This week, I got the opportunity to celebrate Chinese New Year in Sydney, and it was surreal. I visited Chinatown, and the entire place was decked out with decorations and lots of red everywhere. It felt just like my grandparents’ neighborhood during the festive season in Beijing. There were red lanterns hanging all over, crowds of people wearing red, and even this really cool balloon shaped like a Chinese lion from the lion dance. Since it’s that time of year, I had to eat a metric ton of noodles. I think I ate noodles at least five times this week. […]