Happy New Year Everyone !!

yeah, I know, I'm late - awfully late, that is... though still early from a chinese point of view, as the chinese will celebrate New Year not before 2/9/2005. For the chinese, 2005 will be the year of the rooster, in honor of a certain australian fast-food chain. ..

Still there..? .. ok, I promise I will stop making fun of ancient asian cultures (and modern australian cuisine)! If you encounter a rooster live and up in person here are a few tips for getting along with him/her. Well known roosters include not only Katherine Hepburn and Eric Clapton but also Richard Wagner, Verdi and Britney Spears (well, thats quite a mixture :).

If you are an ox or a snake and feel attracted to a rooster you should either consult a psychiatrist or you found your perfect partner, as roosters get along very well with these two zodiacs. As the rabbit that I am, I should concentrate on pigs and goats but leave the roosters to themselves. Well, at least I share this fate with most of the 1975ish-people ;) Ugh, I just realized that I am going to be 30 this year....

Let me finish with a chinese proverb: "The man who waits for a roasted duck to fly into his mouth must wait a very, very long time." (I still believe there is *some* connection to them... ;)

Happy new year everyone!!


PS: Here are a few pictures from our new years eve 2002/2003 in Sydney: