Wind and Water

Without fail, Dad will get hold a copy of "feng shui" booklet every year. It ditates every do and don't for the coming year, and how each of the zodiac will fare in the coming year. While I am not entire superstitious, it's good to know some bit and parcel on how the new year will affect me.

I have received this email, purportedly from Lilian Too that sums up my fortune in 2008, the year of Rat. Fine, no harm reading what's in store for me and I scrolled down to look for my zodiac. Here is the entire paragraph for those under the Snake sign.

The Snake comes out from under the shadow of the Tai Sui with improved health and energy. Obstacles faced in 2007 dissolve in 2008, with the Snake gaining strength and luck from March onwards. There is good improvement on the career front. Recognition luck is greater than wealth, which means most of your gains come in the form of your bosses realizing your worth rather than in material gains. To enhance for promotion luck, display a Monkey on an Elephant or a Ru Yi on your work desk. While there is money luck indicated, you are prone to getting robbed/cheated. Carry the Four Heavenly King Protection Amulet as a remedy. Protect your home by displaying figurines of the Door Guardians near to your main door. Keep your money in a Nine Dragon Wallet for empowerment. If you run your own business or are in sales, display the Pak Choy in the Southeast of your living room to bring plenty of sales or customers. To ensure smoothness in all that you do, wear the 10-eyed Dzi . There is great promise of romance for single Snakes. To enhance relationships, carry or wear the Infinity or Mystic Knot Symbol.

What the heck?? Apart from the first 4 lines, the remaining paragraph is actually advertisement spam! You could actually summarise the whole year prediction into a single sentence-

To get lucky, buy pendant/charm/stuff from me.

Done. Don't need to crack your head and write some generic stuff about the 12 zodiacs. Direct and effective. Short and simple. Fortune telling my foot!

On a different note, I've received my first CNY greeting from Melyssa yesterday. Hahaha, she's so kiasu.