Today is Chinese New Year

 

     So, Today is Chinese New Year, it’s a holiday so it must be big deal. And we had tikoy for breakfast this morning. Lol. Filipinos hate Chinese (re West Philippine Sea issue), critics say, but ironically, they love many Chinese things, especially their New Year. I don’t know, but what most Filipinos hate is the Chinese government, not the Chinese people per se. Like me, I hate what the Chinese government is doing on West Philippine Sea but I don’t hate Chinese people or their products. My phone is China-made, and so is the all-in-one PC I am currently using. Many of my favorite foods are Chinese influenced, like siopao, pancit, lumpia, mami, hopia, taho, and tikoy, of course, and we love eating in Chinse restaurants (Din Tai Fung is a favorite). And our next-door neighbors are Chinese, and they're sort of nice because they are quiet and they mind their own business, unlike the other neighbors. Lol.

     So, most Filipinos don’t hate Chinese. Incidentally, my phone of, I think, four or five years, is getting a little kooky (the camera opens voluntarily sometimes), and I’m thinking of replacing it with a Korean-made phone. But no, my phone has been good and I love it and it’s kind of overused but still good and I’d probably replace it eight years from now.

     Happy Chinese New Year (this year is Year of the Fire Horse), and here’s to eating more lumpia, tikoy, and hopia, and taho, and pancit.