Happy Chinese New Year....
It's The Year of the Rat!!!
Ideas to Help You Celebrate
Go to a Chinese New Year celebration.
Parades are held in most major cities, with fireworks (and all sorts of hullaballooo) to chase away the evil spirits.
Little Known Fact:
New Jersey is one of the most haunted states in the country. While not all inhabitants of the netherworld CAME FROM NEW JERSEY, they surely PASSED THROUGH NEW JERSEY at one time or another. (Some have just passed more slowly than others.)
Wear Red!
RED is the traditional color for celebrating the New Year [and Valentines Day(2/14) and American Heart Association Awareness Day (2/1)].
Little Known Fact:
New Jersey Chinese American folklore says that this is also a very bad time to shoot an orange cat. (He who shoots an orange cat is doomed to feed orange cats forever.)
Use this convenient Google Search Box to find a Chinese New Year Celebration near you!
The Inquiring Eye does suggest that you do NOT get the Tempura at Bridgewater Mall.
Eat Something!
Contrary to popular fitness guru's, The Inquiring Eye says, " You can never go wrong by eating something" . Sure, most people abstain from eating on the first day of the Chinese New Year (it's a week long celebration) and, yes, cooking is said to bring evil spirits. Nonetheless, The Inquiring Eye says that NOT ALL TRADITIONS ARE GOOD TRADITIONS. And since you're eating, anyway, it probably CANT HURT to DRINK SOMETHING, too.
Visit YOUR MOTHER!
At Least give her a call; she'll appreciate it.
Little Known Fact:
He who sees three rats in the subway tracks before the train comes will experience good luck. -proverb
