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in the eve of chap goh meh by 相由心生

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The fourteenth day of the first month of lunar calendar,

The eve of Chap Goh Meh and the occasion

Of the first full moon of the lunar year:

Lion and dragon are summoned to dance,

And foods are served on stalls along the street

Where kids are running about chasing each other,

And standing in queue drooling over the man

Spinning out pink clouds of sweetness

With his cotton candy machine,

And looking intently at the clown twisting

Out animals of different colors

From squelching balloons.

The dragon would twirl

In circular and wavy swings following the trail

Of a flying dragon ball

Set against blackness and white fume.

The lion would tease and nuzzle,

And the kids would fondle his yellow mane in return,

Before he wavers his way to the pillars,

And leaps from one pillar to the next

With unbelievable agility and precision,

Lest everyone forgets that he is, after all,

A mighty lion.

(Jalan Rosmerah 4/11, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor, 3rd March 2007)

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虎 Hǔ Tiger寅 Yín 28 January 1998 14 February 2010 1 February 2022

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蛇 Shé Snake 巳 Sì 24 January 2001 10 February 2013 29 January 2025

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