Technical explanations for two Chinese New Year traditions.

Reunion Dinner – A massive corporate event held on the eve of the new year where various nucleus family present their yearly reports to each other and commence general discussions about current issues. Due to the extended lengths of this event, food and drinks are usually supplied in generous quantities to fuel the draining process of relative relations. This event also includes huge pre-event, event and post-event workers; all of them on volunteer basis. But outsourcing does occur, where companies (usually food and beverage related) outside of the native corporate institution are hired.

Ang Pau –  A red packet. Generally used as a symbolic representation of wealth distribution from the upper ranks of the company to the lower ranks. However, only members of the upper ranks who have legitimate marriage contracts approved by the government are required to give ang paus.

p.s. it’s just a clinical observations about Chinese New Year… don’t take it seriously.. haha.. wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year!

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