chinese believe...

My mom has always told me Chinese people believe that having a big nose equates to having a lot of money. It's hard to explain without a diagram, but I don't mean having a high bridge, but a big... lobe? I don't know what it's called, but think Jackie Chan nose. She has told me many times that I have this kind of nose (WHAT!? I don't want a Jackie Chan nose... but I can see that I do have one.)

At the same time, Chinese believe if you put your fingers together flat, when your fingers align together perfectly, you will "keep money" and if you have holes between them, you "lose money". Unfortunately, my fingers are crooked and there are holes in multiple areas.

Thus, begins the story of my weekend... I was managing the 350+ volunteers for Colorado Dragon Boat Festival when I lost or someone stole my camera bag from the Volunteer Headquarters. Inside was my Canon Rebel, a zoom, Coach wristlet, cash, credit card, license, Oakley sunglasses, make-up and my KEYS! Since I didn't have a spare, I had to get a locksmith to come make new keys for me at the park. Total damage and loss is well over $2000.

But it makes me wonder how I was able to acquire these things. Wow, I have things that value $2000? In the end, I think the moral of the story is that I work hard to make money and get nice things, but then I have the unfortunate luck of crooked fingers that causes me to lose these things.