.. year of rat ..

me: "happy new year auntie"
auntie: "thank you. thank you. your muslim new year is on muharram right? i think somewhere last month?"
me: "wah, you know ya auntie?"
auntie: "of course ma, we are malaysian right?"


one thing that i know about chinese traditions, they are not allowed to sweep the floor on the new year day as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year so they will do all the clean up the day before. they will also decorate their house with red colour for good luck.


tomorrow, chinese celebrate their new year. it's the year of rat. malaysian celebrate all races new year (some as public holiday, some only states holiday) which makes us knows something about their new year and traditions and they learn some about ours. well thats the beauty of being a malaysian. you get a lot of holiday. haha.