Little Nyonya~~~

I just finished watching a Singapore drama called "The Little Nyonya" and I am now missing my hometown and my country...haha...because in the drama, it showed the Baba Nyonya food that make me want to go back and try it...So miss the food there and really long time dint eat that kind of food...

In this drama, it said about the culture of Baba Nyonya or "Peranakan" (also means descendants) and the life of Peranakan family in the past...I was so happy to see this drama because it can promote the culture of Peranakan to everyone who saw this drama...Eventhough I am Malaysian, I dont know much about their culture, but I just know that they are Chinese who adopted the Malay customs and combine these two customs together as "Peranakan" culture...The language of the Peranakans, Baba Malay (Bahasa Melayu Baba), is a dialect of the Malay language (Bahasa Melayu), which contains many Hokkein words...Baba refer to men ofPeranakan while Nyonya refer to young women, and for elder women, is Bibi...
Actually before this drama, I saw a television show which was also showed about the culture of Peranakan, but it is a comedy. The "actresses" in the show are Baba, but they acted as Nyonya...The funny of this comedy was the way the actors talking, because I was first time knew about Peranakan, so in their conversation, they use many Hokkein words...Haha....Miss that show...My mother told me about the culture of Peranakan when I was in primary school since she had a Nyonya neighbour last time...She told me that the Nyonya was a "Ma-Jie" who is maid that dont want to marry for whole life...

If you want to know more about Peranakan, you can search with Google or other materials...

PS: Miss Malaysia...haha....

Random~~~

Hmm...its been 2 weeks I dint write my blog already, so now I got mood to write my feeling recently...

These few days, many things happened actually...Firstly is my promise to God was totally broken...I was so selfish to myself and let myself to be the one who He dislike...Haiz...however, I believe that one day, I will be the one He like...

Secondly is, last two days, I read my Taiwanese blog, in his blog, he wrote the differences between Eastern culture and Westhern culture...He mentioned that his housemates washed their plate without using any cleaning liquid, but just water, even though the plates were very oily or dirty...Amazing rite...He did mentioned about the different country people have different pronouncation or use-words in Mandarin...He was interested in people use-words because he is studying English, and PHD some more, means that he like to do research about languages...haha...I felt so funny about that....

Thirdly, this morning, my Malaysian friend told me that my Malay got a little bit "pelik" and he felt that I dint speak Malay frequently...Its true, when I was in Malaysia, I really really "jarang" speak Malay because of almost all of my friends are Chinese, so we either use Mandarin to chat or Hokkein, thats all...Actually, sometimes, I felt that my Hokkein also got a bit retrogress, because this afternoon, when I talked Hokkein with my friends, I felt "pelik" again...haha...Maybe I spoke less, make me felt weird...

PS: I cant upload pictures...Paiseh

Happy New Year 2009~~~

Yoik, its now 2009, although it is 2nd of January, its 2009...New year, new hope, it is the time to start my resolutions:

• my attitude, my temper and my patience
• the time serve God
• starting to eat "Spiritual Food"
  

Ya, these are my resolutions to start, pray that God will guide me... Just now I read an email
from my friend, an e-mail that I felt so touching and remind me a movie called "Money is Not Enough 2" (钱不够用2). Let you all see what is the email like:

When you are very small~~~~

They had spent a lot of time to teach you how to use spoons and chopsticks to eat food....

...teach you how to wear clothes, tight your shoes and button up your clothes...

...teach you how to wash your face and how to comb your hair...

...teach you the way to be a good man...

Therefore, when they get older and older...

...when they can't remember or catch up the conversation...

...please don't blame them...

...when they start to forget to button up their clothes...

...forget to tight up their shoes...

...WHEN they start to smudge their clothes while they are eating...

...WHEN they start shivering their hands while they are combing their hairs...

...PLEASE don't hasten them...

...because...

...you are growing bigger, while they are growing older...

...IF and only IF you are in front of their eyes...

...Their heart will be always warmed...

...IF one day, they can't stand stable and walk...

...PLEASE hold tight their hands and walk slowly with them...

...JUST LIKE...

...just like the time they are holding your hand...

After reading this, I was thinking that how great our parents are...Thank God, for giving me a healthy family...So, in this new year, I hope that my parents can be healthy and stronger...

A day before 2009~~~

First of all, "Cheers~~~" to all my friends and my blog readers...In the Chinese phrases, there is one phrase called "Time is like an arrow" means that time goes very fast and won't turn back...Now, it is the end of Year 2008

Last week, at church, I had listened to a preacher said about a title "Closed To God in the New Year", I felt very regret that I had done a lot of things that make God worried and I did walked far away from God...I dint serve God very much and spent my time with Him...I was very regret about it...So I hope in this brand new year, I can spend more time with God and pray to Him to guide my way...

Anyway, wish all my friends have a very happy and smoothly year...

Unlucky Day~~~

Today, I went to my university by bus, and as usual, I showed my bus pass which is called "3 season ticket" and valid until next year, to the bus driver. When I reached my destination, I directly alight from the bus. This is the time I did a careless mistake, which is I dint notice that my bus pass left at the seat. After an hour at my university, I decided to go to city centre, but....haiz...I cant find out my bus pass, then I went around the place where I had been to see whether I dropped there or not, but, still cant find out...Even though I went to reception asked the guard, they said "no, I am sorry...Maybe later someone will get it..." Haiz...So I think that it wont be returned to me if someone get it because the ticket cost me 275 pounds, who will give back to me if they get it, sure they will use it...

Anyway, I quickly went back to my hostel to find out the warranty for the ticket, and went to the ticket argent to replace my ticket, but unfortunately, the argent told me that I need to phone a number and tell them I had lost my ticket, then only they will post something to me, and with the warranty, I needed to pay 15 pounds...THEN, I can only get a new one...The total of my lost is not only 15 pounds, but it is including the weekly ticket I bought because within the week without ticket, I need to pay cash every time I take a bus trip, and the bus fares to the argent need 3 pounds...So total is 30 pounds I had been lost....(T.T)....So sui....If convert to RM, walao, about RM180 lor...zzzz....

Whatever, time cant turn back, even though I am now very regret also no used, the time still goes on...Things happen, its happened...I just think I paid the lost to gain an experience...

PS: Sorry God, just now I got a bit murmuring about you...Please forgive me...

Angry PS: What the...Why I cant upload my pictures? Who can teach me how? The stupid blogspot din give me an actual solution....

Random feelings...

Last weekend, my hostel internet connection is totally worked out...Feel like got someone who dont want us to use the internet during weekend, because I cant surf the internet from 12.00am, Saturday until Monday, 9am...Feel weird hor, but its really like that, as same as last 2 weekend...In this weekend, I cant do my research for my assignments and bored...Somemore, my flat's boiler was not operated too, means that I had a cold weekend...No boiler = No radiator~~That time I only felt that Malaysia is the warmest place for me...

Actually, last few weeks, a boy from China came to my church with my church members who study at UK, guess what, he is just 12 years old...Walao, so small go to oversea to study WITHOUT parents or anyone with him...Then I thought, if I am just 12 years old, surely I wont come here eventhough I got this oppurtunity (actually I dont know what is my thinking when I was twelve...) However, he got my church members with him since they are from Taiwan, so they can use Mandarin to communicate...

Since I came to UK, I dint change a lot here, just the life style here, for me, is changing a bit, because I need to cook everyday, and wear thick jacket so that I cant get cold...No slipper to university (actually is allowed, but I dont want my toes been freezed...haha...), go to market to buy vegetables and meats and etc...This is the life style that I never had in my past time, I might have, but very seldom...

I also found out that, the children, especially babies, in UK like to cry loudly and non-stop...Once, I was shopping at supermarket, a black-skin baby cried while his mother was taking something from the shelf to the trolly and the baby was sit on the trolly...So I passed them by and had a look toward the baby who was crying, guess what, the baby suddenly shouted toward me...I was surprised, how came a baby will do that to a stranger, I just looked at him without doing anything...I know what you all will say to me, maybe is my look that scare him...haha...Then the mother smiled at me, and quickly passed by my side...haiz...so I think, if the baby problem or the parents problem, why a baby will cry non-stop in public? In Malaysia, we seldom see a baby will cry non-stop and loudly in public, is that the parents in UK dont know how to take care or look after babies? Don't know...No answer for these questions....

Desparated feeling is now with me because I have a lot of things I havent done yet...2 assignments and 1 presentation (tomorrow) and 1 presentation report...This is the consequence of LAZY...Haiz...Whatever, have to do also what...

PS: Recently I dont take pictures because no new views for me to take...I think after this, I will have new photos to upload because the city centre is now decorated for Xmas...

This week comment~~~

Today is Thursday, and I don't have class to attend, so I woke up at about 1pm...Its been my first time woke up so late since I came to UK....Maybe because of the days before this, I was very tired and all the tired together, so I need to rest more...



Since Monday, my hostel's internet connection (ResNet) had changed its server, so now I can use webcam to chat with my friends, download movies from Xunlei, and finally I can sign into my MSN....Last time, all these stuffs were blocked by the server, so I cant sign in my MSN and cant even download movies by using Xunlei or BitComet....Hopefully, this server can continue until the end of my university life....



Actually this week had nothing happened, just I donated money to old folks who need our helps...As like the Saint-John ambulances, whoever donated the money, they will give you a piece of paper which is printed the logo of Saint-John ambalance, the people who asked me to donate, had also given me a paper flower....It can be hung at my cloth de lor....haha....



This week I got missing my dear friends who are at Malaysia, so trying to ask them to open thier webcam so that I can see their faces and so do them...Hopefully they wont forget me lor....haha....When I read again the messages that had been sent to me at the day of my birthday, and also the day I took the flight to Birmingham, I felt so warm in my heart and got a bit touching...Havent thank to them le, because I was busy chatting with my churchmates who called me that time....So here I thanks to Kajang Youth, Adam, Jie Hong, Han Pei, Chin Yi, Dog Dog, Li Ying, Zhao Min and lastly Jian Hung (he is such an idiot, dint send anything to me)...haha....If there are still have people that I havent mention, paiseh and sorry....