新年快樂！| Happy New Year

Prosperous Year of the White (Metal) Tiger to everyone!

Scene at Ongpin Street in Chinatown, Binondo, Manila on Chinese New Year.

The Chinese New Year was well celebrated at Chinatown, where the traditional Lion and Dragon dances were done everywhere in the vicinity. Foreigners and locals alike held their cameras ready to take photos of the festive event.

Lion Dance 舞獅

The restaurants were jam-packed with family, people, coming all over the country and overseas to witness and taste the different flair or fusion of cultures enjoyed the the Chinoys.


The Mr. Ube Gerry Chua hosted an eating contest, to spice up the event, where everyone was amused of the contest's appetite.

Binondo, a mixture of old and new, but culture will forever be true.

A Message from GFAP-Youth President Peterson Co:

On behalf of our Directors, Officers, & Representatives of the 36 family associations of Grand Family, we the GFAP Youth Group like to greet everyone a Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year!

恭祝大家 虎年祥和 萬事勝意

We will also like to thank the Fil-Chi youths for their strong support in our various projects in uniting the Fil-Chi community! Especially the participants of our first & experimental speed dating, which we will start sending out the results soon via e-mail. Do share your ideas by sending comments or suggestions to any of our youth officers. Hope we can make more & exciting events that may bond our youth community more closer than ever!

The GFAP Youth
Officers & Representative

Must See Movie | Confucius 孔子

Confucius starring Chow Yun-fat and Zhou Xun and directed by Hu Mei.
It was released in Asia last January 18, 2010, in Guangzhou, China. The 22 million yuan (US $3,222,121.43) government-backed movie was created to celebrate the Chinese sage's 2,560th anniversary. credit: gma.tv
It is a glimpse to the sage's way of thinking and a glimpse of how the society he lived in was.

子貢問曰：“有一言而可以終身行之者乎”？子曰：“其恕乎！己所不欲、勿施於人。”

Zi gong (a disciple of Confucius) asked: "Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?"
The Master replied: "How about 'shu' [reciprocity]: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?"

Analects XV.24, tr. David Hinton

credit: wiki