
On the whole, Chinese people are considered to be quite superstitious No better evidence can be found than with Chinese New Year and the symbolism food plays at a Chinese New Year banquet. There are noodles which are served as they are long and signify a long life. Then there are a slew of round red and gold items to symbolise coins or money. I never really thought of my parents as superstitious-I have mentioned that we grew up in a house numbered 44 with the much dreaded number 4 which is double bad luck. But then again my father made sure to get a car license plate with the number 8 in it which is good luck as it sounds like the word prosperity (sensing a money theme here?
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In the spirit of being a bad Chinese daughter, I certainly didn’t go into any major money making professions-I was expected to become a doctor, lawyer or accountant but alas I went into advertising and then blogging. And when I travelled overseas I collected trinket after trinket as a gift for my parents. I never really noticed that there was no evidence of these items around the house and it was only when I was cleaning out a basement cupboard that I found a whole lot of my gifts. Apparently I have a knack for choosing gifts with motifs that signify bad luck or demons so my mother didn’t want to display them but instead hid them downstairs in a locked cupboard (demons apparently are put off by keys
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I am superstitious up to a point. I had my Chinese horoscope read last year and it wasn’t a good one. In fact the woman told me that I would be given very difficult challenges in 2011 and it was not going to be an advantageous year for me. I was so upset that I immediately switched into denial mode. I told her that no way was it not going to be a good year and that I would exercise mind over prediction and make it a good year and no-one could stop me. And with a huff and click of heels I was off and muttering to myself what a load of rubbish it was. I’m sure she was rolling her eyes at my back thinking that control freaks should not have their horoscopes read…
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