Monday 31 December 2012

Farewell 2012

My final post for the year is a mix of things and some flashy gifs. I am sad to see this year end and delighted it has. I am looking forward like every new year with intrepidation and excitement but 2013 will be the biggest year of my life so far, and this one was huge.

So dear readers to help you with a list of New Year greetings here you go.


ARABIC                               سنة جديدة سعيدة
CANTONESE                      sun lin fi lok / kung hé fat tsoi    
CHINESE (MANDARIN)     新年快了 (xin nian kuai le) / 新年好 (xin nian hao)      
DUTCH                                gelukkig nieuwjaar
FINNISH                              onnellista uutta vuotta
FRENCH                               bonne année
GERMAN                             glückliches neues Jahr
HINDI                                   नया साल मुबारक
INDONESIAN                     selamat tahun baru
GAELIC                                bhliain nua sásta
ITALIAN                               buon anno
JAPANESE                            明けましておめでとうございます
KOREAN                              새해 많이 받으세요 (seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo)                              
LAO                                       sabai di pi mai
LATIN                                   felix annus novus                                                 
NORWEGIAN                      godt nyttår             
POLISH                                szczęśliwego nowego roku
PORTUGUESE                     feliz ano novo
PUNJABI                              ਨਵੇਂ ਸਾਲ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ (nave saal deeyan vadhaiyaan)    
RUSSIAN                              c Новым годом                              
SPANISH                              feliz año nuevo
SWEDISH                             gott nytt år                                        
THAI                                      สวัสดีปีใหม่ (sawatdii pimaï)              
TURKISH                              yeni yılınız kutlu olsun   
VIETNAMESE                      Chúc mừng năm mới
WELSH                                  blwyddyn newydd dda 
ZULU                                                     unyaka omusha omuhle

Found all this on the net and through Google Translate, if anyone is wondering and yes all the gifs here I found using the word free. 






Some musings:

“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”         ― Alfred Tennyson

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow" - Albert Einstein.

And one to consider more...

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan

Happy New year one and all. 

Farewell and goodbye 2012, 

Welcome 2013.




7 comments:

Unknown said...

A New Year greeting in Danish: "godt nyt år!" and... "ukiortaassami pilluaritsi" as we say it in Greenland :)

Jolly Princess said...

Maligayang Bagong Taon! That is the Tagalog translation of Happy New Year! :) But we greet each other here as Manigong Bagong Taon! Which means Have a Prosperous New Year! - That is for you Luke and you loved ones as well. :)

colson said...

Though I think Einstein's is the best quote, Vaughan's pessimist is the one I can relate to :).

Anyhow: Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!

starkravingsober said...

Happy New Beer petal xxx

Unknown said...

Hi Stephanie, nice words from those in Greenland. I hope your 2013 is a fun filled one

Hi JP Happy new year, when does all your holiday start as you worked all over the festive season?

Hi Colson, A few quotes always nice, I am more the pessimist, seems appropriate to make sure the year ends before we can start again.

SRS Thank you. And it was a happy new beer.

Simon said...

Happy New Year mate.As usual I had fun reading your blog this year. Keep it up :)

Unknown said...

Hi Simon

Do keep reading and you should start writing again. Surbaya must have its adventures and tales to be told