Happy Chinese New Year of the Snake!

Gung Hay Faat Choy!

(and it's not FAT choy, people)

<cueing festive Chinese music and making sure i stay away from money hungry kids>

For those of you who aren't familiar with Chinese New Year, today is the day you say all those good sayings to those around you in hopes of scoring some big lai see, red envelopes. Here's a few to help you out:

Sun Tieh Geen Hong - good health

Lung Ma Jing Sun - dragon horse energy (literally)

Maan See Yue Yee - 10's of thousands of wishes come true

Bo Bo Go Sing - may you rise in every step you take

That should cover you quite well for some cold hard cash. Be sure to give me a percentage of the income though. I legally deserve it.

But I do want to wish all of you a very healthy, prosperous and happy Year of the Snake. Because it's a new start to a new year.

said under my breath: "thank God!"

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If I owe you an "i'm depressed but don't worry i ain't gonna commit suicide" email, please be patient, I'm wading through them.

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Finally replied to a Hawaii wedding invite scheduled for April. Don't really know where the funding is going to come from but I guess I'll figure it out when I need to. But yes, that should put me back in the islands once again for the 12th visit I think. It has been awhile since Sept. 99 was my last trip there and a damn good one at that I might add. We were going to plan a side trip to Maui this time but it doesn't look like it's going to happen since everyone's on a budget and has some time constraints. Life. That's what happens when you grow up.

Someone wrote me recently and asked what is my connection with Hawaii? Connection? I really don't know. I suppose it's just one of those places that I think I lived at in a past life. My first visit there was at age 5. Second visit didn't take place until 20. And I've been there almost a dozen times since. The one thing I truly love about Hawaii is the fact that the local people are so kind and exude that aloha spirit. Sure, I know not everyone is so "happy" and "aloha"ish there, especially not the guy who shot his office to bits but in general, the people really are so different from the "me me me" attitude that the mainlanders often exhibit.

When you're in Hawaii, you can't help but be in touch with nature and the surrounding forces like earth, water, skies etc. You know, it's not all about sun tan lotions, bikinis and beaches - the island has so much more to offer. Yet unfortunately most people only see the commercial side of things there. Perhaps it's because Hawaii reminds me a bit of Japan or a more matter of fact, Asians are the majority there and for once I fit in as opposed to the minority status I get here in the mainland. It also amazes me how intertwined all the Asian cultures are over there - regardless of your ethnicity, you are culturally immersed in a huge melting pot o' Asian stuff. The Asian cultures and enclaves in the mainland are very segregated and the boundaries are clearly marked. In order to get to know other Asian cultures, you need to actually make an effort to dive in and learn things.

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I've been cooking alot these days. I don't know what's gotten over me. But I do know that I get into these phases where I will cook like a madbitch. Othertimes I slack off and only generate very mediocre crap from boxed, canned or frozen stuff. But lately, it's good hearty stuff. Maybe because it's cold and I want something to warm the tummy or maybe because I'm feeling guilty that K is working and I'm not. Paul asked me recently if I've been a superwife or just one of those wives who only shop and do lunch. I personally think the ideal wife should have a good balance of both but lately, I haven't shopped or done lunch and have basically been hiding from everyone since my return to the states.

But "superwife", what an interesting title. I bet all guys would love one. You know, one who cooks, cleans, washes (clothes, cars, kids, toilets, floors etc.), does all the bills and the homeoffice stuff. Yet to still look good and have all the energy for sex when the occasion arises. And I say on occasion because after you get married, sex is an infrequent thing. I'm not saying it fizzles like a limp penis, but I'm saying that it's not the same type of relationship you had when you first started dating in that hot, lustful and horny stage.

Anyway, Happy New Year again.

I'm out.

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