This is the year of the goat according to the Chinese Zodiac, and it is Chinese New Year.
About 100 years ago, in 1907, my great grand dad left the village Guang Ning, near to Guangzhou city for Sibu, Sarawak.
In 1978, I left Sibu for Auckland.
In 1989, Guangzhou became a twin city of Auckland. I was very pleased and proud. I have not been to GuangZhou or China, but to be part of this twinning gave me a great sense of pride.
In 1999, the people of Guangzhou presented this statue of five rams to the people of their sister city. When I see it when I visit Myers Park, my chest swells with pride. It makes me want to visit Guangzhou.
Some of my adult ESOL students from Guangzhou ask, "You never been back? You should!"
May be I will, in the near future. The Water Engineer was in Guangzhou and he saw the same statue.
Guangzhou is the Hangyu pingyin or Mandarin name for what was Canton.
The Chinese prefer pork, the meat of the pig, instead of of the meat of the goat. (I play this word pig for letter G)
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