Happy New Year everybody! It's 2009!
In Hong Kong, we say, "新年快樂!" (Pronounced: sun leen figh lok!)
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My name is Michael Rivera and I am a Filipino-Chinese, 18-year-old student living in Canterbury, but originally from Hong Kong. My parents divorced when I was two, and when I grew up, there were two sides of me: the wild, outdoorsy, gutsy side, and the conservative, intellectual, scholarly side. I spent two years living beside a beach in the countryside. It was then that I learned how to swim, how to fish and how to ride a bike. I love the outdoors, especially when having barbecues and hiking. Outside of that time, my more studious side of me reads, writes, and has a great interest in a broad range of subjects including: television and film, travel, anthropology, human cultures, linguistics, food and drink, psychology, philosophy, literature, forensics, Greco-Roman mythology, European history and politics, South American culture and geology. My deepest love goes to, well, my best friend. But the love that exists just a tiny fraction below that amount of love goes to television series, beautiful beaches, lime margaritas, and books considered classics.
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10 comments:
Happy New Year! May 2009 bring you good fortune and happiness!
I still have another four hours to go.
That picture is absolutely wonderful!
It's an odd thing. A matter of geography determines when your new year starts but we all relate in real time.
Happy New Year, Michael. May this one bring you much joy and happiness.
Randa: Thanks. Fortune's a good one. I hope it brings me that too. :)
Douglas: Yes. I promised Vulgar Red Pullover that I would countdown with him on the computer when it was time to do so in the UK. I hopelessly failed at doing it and fell asleep at around 8pm his time. :(
Michael, did you learn English in school or were you brought up with it around the house? I've been wondering this for a few weeks because you speak it like a first language yet you live in Hong Kong...
Happy new year. Bring it, 2009.
Rosalie: First, my father is Filipino. Second, my mother wanted me to have more opportunities in terms of my studies and future work. So she sent me to an international school where English is used as a first language. Hong Kong has many international schools and most people who attend one can speak English like it's their mother tongue.
What I did learn around the house was actually Chinese. I'm not good enough to write in Chinese, but I'm able to speak, read and listen to it. I am fluent enough to go out and use Chinese to communicate in the shops and restaurants. It would be my second language. I know more Chinese than most people in my international school.
And that's right. Bring it!
Wow, that photo is gorgeous.
I have two hours to go here.
But yeah, Happy New Year :)
Hippie: Hope you enjoy your countdown! :)
Ni hao Michael, sun leen figh lok!
AV
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Your mother was far thinking and looking out for you it seems. What a beautiful photo! Where ever did you find it or did you take it. I love it. Happy New Year Michael
Linda
AV: 'Ni hao' is Mandarin. 'sun leen figh lok' is Cantonese. I will need to do a post on this difference one time.
Linda: I Googled it. :)
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