Happy Chinese New Year!

Hyesu Lee

Hyesu Lee

Happy Chinese New Year folks!

Most Chinese folks (yours truly not included) believe that the year of the Dragon is one of the most auspicious years of the lunar calendar, but I have to say that with all the hoopla surrounding it, I couldn’t wait for it to end. And so it did last Sunday as we rang in the new year in the lunar calendar – the year of the snake.

I’ve heard stories (unfounded of course, but no less entertaining) of how snakes were actually dragons without legs, and that thrifty people are just going to cut off the legs of their dragon decorations to make do for this year. I’ve yet to see some, but it sure is a heck of an idea!

On that very random note, here’s wishing everyone a healthy and joyful year ahead, filled with adventure for all your endeavors! There’s no better time than now to make full use of that passion of yours and go make a dent in the universe.

{ Illustration by: Hyesu Lee }

Sponsor giveaway: Bloody Family

Piktorama giveaway

Piktorama giveaway

Today we have a special giveaway from Piktorama, who came up with a range of cute and yet evil goodies under the collection “Bloody Family“. Her latest brand started out as a personal project that soon blossomed into a quirky collection of characters, which include Vampire Toasts, Divina the Cute & Evil Cupcake, The Bloody Type Triplets, Rábbiula the vampire rabbit, the pets Frank & Ester, Tofudamus the veggie vampire, and the next door nerd Kelvin. My personal favorite? These engraved wooden earrings featuring Twin Tofus!

To celebrate the launch of her adorable characters, Piktorama is giving away one cupcake mug and an apron for one lucky Pikaland reader worth about USD$40! Just let us know who your favorite characters are from the Bloody Family lot in the comments by February 12! The lucky winner will then be notified via email after a random draw on random.org. Happy exploring!

UPDATE: The winner of this giveaway is Amy J! Thanks so much to everyone for participating!