Today is the 7th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rat and the 7th day is also the common birthday for all humans!

The only CNY-related activity I had today is to watch another movie released in conjunction with Chinese New Year, i.e. Kung Fu Dunk starring Jay Chou, Eric Tsang and Charlene Choi. The theme of the movie is mainly a mixture of the game of basketball, kung fu, love, money and triads.

And the joy of Chinese New Year today has been overtaken by the announcement of the dissolution of the Parliament which stunned the nation when only yesterday the Prime Minister said the Parliament will not be dissolved today. The dates for nomination and voting will be fixed by the Election Commission tomorrow. It is speculated that nomination will be on 21 February (Chap Goh Mei Festival) while voting on 1 or 2 March. We’ll know tomorrow if these dates are correct.