Showing posts with label Chinese new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese new year. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

What Happens When a New Building meets New Year

An investigation is underway, but early reports say that fireworks/firecracker activity in celebration of the Chinese New Year near the new Television Cultural Center (TVCC) in Beijing, China may have caused the building to be engulfed in flames. A Daily Dose of Architecture covers it with local video here, and what the building looked like afterwards is provided here.

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Congrats to Giants and Happy Lunar New Year!

Giants WON the Super Bowl!!! 17-14 against the (formerly) undefeated 18-0 season Patriots. Great game!
Oh and...
HAPPY LUNAR/CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! YEAR OF THE RAT-YIPPEE! GUNG HAY FAT CHOY, LONG MA JING SUN, BOH BOH GOH SING, SUN TAI GEEN HONG, SUM SEUNG SEE SING, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LEI SEE DUO LOUY! (Translating: Wishing you prosperity, "healthy as a dragon", reach farther, great health, let your heart's desires come true, and can I get my red envelopes?)