Happy New Year to our Chinese Friends

Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year. (Get a bit more information about it here). In the Chinese zodiac, this is a year of the Rat. Following the lead of other librarians with enquiring minds who checked, I went ahead and checked what my Chinese zodiac animal would be. My animal would be the Dog. According to some sources of information:

• On the positive side: Loyal, modest, dependable, generous, patient, intelligent, straight-forward, attractive, well-meaning, spunky loving.
  
• On the negative side: Worrier, quick-temper, blunt, restless, self-righteous, pessimistic, critical, petty, accusing, rebellious, reckless, eccentric.
  
• And I could make an excellent businessman, activist, teacher, or secret agent.

Hmm, I would have to admit that a lot of those traits fit me quite well, although I am not so sure about the "attractive" part. And I did become a teacher. Anyways, a Happy New Year to our Chinese friends and those who celebrate with them.