Happy Lunar New Year 2011 - Before, During and After the Festival

For Chinese, Lunar New Year is a very important festival that all the family members will gather together no matter where they are working currently. In this post, I am going to share with you about what we do before, during and after the festival.

Before Lunar New Year, all people is preparing to have a good sign at the beginning of the new year. A good sign includes "having a new beginning in the coming year", "all bad luck is gone", "good luck and fortune are coming" etc. Buying new clothes is one of the most common activities, I guess. Most important thing is to clean entire house, from inner to outer, to make it like a "new house" and "throw" the "old" and "bad" thing away. Besides, food and beverage should be prepared enough to treat guests who are going to come. After that, if affordable, some people will also decorate their house to make it full of New Year atmosphere. 

During Lunar New Year, all people is expected to use polite, meaningful and "good sign" language, such as "Happy", "Fortunate", "Good" etc. For example, "Happy Near Year" and "Gong Xi Fa Cai" (Congratulations and Good Luck) are the most common greeting we speak during Lunar New Year. Besides, it is better for us to avoid doing unnecessary works during the first day of Lunar New Year, such as sweeping and cutting. Furthermore, people like me who hasn't married will receive "Red Packet" as a blessing from the elder. 

After Lunar New Year, normally, in this competitive world, most people just start their work as usually. However, in fact, it is believed that all people will have a better performance and outcome during the new year. For me, new year should not only be the time for few days holidays and gathering, but also the time for us to review what we have done last year, and then make a better resolution in this new year to achieve better performance.

That's all for today. Happy Lunar Near Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai.

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New Year Resolution 2011

First of all, Happy New Year 2011 to all my visitors.

Referring to my New Year Resolution 2010, I'm pleased to announce that I have successfully accomplish them generally. In fact, I quite enjoy doing these activities since these make my life more meaningful. Therefore, I decide to further these resolution to 2011.

In the year of 2011, another five MUST resolutions are proposed and hopefully can be accomplish them, again. These resolutions will be more specific compared to the previous resolution.


1. To have at least a 25,000 investment fund.
Action: This can be achieved by saving and invest the saving regularly.

2. To have at least three publications
Action: This can be achieved by study as many paper as possible and doing research on time.

3. To wake up early everyday.
Action: This need to be very discipline because my working hours is just dependent on me. Wake up early will give me more time to do my job and more healthy life style

4. To exercise everyday
Action: Again, nobody pay me for exercising. So, this is also required lots of self-discipline to accomplish it.

5. To have a better filing system and recording system
Action: There are too many stuff in my dairy basis. Current filing and recording system still need to be improved and enhanced. By using computer software and hard-copy filing system, this resolution can be achieved to file and record information more systematically.

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A short summary of the 5 MUST from my New Year Resolution 2010 as stated below:

1. I must be initiative to save the world.
2. I must keep improve myself from inner to outer, from spiritual to appearance.
3. I must maintain everything which is good and nice around me. From my relationship, friendship, to everything I have.
4. I must start my financial management system to plan and to organize my money in order to achieve financial freedom before 45 years old.
5. I must be optimistic in any circumstances in every moment of my life.


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New Year Resolution 2010 - 5 MUSTs

A very happy new year to all my friends and visitors here.

So, what is your new year resolution in this year. After take a deep breath, I have listed out 5 MUSTs instead of 5 SHOULDs New Year Resolution for myself as well as their actions to accomplish them, respectively. I believe so much that most people do not know how important to list out their actions is to accomplish our new year resolution.

5 MUST:

1. I must be initiative to save the world.

Actions: Just from my daily basis such as avoid using plastic bag, save electricity, recycle anything that is possible, and spread this knowledge to everyone.

2. I must keep improving myself from inner to outer, from spiritual to appearance.

Actions: Using my favourite philosophy, keep Constantly and Never Ending Improve Myself, to my daily basis. Exercise every morning.

3. I must maintain everything which is good and nice around me. From my relationship, friendship, to everything I have.

Actions: A thousand miles journey begins with a single step. Try my best to do take care every little thing in my life.

4. I must start my financial management system to plan and to organize my money in order to achieve financial freedom before 45 years old.

Actions: Start stock investment and spend more time to study personal financial management. Nurture a saving habit as well.

5. I must be optimistic in any circumstances in every moment of my life.

Actions: Be smile when fall. Be laugh when hurt. Be strong when alone. Be energize whenever condition.  


Note: The MUST is something that we do not have any option to avoid it and must do it. In contrast, the SHOULD is something that we do have option to decide do it or not.




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