KUNG HEY PHAT CHOY

[birddog114]

Hi All,
Today is first day of the Chinese New Year! Year of Rooster!
Wishing all of you with the best of the best for the coming months.
Thanks Matt.K and his wife for working with me at the Temple to do the shooting of Chinese NY eve.
I backed to my base at 2:30am this morning and ready to work at 4:30 as usual

[Hlop]

KUNG HEY FAT CHOY EVERYONE!

[Glen]

Thanks Birddog, what does Kung Hey Phat Choy mean? Happy New Year? Your working hours are too rigorous for most

[Finno]

Which temple were you at? I was going to go to the one out Cambramatta way - my club was demonstrating, but im still jetlagged

[birddog114]

Thanks Birddog, what does Kung Hey Phat Choy mean? Happy New Year? Your working hours are too rigorous for most

KUNG HEY PHAT CHOY means New Year will brings you lot of money!
I like it, cos more for us to lust

[sirhc55]

Hey - it’s my year - born in 1945 the year of the Rooster

[Neeper]

Chuc Mung Nam Moi!!

[shutterbug]

Gung Hay Fat Choy everyone

Wishing you all wealth and prosperity.

[birddog114]

Which temple were you at? I was going to go to the one out Cambramatta way - my club was demonstrating, but im still jetlagged

Phuoc Hue Monastery at 365 Victoria St, Wetherill Park

[huynhie]

CHUC MUNG NAM MOI

for the Vietnamese!


and

KUNG HEY FAT CHOY

for the Chinese!

Hope every one has a safe and prosperous year of the Rooster.

[MHD]

Yay! We had a small celebration put on by the Chinese community at college!

Good fun!

[timbo]

Birddy, you were back to work at 4.30, it's almost 10am now... where are your edited, colour corrected, resized and sharpened highlights from the Temple celebrations?

My goodness, what's the delay?? It's the year of the Rooster, not the Sloth!!

Seriously, I know we'd all love to see some.

Best regards and happy new year to you all,

Tim

[birddog114]

Birddy, you were back to work at 4.30, it's almost 10am now... where are your edited, colour corrected, resized and sharpened highlights from the Temple celebrations?

My goodness, what's the delay?? It's the year of the Rooster, not the Sloth!!

Seriously, I know we'd all love to see some.

Best regards and happy new year to you all,

Tim

I'm backed with my main biz works and daily tasks.
The part of editing and other are not fully in my area, I'll pass everything in RAW/ NEF for them do the works and I only be their advisor/ consultant.
I can't handle all and I shoot the event as my voluntarily works, Matt.K has seen my photos taken in the past years at the small exhibition at the temple and he was with me in their Media Center where they have all PCs and Media equipments from raw video format converting to the final DVD and go into publications, we have recording studio and such as broadcasting.

[timbo]

No wonder you get up so early... apart from your voluntary works the time you spend with this forum and its users obviously takes up much energy and time. I for one am very grateful for it. Forgive me if I sounded flippant with the previous post, I was just blown away by your working schedule.

[Oneputt]

And the same to you Birddog. If your greeting comes true I will have more spare cash for new lenses.

[Onyx]

Gung Xi Fat Chai for the non Cantonese speakers (at least I think that's the Mandrin version).

May the happiness and prosperity reign in the following 13 months of this year of the Rooster.

[NeoN]

KUNG HEY PHAT CHOY to all our chinese friends. and Happy New Year to you Sirhc55 born in '45, you are only a spring chicken and since it's the year of the Rooster, does that mean you will be roasting chicken's for the rest of the year

NeoN[/b]

[sirhc55]

:D KUNG HEY PHAT CHOY to all our chinese friends. and Happy New Year to you Sirhc55 born in '45, you are only a spring chicken and since it's the year of the Rooster, does that mean you will be roasting chicken's for the rest of the year

NeoN[/b]

Thanks NeoN but I have gone from being a lamb thro mutton now I am old and stringy and not worth eating

[NeoN]

Never say DIE Sirhc55.
You might be an old tough BIRD BUT IT'S THE OLD CHICKEN THAT HAS THE SAUCE

NeoN

[Greg B]

The best I can do is
"What Kung Fu That Wok"
from the little known Good Onya China province.

Anyway, a very happy New Year to all and sundry, in the now Year of The Rooster.

According to my Collins Australian Dictionary of the English Language....
rooster n. [Chiefly U.S.] a cock
which suggests to me that it is the Year of the Cock.

Life's funny, isn't it?

[gstark]

which suggests to me that it is the Year of the Cock

The year of the politician?

Oh, sorry Greg, you said "cock", not "prick".

I'm pleased that Onyx gave us the Mandarin version, but what's the Apple version?

Must be another slow day at the orifice ...

[birddog114]

In our Viet's traditional and most of the Asian countries, Lunar NY is the first three important days (1,2,3) not working, play, eat drink, visiting relatives, gambling, but January (Lunar) is mot of the relaxing month.
They like gambling, cos gambling is the way to test their luck of the year.
They're right: the more monies they have the more hapinness and healthy they get" people only wishes each other "KUNG HEY PHAT CHOY"
Everything in red colour is a good meaning to them, foods also are among many special dishes from many regions and prefered with Red colour also.
Each type of fruit is also give them with each meaning.
Great and important event of the year! but not here or in the US, we have to work.

[huynhie]

Now is also the best time to be un-married as you get these little red packets with money in them. If you are married, then it the other way around as you'll be giving out little red packets with money in them to children.

This adds up when you have dozens of little relatives!

[Onyx]

Must be another slow day at the orifice ...

I suggest bran.