Celebrating New Years twice has to be a good thing right? New beginnings.
February 18th 2007 Xin Nian Kuaile! It's the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year. The Year of the Pig. Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The combination of the lunar and solar movements is what the Chinese calender is based on with 29.5 days in the lunar cycle. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated with family where ancesto
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Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more 
