As you may expect, Chinese New Year is in full swing right now... Visited my uncle on my mother's side yesterday and found an Internet Cafe with my cousin, much to my delight. At night was even more intense... Had a feast with the remaining Tu family that's in Taiwan (the other two are in WV, my oldest uncle and my dad of course), so it was my second uncle and his family, my third uncle (whom I'm living with currently) and his family, and me... The rest of the family are at home eating due to some kind of tradition that doesn't allow them to visit us until the 3rd day after New Years.. I know, sounds confusing..
Fireworks ruled the night skies yesterday...all....night.....long... >_<... of course I slept some, but there were times I was awakened by a loud *POW!*.. not cool at all... of course, one of the tradition was the stay up the whole night... of course, i wasn't letting that happen...
This morning, I woke up for the Chinese New Year service... which was VERY unique... One of the things they did was pass around red envelopes which had a bible verse in them... sort of like your fortune for the new year.. you can also stand up and read it out loud and tell them what the verse means to you or for what's in store... Mine was Galatians 5:22-23... that's right... the fruits the spirit... how fitting they give one to me that I know so well..
Afterward, it's customary for us to visit our passed away relatives, so up a huge mountain we went to our grandparents' and great grandparents' gravestones.. not really much to say there... just visited and climbed back up a slippery hill
Not much else is going on right now... everyone's resting after the huge event.. and resting up for more of it later on... the holiday here lasts like 3 or 4 days!!!
I'll get some pictures up soon since I took a bunch..
P.S. I just remembered that had my sister been a boy... my parents would've named her Ray... Ray... I like that.... I think I'll call her that from now on..
Till Next Time!
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