Today is the 14th Day of The Lunar New Year Festival –

Tomorrow is Lantern’s Day and it marks the end of the Lunar New Year holiday. The day before the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Display stages are built in the open square in the front of temples. People bring their decorated lanterns to the display stage for the competition. Some lanterns might take more than aContinue reading “Today is the 14th Day of The Lunar New Year Festival –”

Keep love in your heart.

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others. While you’re drink your Valentine Day cocktail alone, opine upon this – When Rome was first founded, wild and bloodthirsty wolves roamed the woods around the city. They often attacked and mauled and even devoured RomanContinue reading “Keep love in your heart.”

France gets the bomb

February 13, 1960 –France conducted its first nuclear test, code-named ‘Gerboise Bleue‘ (Blue Desert Rat). The day marked the beginning of a series of four atmospheric nuclear tests at the Reganne Oasis, in the Sahara Desert of Algeria. The test also sets France on the path to building the country’s nuclear capacity, acquiring nuclear aircraft,Continue reading “France gets the bomb”

Today is the 13th day of the Lunar New Year

All of the festival food should probably be done by now. Most people just want to eat something simple on this day. Some people eat vegetarian foods to cleanse their digestive system (remember yesterday was Diarrhea day.) This day is dedicated to the General Guan Yu. Guan Yu was born in the Three Kingdom period,Continue reading “Today is the 13th day of the Lunar New Year”

For this relief, much thanks given

Today is the 12th day of the Lunar New Year. Technically, the Spring Festival is 15 days, but celebrations start on New Year’s eve making it 16. However, you can also say that the holiday season starts in lunar December with the Laba Festival (January 10,) making it 40 days of celebration. Since the LunarContinue reading “For this relief, much thanks given”