Charms and charm

Last week, I wrote about the lunar new year and the proliferation of all kinds of Chinese charms which supposedly bring in good luck and fortune for the year ahead.

Cops assure safe Chinese New Year

The Manila Police District yesterday assured a safe celebration of the Chinese New Year today with the deployment of more than 300 policemen in Manila’s Chinatown, the center of the festivities.

The year of the 'lead dragon'? Chinese New Year charms, curios tainted - watchdog

Not to rain on the Chinese New Year parade, but an environmental watchdog reported toxic materials in some charms and ornaments two days before Chinese New Year rolls along on Monday. Ironically, with 2012 being the Year of the Water Dragon, the highest volume of lead was found in dragon figurines.

What’s in store in the Year of the Water Dragon?

IT’S the time of the year once again for our annual feng shui predictions. Some, of course, regard feng shui as mere “hocus-pocus” or a lapse into mass delusion, and others still laugh it off as mere amusement, and that’s OK. But for true believers, and they are legion, the stars and their placements definitely have some bearing on our lives, transforming this ancient Chinese art and science of ...

Red panties for Year of Wet Dragon?

Red panties may tide Filipinos over this Year of the Water Dragon. Seriously.