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In the standard greeting “Kung Hei Fat Choi” (Cantonese) or “Kiong Hee Huat Tsai” (Fookien) with which to welcome the Chinese New Year, not a single one of those four words says anything about happy or new or year. In fact, the first two words mean “Congratulations,” the last two word
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Jullie Y. Daza The first day of the calendar year arrived on Jan. 1. Came Jan. 9, the first of many Sundays in what the Church calls “ordinary time.” Today, Feb. 1, is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Fr. Francis Alvarez, SJ, puts it succinctly: “So many starts.” Going by the ca
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Spring has sprung, again. Arriving on Monday, Feb. 1, the spring festival (in China) signals 11 days before the Chinese New Year, our second chance to work toward a better, brighter year.
Baby Lim Fernandez of the Yin and Yang Shop of Harmony (and charming charms and amulets), mother and mentor of the late feng shui scholar Princesse Fernandez, shares her list of tips and to-do’s to augment whatever New Year’s resolutions you might have made for 2021 and then quickly forgotten.
Feb. 1. Eleven days to the Year of the Metal Ox. If you neglected to do your spring cleaning before Jan. 1, 2021, this is the time to do so. Check the house for last-minute repairs and renovations.