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Subject: Re: [OM] A new born baby
From: Michael Wong <mialop@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:37:29 +0800
K.
You know Chinese? The exactly means "full month", the baby is one month old.

Haha! It's a mistake that she is my nephew's baby. How do you separate own
family and a great family with brother's & sister's families? I am beginning
confusion to identify them in English @@


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Michael



2009/10/16 khen lim <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx>

> Congratulations Michael.
> Being an ethnic Chinese, I can relate to the first month celebration
> process
> for newborns. In the Cantonese dialect, it's called 'moon yuet', which
> roughly means full moon. And in accordance to the Chinese lunar calendar,
> when a baby is born, he/she is already 1 year old. Sometimes we tear our
> hair discussing ages in the family because someone will be describing a
> person's age based on the Chinese calendar and then we'll be assuming the
> Western way of calculating!
>
> And that's a beautiful shot of your baby girl and wife. Love the grain.
>
> K.
>
>
> 2009/10/16 Philippe Amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
>
> > Beautiful !
> > Congratulations to the parents, and welcome Tracy!
> >
> > The word congratulations applies to your family of course, but also
> > typifies the tradition here in France.
> > Usually fathers start celebrating while the young mother and child are
> > at the clinic; champagne more often than not, under the viligence of his
> > mother, or of his mother-in-law or, which may sound worse, of both, who
> > may have come down to take care of the elder children.
> > Then, when the young mother and child return home, visitors bring
> > presents, and keep drinking champagne or whatever the aforesaid father
> > has left, with the aforeaforesaid father.
> > Some time later, if the family is religious, the kid gets 'christened',
> > and it is another opportunity for celebration, champagne, etc. Presents
> > are offered to the child, such as gold coins - just in case there should
> > be another war - silver spoons or tumbler - because he must face germs
> > very early in life - on top of the usual blue cardigan to a female baby
> > with an unknown first name, or of  a much too large pink wooly that will
> > be out of fashion when HE has grown large enough to wear it.
> > In short, it is all about rejoicing as in any country I guess, and
> > rightly so.
> >
> > Enjoy your baby, they grow up so fast, and these are treasured moments.
> > Keep clicking.
> >
> > Philippe, a father of three, aged 15 to 25.
> >
> > PS: the Elmarit works fine, is it an R on Oly? Or M on M?
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Wong wrote:
> >
> > >A new member was born in my family. The baby is a girl & her name is
> > Tracy.
> > >In Chinese society, there is a celebration for the new born baby upon
> the
> > >baby was born for one month. Family members would go to a small party
> for
> > >celebration. How's the western countries to celebrate a new born baby?
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://images1.fotop.net/albums6/MichaelWong/Tracy_20090821/IMG4024_Elmarit90.jpg
> > >
> > >
> > >---
> > >Michael
> > >
> > >
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