- Elias Hodge

Ang Pau (红包) or Red Packet is a monetary gift given during holidays or for special occasions such as a wedding, a graduation, or the birth of a baby. Although the red envelope was popularised by Chinese traditions, other cultures also share similar traditional customs. The red packet is also called 压岁钱 (money that can suppress the demon) when given to children during Chinese New Year. This term, however, is now understood as “money given to children by their elders”.

Before stepping out of the house to visit relatives or friends this Lunar New Year, bring a pair of Mandarin Oranges (柑) with you. A traditional gift during Chinese New Year is the exchanging of a pair of mandarin oranges and the giving of red packet containing an even amount of money. Unmarried adults and children receive these red packets from married family members and friends in exchange of wishing them good health and fortune.

Pineapples are called “ong lai” in Hokkien and Cantonese, which literally translates to 旺来 or “fortune come”, hence their popularity during the CNY celebrations. It is considered lucky to have them during Chinese New Year and giving Pineapple Tarts (黄梨塔) as gifts symbolises good fortune and luck.

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As much as I agree with all this, I must point out:

Adrian may be styled to be a thinner nerd type, but he's still played by a very conventionally-attractive (and not particularly scrawny) actor. That's probably what makes him stand out, because he's a hunk/heartthrob given glasses, dark curls, and a goofy personality, and that creates a striking dissonance.

But also, the fact that Freddie has a medium build and more youthful, boyish features than most of the DCEU men is what allows him to plausibly play both a dorky nerd (albeit a distractingly cute one) and a beefy hunk (ie. all his previous roles), and that aesthetic versatility is just not in the cards for the guys who play Batman, Aquaman, Rick Flagg, Peacemaker, etc.

Of course none of this would matter if Freddie hadn't acted the shit out of Vigilante with a performance that was so distinctly different from all his previous work, so most of the credit still goes to him and his talent!

Freddie put his entire Strussy into Vigilante. And what's even better is that in practically everything he was in, he was shirtless. In Peacemaker he wasn't. He was remembered solely for his acting and that just makes me so damn proud of him. He didn't have to whip his shirt off to get people's attention. He did that just by flexing his acting muscles.

He's been in the industry for over a decade. He's dipped his toes in almost every genre you can think of, disregarding if it was a small role or not. The man has picked up skills throughout the years. He's like a good bowl of soup; you get the proper ingredients and start cooking, if you know what you're doing, you end up with a delicious bowl of soup. Freddie is that bowl of soup that everyone wants a taste of. He draws in a hungry crowd.

Anybody else got like,, rlly random connections to famous ppl?? Like my older brothers were friends w Jennifer Lawrence when they were like 12 and I just found out I’m friends w the cousin of the girl who voiced honey lemon in big hero six like, idk what I’m supposed to do with either of these tid bits I feel like I was supposed to live my life in ignorance of them

This blog is now an amalgamation of all the fandoms Im in. Starting with Rush (2013).

I’m really glad that everyone is all collectively mourning Colin’s childhood with Laszlo… but… I’m pretty certain that he does remember and is just intentionally doing this to fed on Laszlo. Like, I do like Colin but this is his go to move

murph: you gotta honor the cock

everyone else:

I know I don’t post often, but I just love Laura so much. She’s a huge reason I felt comfortable coming out to my family, since my dad was the one to introduce me to Against Me!

Having such a cool and unabashedly trans person playing on our radio meant the world to me and I don’t know if I would have had the courage without her.

While I wasn’t ever uncertain my mom would support me, my father has always been harder to read. So having him say that she was one of his favorite singers, made my life a hell of a lot easier.

As cheesy as it is, this is why representation matters.

Long Live Laura Jane Grace

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lantern launch for loi krathong at the temple of wat chai mongkol in thaliand’s chiang mai, and nearby mae jo university. the festival is celebrated every year on the full moon of the twelfth month of the thai lunar calendar, which falls this year on november 6. it is believed these illuminated lanterns, or khom loy, send a person’s bad luck and misfortune away into the air. 

photos by (click pic) sukree sukplang, nanut bovorn, chattakan kosol, felix hug, paul brown, greg goodman, pansiri pikunkaew

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I'm a simple man: I see Daniel Brühl and I hit reblog