chinese new year

“Everything is connected”

A Papua New Guinean tribesman dressed in loincloth once told me that “everything is connected”. He then offered me a purple carrot. Which was rare because most carrots are orange. Orange is the colour of the Dutch football team. Apart from Total Football, the Netherlands is renowned for tulips. Tulips were fashionably worn on turbans during the Ottoman Empire. Alexander Pope, the English poet, was often seen wearing a turban. He contracted Pott’s disease at 12-years-old which left him with a severe hunchback. Which reminds us of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, written by Victor Hugo. Hugo’s middle name was Marie. A Marie is a type of sweet biscuit. It is round and has an intricate design embossed. A braille embosser is a printer that produces books for the blind. The international symbol of blindness is a white stick. A black stick, on the other hand, is often used as a magic wane. Another name for magician is wizard. The most famous wizard of all is Harry Potter. Played by Daniel Radcliff. Who starred in a play called Equus. Which is about a boy who blinded six horses. The horse is part of the Chinese zodiac. And this year is the Year of the Horse. Which finally brings us to wish you “Gong Xi Fa Cai”!