Kung Hei Fat Choi

January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Chinese NY Pop-Up Shop in Sydney

"Kung Hei Fat Choi" is a Cantonese phrase which means "Happy New Year". It's just one of the phrases and things I've learned over the last few days working on a radio program to celebrate "Lunar New Year". And I use the phrase "Lunar New Year" in preference to Chinese New Year (most commonly used in Sydney because City of Sydney celebrates Chinese New Year), because Koreans, Vietnamese and many others also celebrate New Year right now, or around this time. There were lots of good things about this. Mostly, though because I got to work with a great team from ABC Local Radio, ABC … [Read more...]

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Sundry Sunday

February 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
Same sex action in the midst of the same sex marriage protest

There are some days when I sit around doing, literally, nothing. I'm lucky if I leave the house. That was not the case today, with three activities scheduled. Kate and I caught up early this afternoon with a wander around Fair Day in mind. "It's a great photographic opportunity" , we both agreed, with the combination of drag queens, muscle boys, and pets in the assortment of Sydney gay life. Of all the "gay things" I do each year, it's usually one of my favourites. Although my absolute favourite is the annual Mardi Gras History Walk, I really like fair day because it's a very much a … [Read more...]

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Chinese New Year Parade

February 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
Some of the crowd watching the Chinese New Year parade on the steps of the World Tower in Sydney.

To be honest, I didn't really enjoy the first Chinese New Year Twilight Parade in Sydney, although I've enjoyed the parades previously. It all seemed like it was just the daytime parade at night, as opposed to being a twilight parade. And by that I mean a parade which made the "most" of the evening and the capacity for lights to bring a parade to "life". And it wasn't helped by the fact that it started late, quite considerably late, losing many of the benefits of the twilight period, as opposed to the dark. I also found myself crushed at one point when a firetruck needed access … [Read more...]

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