When you talk about Chinese, you can’t get away from the shio (Chinese Zodiac), lunar calendar and of course, numbers. Each year, there will have some communion invitations for the Chinese to go look for their master and get advise about their luck.

Few months back while I was in Medan, I saw a cute boy sitting next to his mother. I took a longer look and “accidentally” I over heard the friend of his mother asked “How old is he?”, while I was too excited to know the age of the boy. The mother answered “He shio dragon”. I’m lazy to count. But hey, he is a “Dragon Boy” dawg!

Did you remember the legend about “Nian”? It was believe that each year according to lunar calendar, there will be a monster named “Nian” (literally mean “Year”) come to a village and destroy whatever it can destroy. There’s this year, when children are playing with firecracker, and accidentally scared off the monster. That’s why firecracker is compulsory in New Year, and the announcement about Chinese New Year was placed on the day too. So “Nian” is the Lion Dance, which always play with the firecracker… Wait, what?

44 (must have it double),168, 178 and etc. These probably are most profitable number in Malaysia or anywhere else that has Chinese population. Last I heard my friend’s dad bought the number 168 for RM10K excluding the vehicle. Chinese always believe that good number bring good luck. Even if the number is bad, they definitely go look for Lilian Too or some other master to make “correction“.