We see them at times..no, they are not really God of Prosperity, otherwise, I would have married him myself LOL!!, but you know how the Chinese are so obsessed with wealth or generation of wealth during Chinese New Year, so this is a popular figure I guess. Not something or someone you see everywhere but he pops up during Chinese New Year, so everyone's hoping some so called wealth magic will rub off to them...or bring good luck.
So much for being busy, I am stuck in office for a day and here I am doing a second post ;) A question for all blog buddies, I am sure you have some sort of spam in your comments section. I loathe them tremendously and mostly Chinese writings and link to rubbish sites. Which means I had to put on comment moderation :( and then, they spam me even more and send loads of the same stuff to my email. Maybe because I reported them to blogger. There is such function to report spammers, though I doubt anything can be done. Maybe it's just be rambling my head off or I take these things too seriously.
Anyway, busy Saturday coming up...a few weddings to attend to, all at the same day, but I'll try to take some pictures for you all.
Tata for now :P
I like the idea of God of Prosperity. What wonderful pictures. Always a nice visit with you and family. Much love/Rosebud/Carolyn
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these photos of the God of Prosperity. ADORE his costume!! WOULD wear it!! and the mask is also fabulous!
I'm sorry to hear about the spamers. You probably don't want to change to Typepad, but if you do, once you report spam to Typepad, it comments become blocked and those people are unable to ever leave a comment again.
Hugs to you and Happy week ahead.
Love,
Constance
I was reading your lament on spam and couldn't help but identify with the relentless supply. Most of which are sent out effortlessly from auto spamming programs. I'm treating them like dust, the kind that you have to live with and sweep up every day or every other day. :) xo clara
ReplyDeletep.s. Drop by bloomize on Wednesday (or after) when you can, for there will be a giveaway.
You are a busy lady these days. Sorry about all the spammers. I only get them when I remove the word verification function...as long as it's on I rarely get a spammy comment. Bummer that you are. It is a pain.
ReplyDeleteLove the colorful photos!
If I see the Prosperity God around here I'll be sure to be super nice to him! Another cup of tea? perhaps a cookie? Spam at my blog seems to come and go, like the seasonal flu.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong about Chinese New Year posts! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI would love some of the prosperity to "rub" off on me with our crummy economy right now. As always, love to see you Mary Kate and your beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteI don't do word verification because I want to make it easy for my friends to leave comments. And I guess I am lucky I don't get much spamming but for some reason I have gotten three just today. I hate them!
Love the rainbow stripes from the bottom of his costume.
ReplyDeleteI delete spam comments. So far I haven't had a huge problem though. They must like your site as it is so interesting and popular.
I don't get nearly as many comments on my blog as you do, but I still get spam. So frustrating! I just delete them. If it happens too often I put up comment moderation for a while.
ReplyDeleteHave fun at the weddingS this Saturday. Sounds like you won't have much time for anything else, may as well enjoy...
I don't remember seeing the god of prosperity before. Very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that you are getting hit with all the spam. I've had very little, fortunately. I don't mind at all doing the word verification if it means you get less spam. (One positive note from this--the spammers have noticed how popular your blog is)
I would love to have the God of Prosperity here!!!Aha, and the God of Good Weathere as well:)
ReplyDeleteWow - few weddings at the same day - you are busy M.Kate!
Hope it will be fun, and can't wait to see photos:)
Hugs
It seems like we are all having trouble with spammers right now. They are super busy for some unknown reason. Love your photos! Have a wonderful week! ♥
ReplyDeleteYour photos are lovely as always. I moderate my comments so usually don't get too much spam.
ReplyDeleteTwiggy x
It'd be good to have some prosperity rubbed on to me!! Serious! Many thanks a thousandfold, God of prosperity. Great pictures, as usual, Kate.
ReplyDeletehi, what a great costume, I love the bobbles his head the best!
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Your husband doesn't mind your daughter playing with the CAI SHEN YE?
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! So very colourful! You sure are a busy little thing lately. I'm kind of in the same boat & running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Oh I HATE spammers! I've been getting heaps of spam too! I've put 'comment moderation' on all for posts published after 7 days as they seem to target mainly the older posts. When I catch them on the most recent post I just delete. Geeez I don't know what's up with all the spam lately. It's getting worse everyday! Wish they'd find something better to do. Seriously, who clicks on their links anyway? It's a complete waste of time. Crazy! Ok, rant over. Hope you've having a great week M! xo
ReplyDeleteThe God of Prosperity is sporting an amazing costume! I hope the children will have very lucky year now having met him! :o) I am sorry you're being plagued with spammers...*sigh*...not much fun. I agree with Constance, being on Typepad myself too, there are ways in Typepad to block people if necessary. And comment moderation is a good idea. It takes extra time, but you are more in control then of what appears in the comments. Lately I've been getting more spam too, it's very annoying. But getting rid of it can be seen like house-keeping! Have fun this weekend at the weddings--can't wait to see photos! Treats with your extra post this week! ;o) Happy Day, my friend ((LOVE & HUGS))
ReplyDeleteHi M.Kate! Prosperity? Nice aim... ;)
ReplyDeleteAs for spammers, it's life... I just delete comments... ;)
Blogtrotter 2 is still in Jamaica. Enjoy and have a great weekend!!
Hi MK
ReplyDeleteI'd like a little bit of good luck from the God of Prosperity! :=)
Spam is annoying but to be expected as part of life like junk mail -- I just delete it and try not worry about it.
Have a great weekend!
I came over to thank you for visiting us and leaving a sweet comment. LOVE your pictures. We're pretty new to blogging and I guess we're lucky so far not to have gotten much spam, but I do keep my eyes out for it
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Fun photos. When I get rubbish in my comments I just go in and delete them. I don't worry too much about it. Stay happy and don't work too hard, dear friend.
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Celebration is so much apart of your life....are you sure you would want to marry that guy? :))
ReplyDeleteHello Kitty is bidding you welcome in the background! What is the next holiday?
The zinnias will do great in the heat...probably sprout in days!
Some of them will grow very tall.
Wonderful colors, M. Kate. Here's hoping for a prosperous 2010.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the spam harassment. No, you're not over reacting. Time is precious and it takes time to delete all that junk. A big thank you for still putting the efforts in to post.
*Hugs*