Happy New Year, everyone!
Saw this article in the NY Times this morning: Year of the Ox is looking Inauspicious.
“The mood is confused and desperate,” said Kerby Kuek, a feng shui master and Chinese astrologer. “Two years ago, people would ask me if they should change from a medium house to a big house, or from a Nissan to a BMW.
“Now people ask me directly, ‘When am I going to get laid off?”’
Man, this sinking economy is beating up everyone. One thing that I’ve always liked about watching HK dramas (not that I get to watch very many) is the general upbeat nature of the people that comes from prosperity. The rich are still rich, but I imagine it’s probably the same there as here–the sour economy has cast a pall of bad feeling across all sectors.
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