Kiong Hee Huat Tsai!
Happy Chinese New Year! They say, there are two ways to say Happy Chinese New Year but Kiong Hee Huat Tsai is more appropriate in the Philippines.
Anyway, I am not Chinese but the Filipino-Chinese community here in the country is huge that's why Chinese New Year is a well-celebrated occasion too. The Chinese settling in the country has been long recorded in history books, arriving even earlier than Spaniards for bartering goods. Just like Spaniards, the Chinese also has its fair share of influences to the Filipinos, like the feng shui.
Some Filipinos, even though with no Chinese blood, believes and follows rituals for feng shui in hopes to counter bad luck and to welcome good luck in their lives. It can be tempting to join and follow feng shui but if it costs expensive then don't bother and just let the Chinese celebrate. Effort plus prayers are still the best option to live a lucky life.
What I love most during Chinese New Year is the food tikoy. Tikoy is made from glutionous rice, .It's quite expensive so we didn't buy for now. 馃槅 We went on with our usual dinner. Corn, banana, mushroom soup, and we also had hopia. Hahaha.
After midnight, I heard a noise around the house. It was my brother tossing coins to the ground. 馃槅 Well, this is one reason why I don't rely so much on feng shui. He does this every year but his still didn't change.
There's one line I've read in a book, it says something like, "Men of action are favored by luck."