恭喜發財!
January 27, 2009
Wow! A whole week without a single entry, that alone states how busy I’ve been lately.
In between hanging out with friends, to trying to squeeze every last minute with some other friends as possible, church, school, and so on…it’s hard! I mean I’m only seventeen, I shouldn’t be under so much stress. I literally have to schedule things now.
Last week was a drag, the weekend was supposed to be better but sometimes it felt even worse. I was supposed to hang out with my bestfriend Orsy on Saturday, and go to his show that night but I couldn’t find a ride to Palmdale. That same night I was supposed to go to East Palmdale to Andrew’s Fight Night/Birthday party and that didn’t happen. I ended up going to the movies with Eva and Gaby, bleh! Sunday, I woke up and started celebrating the beginning of the Lunar New Year! (or Chinese New Year, since many people seem to believe only the Chinese celebrate it) I began what I called “Beto’s Very Merry Tsinoy Fiesta” lol literally. I ate siapao, a Filipino-Chinese stuffed pastry, (which tastes like a kiss from God) Ube mooncakes, which were heavenly, and of course Tikoy…one of the best examples of Tsinoy cuisine. I had church afterward, and the minister got mad at me for having a little Kwan-Yin amulet in a lucky red pouch, ñeh whatever. I wore a brand new red shirt just for luck, and then tried to enjoy the day…which I somewhat did. I need a love in my life, don’t we all wish we had one in the New Year?
It’s been a few days since then, and all I can say I’ve done is friends, church, schoolwork, and bullshit.
=’[ My best friend Orsy is moving to Virginia…shit! After 4 years of bestfriendship he’s going away.
My best Vietnam buddy Tú is going “offline” for quite a while…tear.
Being faced with goodbyes and all, I get quite sad. Which has been my mood these past days.
As for the title, it is the very popular New Year phrase “Gong hei fat choi” (Congrats! Be prosperous) as pronounced in Hakka, the Chinese of my ancestors. Also, many people mistake this phrase believing it means “Happy New Year” which is actually “Sanin fai lok”. Tee hee…Now I’m giving language lessons? lol.
