The water boar

Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Sacha Chua

Neil Ernst blogged about Chinese astrology, so I thought I’d look my sign up as well. My father and I were both born in the Year of the Boar, which has just cycled around. I was born in the year of the Water Boar, 1983. The Wikipedia entry on water says, “Water is representative of intelligence and wisdom; however, an overabundance of the element is said to cause difficulty in choosing something and sticking to it.” The Pig, however, is supposed to be a conservative creature of habit that dislikes having to travel far from familiar surroundings… and I’m halfway around the world! =)

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