Feb 212010
Today (Sunday) will be the last day of the week-long lunar new year celebration across China, Taiwan, and much of Asia. Everyone will return to work tomorrow. We have also enjoyed a much slower week than normal and it felt good! In case you missed it, 2010 is the year of the Tiger.
The Chinese zodiac is a 12 year cycle.
To view an awesome photo collection of the new year’s celebration and events click HERE
Our Chinese Friends laugh when we tell them that together, Jackie and I are “mama huhu” because this is an expression which means “just ok, barely adequate, mediocre”. It is often used when one is receiving a compliment. The humble response, is “no, only mediocre”. It comes from an ancient story of a drawing that a child made, and the father said that is a nice “tiger” (hu), and the child says “I did not draw a tiger, I drew a horse” (ma). So the saying is used when you mean “it could go either way” or its just ok, or barely adequate…. one would say “mama huhu”. Roughly translated = horse, horse,tiger,tiger. Well, Jackie was born in the year of the tiger (hu), and I was born in the year of the horse (ma), so together…. we = “mama huhu”. HaHaHa.
http://mandarin.about.com/od/dailymandarin/a/mamahuhu.htm