Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
With gasprize like these (around 1.15-20 €/l) noway!!!
With gasprize like these (around 1.15-20 €/l) noway!!!
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Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
Hey, you actually know? Its nearly Chinese New Year (around 17/02/07). I think I will start planning what to do on the Chinese New Year Eve since I missed the other New Year Eve.
Did any of you Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year in the West?
Hey, you actually know? Its nearly Chinese New Year (around 17/02/07). I think I will start planning what to do on the Chinese New Year Eve since I missed the other New Year Eve.
Did any of you Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year in the West?
The_Zergling
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Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
I think most "Chinese" families celebrate Chinese New Year even after they've moved to other countries. I put "Chinese" in quotes because Taiwanese and Vietnamese among others celebrate the equivalents.
At the very least from personal experience I know that our Asian friends and family would always celebrate it, though not on the scale as back home.
I think most "Chinese" families celebrate Chinese New Year even after they've moved to other countries. I put "Chinese" in quotes because Taiwanese and Vietnamese among others celebrate the equivalents.
At the very least from personal experience I know that our Asian friends and family would always celebrate it, though not on the scale as back home.
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Yes, I do. I live in US but still celebrate Chinese New Year. It is fun.:china:
Yes, I do. I live in US but still celebrate Chinese New Year. It is fun.:china:
The_Zergling
Junior Member
Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
I actually haven't met a single "Asian" person in the States who doesn't celebrate the Chinese New Year. At any rate at my college campus there are multiple student groups each orchestrating a celebration for it, should be interesting.
I actually haven't met a single "Asian" person in the States who doesn't celebrate the Chinese New Year. At any rate at my college campus there are multiple student groups each orchestrating a celebration for it, should be interesting.
Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
Yeap, we do, in the cities. (If you find some in the towns, they are probably new immigrants too poor to celebrate) Here in San Francisco, the mainland Chinese and and Taiwanese and Vietnamese and......The Chinese Lunar New Year celebrating groups accounting for like a quarter of our population, so it's big here. Chinatown hosts its annual street fairs, banners, etc. The stores outside Chinatown might not have things this big, but you would usually still notice some decorations.
The families celebrate a lot, and the ABCs (American born Chinese) either like it for the you-know-what, or hate it because it's the only thing their families celebrate and they give not a dime.
Yeap, we do, in the cities. (If you find some in the towns, they are probably new immigrants too poor to celebrate) Here in San Francisco, the mainland Chinese and and Taiwanese and Vietnamese and......The Chinese Lunar New Year celebrating groups accounting for like a quarter of our population, so it's big here. Chinatown hosts its annual street fairs, banners, etc. The stores outside Chinatown might not have things this big, but you would usually still notice some decorations.
The families celebrate a lot, and the ABCs (American born Chinese) either like it for the you-know-what, or hate it because it's the only thing their families celebrate and they give not a dime.
Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
Since there's a Chinese New Years thread>>>> back to snow talk!!!
Since the 15th of January we have had snow on the ground. He have had about 40cm of snow scice that time. But this week it warmed up a bit and a lot of the snow melted. In fact before the warming trend our average high daily temperature was -15C(4.5F) for the last month....
Today here in eastern Iowa we are expecting about 1.2cm (1/2 inch) of ice..most of which is here already ...And 17-33cm of snow.(7in-13in)..we shall see!
Since there's a Chinese New Years thread>>>> back to snow talk!!!
Since the 15th of January we have had snow on the ground. He have had about 40cm of snow scice that time. But this week it warmed up a bit and a lot of the snow melted. In fact before the warming trend our average high daily temperature was -15C(4.5F) for the last month....
Today here in eastern Iowa we are expecting about 1.2cm (1/2 inch) of ice..most of which is here already ...And 17-33cm of snow.(7in-13in)..we shall see!
Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
I'm back! The ice storm knocked out power all over eastern Iowa. Our power just now about 1 hour ago came back on. No electricity sucks...Power is tsill out all over this area. They say the rural areas may not have power for a week.
We got about 1 inch of ice and about three inches of very wet snow.
I'm back! The ice storm knocked out power all over eastern Iowa. Our power just now about 1 hour ago came back on. No electricity sucks...Power is tsill out all over this area. They say the rural areas may not have power for a week.
We got about 1 inch of ice and about three inches of very wet snow.
Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
Hey popeye, have you lived on emergency power then? Being without power, the imagination of no i-net sounds hard.
It's rainy here these days, temperatures are around 10°C or 50°F. Strange thing that we use temperature system of a swedish I think and you that of a german His (Fahrenheit's) fixed points were somewhat arbitrarily anyway.
About two weeks ago it looked like this (don't get fooled by the fact that I take my pictures most times at good weather ):
Since this thread is somewhat general, I have a question that doesn't fit anywhere and is a bit applied geography. I do not mean to discuss anything, I just have a simple question.
Something that always bothered me is: how is determind who can vote in the (presidential) primeries of a specific party? I mean what would hinder a supporter of party A to vote in the primeries of party B for a candidate he thinks will have poor chances in the overall election against the candidate of his party A??
Are only party members allowed in this vote?
Hey popeye, have you lived on emergency power then? Being without power, the imagination of no i-net sounds hard.
It's rainy here these days, temperatures are around 10°C or 50°F. Strange thing that we use temperature system of a swedish I think and you that of a german
His (Fahrenheit's) fixed points were somewhat arbitrarily anyway.About two weeks ago it looked like this (don't get fooled by the fact that I take my pictures most times at good weather
):Since this thread is somewhat general, I have a question that doesn't fit anywhere and is a bit applied geography. I do not mean to discuss anything, I just have a simple question.
Something that always bothered me is: how is determind who can vote in the (presidential) primeries of a specific party? I mean what would hinder a supporter of party A to vote in the primeries of party B for a candidate he thinks will have poor chances in the overall election against the candidate of his party A??
Are only party members allowed in this vote?
Re: Happy New Year!!!!!
Emergency power? Nope. The building I live in has none. Most people here do not have an emergency generator. Don't get me wrong plenty do have one but most don't...Trust me no electricity for one day sucks...
Registered voters can vote. You need not be a member of any political party. But in the primaries you have to designate yourself what party you favor. You can also designate yourself as an independent...
Many times in the past opposing party members would vote in a rivals primary to give the candidate they think would lose against their parties candidate.
Emergency power? Nope. The building I live in has none. Most people here do not have an emergency generator. Don't get me wrong plenty do have one but most don't...Trust me no electricity for one day sucks...
Registered voters can vote. You need not be a member of any political party. But in the primaries you have to designate yourself what party you favor. You can also designate yourself as an independent...
Many times in the past opposing party members would vote in a rivals primary to give the candidate they think would lose against their parties candidate.