A happy and prosperous new year to everybody!
We welcome the Rooster year and not all bird are desire, like the bird flu.

The Lunar New Year is the most significant festival for ethnic Chinese around the world, wherever they come from. It a time for family reunions and of course red packets. As the first day in the New Year is spent with your immediate family.

My sister and my brother in law were the first to arrive, paying their respect and New Year's greeting to my mum. My elder brother and my sister in law followed and my younger brother and his family were the last to arrives. Together we had our lunch together and everybody stay for dinner as well.

The lunar New Year is my favorite holiday not so much of red packets silly you, but because it an occasion for reconciliation, it's a time when old grudges are cast aside amidst an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness.