The New York Times Sucks

New York Times doesn't give a f.u.c.k about Chinese or Chinese New Year despite New York City has one of the biggest freaking Chinatown on Earth and it calls itself The New York Times.  The event wasn't even covered in their regional area section.  Anyhow, I did my part and "covered" the event as much as I could which is hardly good or enough.  The New York Times sucks ass.

Big Wong

The Obligatory Big Wong shot on Chinese New Year Day. No, he is not Big Wong, the restaurant is. Big Wong and some Chinese restaurants are just better in more than one way. Like the wait staff would automatically give the kids glass of water instead of tea or let you ask them. Something simple like that a lot of restaurants don't do.

Kids Playing

Wow, there are just stylish people everywhere in NYC.  Look at the dude in the background.  If that's not cool I don't know what is.  Wow I wish I could look more like him.

Lion Dancer

Rehearsing for the dance.  Visualizing the jump.  FQNY is much better than shitty DKNY for a fraction of the price, just so you know.

This Just Rocks

On Leong

Cotton Candy Vendor In Chinatown

Cotton candy vendor with cavernous eyes.  Chinese New Year on Mott Street.

Happy New Year Mom Part III

Happy New Year Mom Part II

51 seconds long.

This is fresh off the camcorder, my 8-year-old JVC GR-DVM70. Video captured and rendered using Kino. We will probably hit Chinatown tomorrow. The weather is unseasonably warm.

Yes, that's me in the beginning of the clip. Oh, goodness, I pimped out my kids and myself too just to be fair, for an audience of like 5 or something.

Happy New Year Mom

Chinese New Year Resolution

As a Z-list blogger (you can't go lower than that), I will continue to blog the only way I know how by substituting substance with shallowness, facts with fictions, in-depth analysis with ill-informed opinion and absolutely refuse to use the exclamation mark.

Got to go to party now.

UPDATE: Just came back from the swamp that's called New Jersey. We were invited to have dinner. You know I will go anywhere there is free food, and be grateful and thankful that we are actually welcome. I won't take that for granted.

Chinese New Year, Manhattan Chinatown

Chopper man wasn't in the mood for pictures or he simply knew his old man wasn't much of a photographer. I didn't bring my D70. These were taken with my old Canon G3. The lens was smudged up. I guess the white balance wasn't working too well either, too bluish. I tend to blame on my gears except myself.

Twist and fire ...

The parade started around 11AM. We bought 6 packs of party snappers and a couple of fake firecrackers. They were fun.

Big Wong on Mott Street. Chopper Man and Mom.

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year.
This is the Year of the Pig. I have no idea what it's supposed to mean, I hope it will bring me good luck.

The New York Times Don't Care About Chinese New Year/People

Yesterday was Chinese New Year.
I don't expect the Times to have an article on the front page, but I do expect a picture, maybe the size of a postage stamp about the New Year, on the Metro Section. But guess what? Nothing. I am going to cancel my freaking home delivery, now that they are raising the price and don't give a $hit about Chinese people. The 7-day home delivery price is $9.65 effective February 6.
The Chinese New Year parade is as far as I know only limited in downtown Chinatown around Mott Street, a few blocks here and there and in some other Chinese enclaves in Queens and Brooklyn. Perhaps the Chinese should take up a whole freaking section of the 5th Avenue just so we get some attention and press coverage. Perhaps not.
Updates: I searched the nytimes.com online edition, no coverage either.
To read about the Chinese New Year, you have to read the free newspaper like amNewYork or the New York Post or the New York Daily News. Good things I was actually there to enjoy the festival, because you just can't read it on the Times.
I used to not care about the Chinese New Year. But now I am converted. Perhaps I have gotten older and have two children. I plan to go to Chinatown on every Chinese New Year as long as I am in the city.

Chinese New Year

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Harry is having a blast.

Chinese New Year

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Chinese New Year in Chinatown

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Chinese New Year

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Firecracker fun.

Chinese New Year in Chinatown

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