HOLY ALDO ?

One of the must-visit stores for me when I'm in the mall is Aldo.

While at the Eaton Centre today, I was shocked to see the new items Aldo now carries:

ROSARIES!
Reg. Price: $18
Sale Price: $11.99

These rosaries were in their accesories section! That is just so wrong... tsk tsk...

*I hurriedly took this pic from my phone before I get in trouble- again.

FACES

Isn't it amazing that out of the almost 7 billion people in the world (plus all those who've lived before us), none of us really look alike? Even in your family, nobody really looks the same as you- unless you're identical twins (but even identical twins still have their own defining traits). Maybe somewhere in the opposite side of the world, somebody may look similar to you but not exactly like you. How many possible 'facial' combinations are there? I guess this is just one of God's wonderful and truly amazing work of art.

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!

Being married to a Filipino-Chinese, I've gotten used to sorta-celebrating Chinese New Year. We usually just eat out, watch some live Chinese entertainment at either Pacific Mall or Market Village (ie. lion dancing, dragon dancing, etc.) and distribute ang pao's- the red envelopes (with money)- to the kids.

This year, we received an early present from Brice's parents- a golden Buddha. It's supposed to be very lucky. Not only is it sitting on the three-legged toad (very lucky symbol in Chinese culture), it's on lots and lots of money! Oh, I hope it really brings us luck this year! HaHaHa. That's what I say every year. I wonder though, will it still bring you luck even if you don't believe in it? What if I pretend to believe it'll bring me luck? Will it... or he... or she... know? Oh wellz... Brice was brought up believing in all those Chinese stuff so I guess as long as one person in the household believes that the Buddha will bring us luck, then that should be good enough.

But it seems like Brice isn't the only one though. Kaelene has been showing a lot of interest in Buddha. She loves looking at it and she laughs every time she sees it. She even rubs its head and tummy when we put her right beside it.



Anyway, KUNG HEI FAT CHOI everybody!