Happy lunar new year to all

Posted by: mohan on January 29, 2006

So you do know about the Lunar New Year I was wondering why CollegeBoard set the date for the SATs on January 28, the day just before the Lunar New Year. Guess ignorance is not the reason...

Posted by: Lerh Feng on January 29, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year to everybody!

btw, I took the SAT Reasoning on January 28, I think i did it great at least in math and cr

What are your zodiac signs?????? I am the snake or she(in chinese)

Posted by: Juan Jhong Chung on January 29, 2006

I hear for us dragons (most of the high school senior right now) the year of the dog is not very good...and that we should wear jade to cleanse the evilness.

Posted by: Masha on January 29, 2006

rabbit here!

too bad i've fever and food poisoning before the lunar new year. can't have all the goodies! :-(

Posted by: jian on January 29, 2006

Well I hear this will be a good year in business and carrer for snakes, so I hope I recieve good news in mid-march!

Posted by: Juan Jhong Chung on January 29, 2006

Happy New Year!

So, Matt, are you going to participate in any of the on campus festivities?

Posted by: shen on January 29, 2006

Evie's sooo cute! She's the perfect dog to ring in the new year!!

Posted by: anit on January 29, 2006

Happy Lunar New Year to all! Xin Nian Kuai Le! I wish everyone a prosperous year!



Heh, it's nice to see this. Thanks, Matt.

Posted by: Teck Lee on January 29, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Posted by: Sam T on January 29, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year...Xin Nian Hao!

I was wondering how can I register w/ MIT to get some type of a MIT.edu email account. I tend to keep several email accounts for different purposes, so I was hoping since I will very likely go to MIT, I should probably start my email early. Thanks,

Posted by: richard on January 29, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!!

Posted by: Leon on January 29, 2006

Xin nian kuai le!



And now for a little rhyme:

Gong xi fa cai,

Hong bao na lai!



Ask a Chinese person what that means. XD

Posted by: dyzzy on January 29, 2006

"gong xi fa cai, hong bao na lai!" roughly translated means "Happy New Year, Show Me The Money!"

Posted by: Juan Jhong Chung on January 29, 2006

I'm a rabbit, btw. Give me an ang pao, which is a red packet containing some money for good luck, is what "hong bao na lai" means. Pretty cool dog!

Posted by: Eric Asava-Aree on January 29, 2006

china or lunar years will have 12 signs which I came to know just before In our tradition there will be 60 names of years that is the same year(name) will return after 60 years

Posted by: M on January 29, 2006

Matt, you get TWO THUMBS UP for knowing about the Lunar New Year!



WOO HOO!

YEAR OF THE DOG!!

*blows horn*

Posted by: YeSeul on January 29, 2006

are there any special event at MIT for celebrating the new year?

Posted by: Juan Jhong Chung on January 29, 2006

Whoooo!



Happy Chinese New Year Matt!



Woof. Arf. Ruff. Wong wong <---Chinese sound for dogs.

Posted by: ybai on January 30, 2006

Not just the Chinese New Year! (I have to represent the Viet population that apparently aren't showing up here): Chuc Mung Nam Moi!!!!!



I'm a Cat/Rabbit (Cat in Vietnamese Years, Rabbit in Chinese)

Posted by: Glory Nguyen on January 30, 2006

I love dogs. They show their loyalty and affection at every opportunity. They are great role models for the rest of us (except for all the butt-licking they do). I have a question for richard, who is very confident and "most likely going to MIT". So confident that he wants his MIT email address before the acceptance letter. Dear richard, I don't know if you are confident, cocky, or simply naive. But here I am with my 4.0, my 800s in both SAT II math tests, my AP 5s in Calc and Stats, my 31 ACT, my school ranking that has put me ahead of one of the three kids in my high school that were admitted to Harvard EA. And I know that I am just one of 14,000 applicants with similar resumes. At best, I have a 1 in 10 chance of ever having an MIT email address. So what do you know that I don't?

Posted by: Chris H on January 30, 2006

Chris, I dont know the situation, but its likely that richard may have been accepted early already, and is simply deciding whether to go to MIT or somewhere else. Give him some credit... and good luck!

Posted by: Masha on January 30, 2006

I'm not Chinese, but Chinese New Year is a really big thing in my community.

Have a prosperous year and enjoy your red envelopes!

Posted by: Hillary on January 30, 2006

I know you know Mandarin, so...



Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Posted by: Victoria on January 30, 2006

once Totally random asked, where are good places to go on the weekend?



Your answer is -- what to do on weekends -- is much too broad to be answered in an Omnibus, so I'll tackle that as a separate blog entry sometime in the near future.



So please blog about week ends!!

Posted by: 0 on January 30, 2006

http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/stats/geofinal.html here you can get the stats of the students admitted from different regions of the world in MIT

Posted by: M on January 31, 2006

Happy new yr to all... btw I'm a snake n this yr is gonna b gud 4 me;)

Posted by: uren on January 31, 2006

thnx 4 the list M, i really wish Oman is added to the list next yr (thts wher i'm from)!!

Posted by: uren on January 31, 2006

Happyness to everyone!



In the lunar new year my family had a dinner, eating Indian food by chopsticks

Posted by: AnnaKot on January 31, 2006

Masha. Masha, Masha. You got me. Dear Richard. Sorry I poked you in the eye. Once you get your MIT email address please post it. I'll humbly and respectfully send you news from Michigan (probably from my community college email address). Good luck and keep your stick on the ice.

Posted by: Chris H on January 31, 2006

Chris is crazy.

Posted by: Masha on February 1, 2006

Where in Michigan, Chris?



I'm Michigan west coast.

Posted by: TC on February 1, 2006

Masha, Good Luck. I hope I get to see you in Cambridge. TC, is that Traverse City? Do they still have Gordie Howe's restaurant? I am from the Mid-MI area. See ya.

Posted by: Chris H on February 2, 2006

Hey Matt! I wanted to ask you a question: I'm an int'l applicant once again this year after having been rejected last year. I read an entry by Ben saying that, in cases like mine, both applications are considered. However, I think that my application this year really is a lot different than last year's, and that I actually manage to express there a lot more about myself. So, my question is, how likely do you think it is for my application from last year to affect what I did this year? Thanks, and good luck with all the reading. Cheers!

Posted by: Arturo on February 3, 2006