Gong Xi Fai Cai!

Or Happy New Lunar Year (Chinese new Year). It's now officially the Year of the Rat. Which happens to be me (I am a water rat). Apparently these are some of my traits:

Rat (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water): Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, sturdy.

You can find out even more about me at Wikipedia, including the fact that I am supposed to like
Pork, peas, and cabbage (as a rat).

Maybe the luck is rubbing off. I won some tickets to go and see Sweeny Todd in a competition in Time Out here. Now I have never won any competitions in my life before moving to Singapore. Here, I have won 3 since arriving in about 1 year. Can you imagine actually winning something in Time Out London - the chances are miniscule. But here - well - playing the odds, not bad at all...

Let's hope the luck persists, I have my finals for my MBA trimester starting Monday. This trimester has been especially arduous and the courses difficult. So fingers crossed for some rat luck...