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Monday, 7 March 2016

Just chinese

Being a chinese is can be really troblesome.
There are a lot of things to follow and our customs are so different from other races that it is hard to explain to everyone.

So, here are some of the things that we do as chinese.
1) Qing Ming

http://www.fashion-bop.com/fashion-bop-things-about-us/tomb-sweeping-day/

For chinese, when a person dies, he/she is being buried or burn to ashes. One thing that is important is that he/she will be remembered for the following generations. Something that some of the other races wouldnt follow. Most importantly now is that for a chinese, there is actually a spercifice day for the chinese to visit their pass-on family. The entire family will get together (even the long distance reletives) and they would perpare and visit the tombs. Once reach there, they would layout food in front of the tomb stone and burn jaw paper to the deceased. They would also clean up the area. (Therefore, English for QingMing is *tomb sweeping day)

2) The tombs of chinese

http://www.thehornseys.com/2013/04/22/day-252-some-things-are-just-like-home/

When compared with every other races graveyards, chinese graveyard is really unique. It have the biggest tombstones among all others. (That explain why the whole can go there). Chinese believe that the burial area is the house for the decendent. So, the bigger your tombstone, the more wealthy you are. They also are very mindful of fungshui, so there are specific designs for the burial areas to give good luck and good health for the rest of the livning family. (If you are to spent a good amount of money for the deceased, you would have good luck and health for the following generation.)

3) Chinese mourning period are long

http://www.nerdygaga.com/11819/strange-mourning-practice/

The longest mourning period for all races is the chinese. For chinese, there a few different days that are really important for them when someone of the family pass away. So, first, when one of the family member passed, it is important to keep the body for death ceromeny for up to 7 days (it can be shorter than that but no longer). Every single day of the ceromeny, there will be a taoist priest or a monk or a priest (depend on your religion) will come to the venue to chant. It is important as it is for sending the sprite away and comforting the rest of the family members. After which, there will be the 9th day. It is the day that is very important for the hokkienese. It is the day when we will burn all of the jew paper that is given by the friends to the decentent and a big paper house will be burned together as well. It is to give the consolation of other people to the deceased and also, offer the deceased a place to live in the underworld. After which, for 49 days, 100 days, 1 year and 3 years of the person's death, a ceromeny will be held with the chanting of taoist priest or monk to ensure that the deceased has a peaceful life in the underworld. For 3 years, is also the same. During this years, the close family members are not allowed to wear bright coloured clothings, except white, they are also not allowed to give red packets (but could receive).

So, enjoy the tombs sweeping day (for the chinese). For the non chinese, hope that this will help to clear those questions about chinese.^_^

Friday, 19 February 2016

Maggi mee (instant noodles)

In Singapore, when we talk about maggi mee, often, we are talking about instant noodles, cup noodles. Not really the brand for the instant noodle.

http://www.oneduasan.com/2006/02/25/how-to-cook-maggi-mee/

(Like this one, maybe sometimes.)

So, why Singaporeans or people living in Singapore would call instant noodles maggi mee? The answer is simple,

1) Maggie (one of the brand for instant noodle), is the first instant noodle brand in Singapore. Back in the early days, when people talks about instant noodles in Singapore, they would say 'lets go eat maggi'. Its a short form that people invented after awhile, and it just became a slang.

2) It is easier and faster to say. Like when you hear someone say "i want go toliet", it simply means "i need to go to the toliet". So, when you hear someone say "lets buy some maggi", it would mean " lets buy some instant noddles packs". They dont really wan to buy the brand called "maggi". Instead, it could be other brands of instant noodles.

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Trends

In Singapore, pace are moving very quickly. One moment you could be relaxing at your sofa with a cup of coffee, the next moment would be your boss calling you and you rushing out of your house.
With such a fast pace lifestyle, it is very easy for trends to come and go in this small country.

So, here are the few use to have trends in Singapore:

1) cafe hopping
In Singapore, about 2 years ago, 2014, it is very trendy to go cafe hopping in Singapore. All you have to do is to go find a cafe, find some friends and bring a photo. Most teens who go cafe hopping are there to take photo of the food and drinks, or they would take photo of the cafe interiorand post it on facebook, twitter or instergram. So, basically, it is to show off of what they do. This trend, is definitely not for people who lacks of money. Because in a day, you have to go at least 3 cafes to meet the requirement for cafe hopping. Just to let you know, cafes in Singapore are not cheap. (This proves that teen are rich, with their parents money)

2) kpop
In 2008, there was a starting raise in kpop in Singapore. With the release of the song 'sorry sorry' by super junior (if you dont know them, pls google), debut of new hot groups ( 2am, shinee, davichi, 2pm, ukiss). Following that, more hot groups got debuted (2ne1, after school, 4minute, beast, secrete, mblaq). These are some of the well known kpop groups that debuted during that period of time. And you know what, it is also the time when Singapore accepted entertainment industry and drama too. It starts to become really popular to watch all those shows and talks about over meals.

3) fashions
In Singapore, our fashion trends changes every year. But for some reasons, it is always one step behind other places. For example, in 2005, it is really popular to dress in clothing that are more towards the Japanese style, which is very popular in taiwan. (Back then, taiwan are quite popular in Singapore). Then in 2006, it is more simple with the wear of knee length pants. In 2007, are jeans and sport shoes, sport shoes wearing as a casual shoes. In the 2008-2010, is more towards skinny jeans and kpop style. In 2011-2013, is all about brands. No matter whats the brand that you are wearing, it is important that you are wearing some well known brands clothing. Finally in 2014-2015, it is all about ankle length jeans, boyfriend style, crop tops, tight and revealing and logoism.

4) social media
In social media, you can see and sense the trends is moving. 5 years ago, is all about 'did you know', then it is 'types of ...' then now is memes, gif and videos. It is moving so fast that you can see the news feed on your page changing every month.

Trends are really changing, and it definitely are affecting the way we look at things, the way we are living and the way we are moving.
So, keep up with the trends.

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

short temper

well do u think that u are short temper
didn't have patient for anything or anyone or just easily getting angry
well here is an article that could just answer u question:

12 Things Only A Short Tempered Person Will Relate To

1. You are unable to hold your tongue if you dislike something

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Not because you are honest but because it really pisses you off.

2. Being impatient is second nature to you

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Long or short, queues are not your thing.

3. Your have long fights with your loved ones; parents, siblings, partner

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4. Your sibling generally steers clear of annoying you

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They know they don’t want to be your punching bag.

5. But sometimes they do tease you just to make you angry & have some fun at your expense

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because it’s so damn easy.

6. And so does your boyfriend/girlfriend

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You get pissed off while they roll on the floor laughing.

7. People keep delicate and fragile things miles away from you

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Pens, pencils, phones, nothing is safe when it comes near you.

And arguing with your loved ones.

11. Knowing your nature you have considered joining yoga, meditation but mostly kick boxing

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Nothing helps.

12. If you can get angry in five seconds, you can cool down in the same time as well

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Everybody knows that and over the time they have learned the tricks to cool you off.

If you lose your temper, you lose. Stay calm & laugh at yourself.

Credit:
http://www.storypick.com/short-tempered-person/

Monday, 14 July 2014

bad guys

there are a lot of people out there in the world would see people in tattoos and would immediately stereotype them as bad guys.
or there are teenagers out there think that by acting like a badass, they would be one.
but to me, they are just trying to scare people and not doing the things that really badass are doing.

so, how does the real badass look like?
well, they are not people who are covered in tattoos, but instead, they are people dressed in well tailored suits.

so, here are some of the mugshots:

21 Badass Mugshots From The 1920s Prove Even Gangsters Once Had Class

The 1920's were very different from present-day America, and nothing exemplifies that better than the mugshots that were snapped as criminals were taken into custody. Forget bloodshot eyes and torn clothes--- these guys didn't even wrinkle their suits when they got arrested, and their classy mugshots stand as evidence for the true badasses that they were.

"Gangsters" of the world, pull up your pants and take note--- this is truly how it's done.

credit:
http://news.distractify.com/people/21-badass-mugshots-from-the-1920s-that-will-show-you-what-a-real-gangster-looks-like/?v=1

Olivia Brindley

Sunday, 29 June 2014

tiny people

this is about an artist using daily food and turning it into master pieces.
read the article below to find out more:

An Artist Figured Out A Way To Make Our Childhood Dreams Come True.

Artist David Gilliver creates imaginary scenes using household items and miniature figurines from model railway sets. He’s began producing the little people series at end of 2011 using a DSLR camera and a macro lens. The Small World series has been a big hit online.

Here’s a handful of his amazing creations.

“Skittle Seats”