Chinese New Year 2011 welcomes Year of Rabbit with Red Lanterns

Welcome the Zodiac Calendar Year of Rabbit. Wishing You A Very Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year.  After family Reunion Lunch at Bukit Minyak, Bukit Mertajam in the afternoon, Bigoofthill went for Family Reunion Dinner at Butterworth on New Year's Eve Wednesday February 2, 2011.  On the way back to Bukit Mertajam on the Stroke of Chinese New Year's Day of the Year of Rabbit, we turned into Jalan Raja Uda and saw the beautiful sky lit up with fireworks while the street is decorated with red lanterns.  It is on the mainland of Penang State and is considered the heart of Chinatown at Butterworth. There is a Chinese temple for vegetarians which is frequented by worshipers offering prayers for good lucks and great wealth during the Year of the Rabbit.

Bigfoothill worships at BMBC and the Holy Bible teaches us, " Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." ( 1Timothy 6:17-19 NIV).

May God bless you richly in His Grace.

Bunny Girls from Tesco Grabbit Bonus Chinese New Year

Hello friends.  It is Chinese New Year festive shopping frenzy everywhere.  Most shopping malls are having sales and promotion. I was at Seberang Jaya, Penang when I saw the bunny girls giving out the goodies and shopping vouchers to the public as they are promoting the sales at Tesco in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year of the Rabbit.  There are twelve animals in the Chinese Lunar Calendar Years which begin with Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Cockerel, Dog and Pig.  The grandmother stories have it that the animals kingdom organized a race for all the animals and the first twelve animals which finish the race will be represented in the Chinese Lunar Year in cycle.  So the rat finished first and so on.  In running the race, the cat was knocked out from the race by the rat and as you know it, the rat and cat are enemies.  Just like the cartoons Tom and Jerry.  As for the Rabbit, it reminded me of the cartoon Bug Bunny.

Anyway, that is just my little spin on the story. As a kid, Chinese New Year is the most wonderful time because I get to collect money from the elders and married couples and relatives who would stash the cash into red packets or small red envelopes as a blessing gifts.  The cash are usually new currency notes.  There were new coins too.  Those were the days.  Now, if you ever get coins in the red packets, the receiver would be thinking that givers are miser and stingy because the standard and cost of living have gone up.

In present commercial world, there are good looking and kind people like the pretty bunny girls who are thought to be associated with Playboy going around towns stripping naked red packets and giving out the shopping cash vouchers and goodies.  These bunnies are from Tesco which traveled throughout the country of Malaysia to promote the Chinese New Year shopping theme G-R-A-B-B-I-T Bonus.  The guy who is surrounded by the honey bunnies is not the founder Mr Hugh Hefner, he is Bigfoothill's new found acquaintance, Mr Darren from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  He and his team members came in Mercedes Benz to Seberang Jaya as there is a Tesco outlet there.  By the way, at Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Tesco just opened its branch there last year in last quarter of 2010.

To you guys and bunnies, have fun and grab your Chinese New Year Bonus. Wishing you safe journey home to be with your family for reunion dinner and the festive holidays.