Chinese New Year

Its the year of the dog. Here's another excerpt I got from the internet which is about the same as what I've written down from a previous blog:

"So what can we expect from the upcoming year? The Dog is an ethical and idealistic sign, and the year that bears its name will also bring increased social awareness and interest in society's less powerful members. Any tendencies to take, take, take will be replaced by a widespread sentiment of generosity and selflessness. In general, we will all be imbued with the Dog's keen sense of right and wrong."

I've never actually seen the Chinese New Year's parade in San Francisco because at this time of the year, its always cold and raining. Now is my chance as its sunny and warm over here in Sydney. I went to Chinatown with JC (Jean Christophe) who is our guest right now at the house. Just like me four months ago, he moved from France to live in Sydney.




The following weekend, I went to Star City (the casino place over here...the mini mini mini Las Vegas over here - well, its only one hotel. That's about it)...to see the lantern festival. I was dissappointed they didn't have a lot more exhibits. It took about 10 minutes to go around and take pictures. That sucks! Oh well. I do, however, would want to check out Star City next time and see what they have in the casinos.






Some views from the casino:







Next day, they had the dragon boat race at Darling Harbour. It was hot that day so I only went to see one race.