Chinese New Year

by Bobby Lin
The Chinese New Year is a special holiday and it is almost celebrated in the entire Asia as well as other parts of the world. It is the most important holiday in Chinese culture. On January first on the lunar calendar, adults will give red envelops to children, and children will put them under the pillow and wish to get good luck in the next year. People will put on spring couplets, which are short verses written on two pieces of red paper, to wish for good luck or well-being in the new year. People or things will be in red because red is considered lucky color. People will put on fireworks or firecrackers because they believe that God will hear the noise we make, and therefore God will come and wish you a Happy New Year!

People put on spring couplets during Chinese New Year

Baseball Returns to Olympic

by Johnason Lin
After the Beijing Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) once said that there won’t be any more baseball games in the 2012 Olympiad. It is said that because the USA wouldn’t let their Major League Baseball (MLB) players play in the Olympic event. However, this is quite different from the basketball category in which there are all-star NBA players. Moreover, the Olympic in 2012 is going to take place in London, and they don’t want to build a baseball field for a thrill that only lasts two or three weeks. But now, the MLB Association is willing to let the MLB players compete in the Olympic Games. The MLB games will postpone for three weeks during the Olympiad. So maybe the IOC will let baseball return to the games in 2016. If so, that will be a great news.

Ben Sheets of USA in 2000 Sydney Games