This year, got some very beautiful red packets (or ang pows/hong bao) from the respective banks. I love the red packets with the pandas the best from Standard Chartered Bank. Red packets are given during Chinese New Year or good occasion like weddings or birthdays. Red packets is usually given out by married couples. The amount of money contained in the red packets usually ends with an even digit, 8, 18, 88 and 168 are all lucky numbers (which sounds like prosper in mandarin) and odd-numbered money gifts are traditionally associated with funerals.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Chinese New Year 2013 - Red Packets
This year, got some very beautiful red packets (or ang pows/hong bao) from the respective banks. I love the red packets with the pandas the best from Standard Chartered Bank. Red packets are given during Chinese New Year or good occasion like weddings or birthdays. Red packets is usually given out by married couples. The amount of money contained in the red packets usually ends with an even digit, 8, 18, 88 and 168 are all lucky numbers (which sounds like prosper in mandarin) and odd-numbered money gifts are traditionally associated with funerals.
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I never knew that about the odd and even numbers when you give money. Really interesting.
Hai Alice
Remember me, Aoyama, the one you sent the ang packet to for 2 years. 2013 I didn't email you and ask you to keep.
If you still keeping the 2013 ang pau, can you gimme and also the 2014 ang pau??
Hai Alice,
Remember me, Aoyama, the one u used to send me the ang pau packets. 2013 I didn't email you to keep for me. hehe.
If you still keeping it, can you gimme and also the keep for me the 2014 ang pau??
Hi
I have not collect any 2014 ang pau yet as they have not issued yet. If there's extra I will send you.
Hello Alice. I'm Yien from Sarawak. I'm trying my luck for asking whether u still have any red packets left from previous years. If there is could u mail it to me.? my email addr.is llyienaugust@gmail.com
Hello Alice. I'm Yien from Sarawak. I'm also a red packets collector. I liked your dbs bank red packet.Do u still have any extra or from previous years.? If there is could u mail them to me? My email addrs is llyienaugust@gmail.com
And can u send some for year 2015 next year? Hope to hear from u soon....Merry Christmas!!
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