My Cup of Tea

How to say it when you are in the Philippines Never use the term "Kung Hei Fat Choi" When you are in the Philippines, according to ABS-CBN news reported by Willard Cheng, the most appropriate greeting to utter to the Chinese community is " Kiong Hee Huat Tsai". It is a Hokkien greeting which means " congratulations and wishing you prosperity" . Hokkien is one of the local dialects spoken in China.  Why " Kiong Hee Huat Tsai" is more appropriate to utter than " Kung Hei Fat Choi "? It's because most Chinese-Filipinos  came from the Fujian province of China who spoke Hokkien. Great Taipans, Lucio Tan, Henry Sy, John Gokongwei, are just some of the Chinese immigrants who spoke Hokkien.  " Kung Hei Fat Choi"  is a Cantonese term. Cantonese is a Chinese local dialect widely spoken in Hongkong, Macau and Guangdong, China. It was believed that Cantonese from Hongkong displayed the greetings "Kung Hei Fat

So it's the Year of the Black Water Dragon . I am not really into astrology. I just read it for amusement then dismissed everything afterwards. This year, after reading what ARIES people like me would expect in terms of career (I did not read what is written about "love" because I am no longer obsess with that sort of thing), wow, I read something very interesting: "With Pluto still pulling rank in your career sector, your star continues to rise over the course of the year in your chosen field. Of course, with Capricorn involved, this is not without hard work. After all, your stamina is noble. When Pluto and Uranus reach their exact square in June, you'll be confronted with the culmination of a quest for radical change that began in summer 2011. Use the momentum of the first quarter of the year to launch your major projects, since Pluto will turn retrograde between April and September, causing a forced slowdown and re-evaluation of your priorities.