!! then he went ahead and asked if i had a waist bead or if i ever had one, that he noticed my big butts and he really finds it sexy round a girl.. i told him the story and i remembered i had actually seen something in the store that looked like it. so yesterday i got three and they all went round, I'm so happy with it again. woahh.. at least mumsi isnt here to call me a prostitute or even if she sees it, i doubt she would say anything. I'm getting 4 more by weekend.. cant wait to rock them by summer..lol

weight loss

so i finally notice changes around my thighs, pants i wear now seem loose and even my cheeks have started reducing. I went to the gym yesterday and worked out for close to 2 hrs. My fitness instructor is so cute..lol.. mehn those his abs are killer abs. i havent recorded what i ate in my food diary to calculate the amount of calories i had and burned. but heres a breakdown of what i ate yesterday

• break-fast: oatmeal, low fat milk and sweetners. 1 half apple.
• snack: i ate the other half apple
• lunch: boiled chicken and stir fried mixed veggies
• snack:1 mango shake
• dinner: two loaves of white whole wheat bread.
• consumed more than a liter of water.

3x thursdays # 1

1. As an adult, do you feel the same about holiday's off from work versus the way you felt when you got them off for school? How so/how not?

2. What about birthdays? Do you view them differently now as you get older? Why/why not?

3. New releases: Remember how psyched you were when you heard that your favorite band was coming out with a new album on a certain date? Do you still feel that same kind of excitement now? Why/why not?

remember to leave a comment at the comment section. thats it for now guys.. have a great day..mwahh
dont forget to come around tomorrow for TGIF where i would be sharing albums, songs, recipes and of course the weekly friday meme. and please invite more people to visit. XxXxxxx