Kong Hee Fatt Choy

Happy New Year, for those of you who don't understand Cantonese. Last year was the Year of the Dog, this year is the Year of the Boar.

For many years I thought I was born in the Year of the Boar, but that was according to the Westernized version of the Chinese calendar. I was actually born in the Year of the Dog (does that mean that I really am a bitch?).

If you're into spirituality or mysticism or whatever, you know that things happen in cycles. Like luck. Somewhere I read that when the year you were born in rolls around you are supposed to experience elevated good luck for that year.

I don't feel that my luck was vastly improved in the Year of the Dog. I wonder if the Year of the Boar might turn out to be better?