Qingming Festival.
Dear Friends & Readers,
As we know that this year Qingming Festival is just around the corner. Many chinese people preparing for this festival to come. What festival is this? Well I don’t really good in describing what it is. Well lets put it this way. It is like All souls day.. Chinese people will go pay their respect to their ancestor or people that they love that has pass away. Got some description from Wikipedia..
The Qingming Festival (Traditional Chinese: 清明節; Simplified Chinese: 清明节; pinyin: qīng míng jié), or Ching Ming Festival used in Hong Kong, literally Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar (see Chinese calendar). Every leap year, Qing Ming is on April 4. Astronomically, it is also a solar term (See Qingming). In solar terms, the Qingming festival is on the 1st day of the 5th solar term, which is also named Qingming. Its name denotes a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime (踏青 Tàqīng, “treading on the greenery”), and also to tend to the graves of departed ones. It is an official public holiday in the Republic of China, as well as in Hong Kong and Macau though not in mainland China.
The holiday is also known by a number of other names in the English language:
- All Souls Day (not to be confused with the Roman Catholic holiday, All Souls Day, of the same name)
- Clear Brightness Festival
- Festival for Tending Graves
- Grave Sweeping Day
- Memorial Day
- Tomb Sweeping Day
- Spring Rememberance
Tomb Sweeping Day and Clear Brightness Festival are the most common English translations of ‘Qingming’. Tomb Sweeping Day is used in several English language newspapers published in the Republic of China.
For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honour one’s ancestors. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper acessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. The rites are very important to most Chinese and especially farmers. Some people carry willow branches with them on Qingming, or put willow branches on their gates and/or front doors. They think that willow branches help ward off the evil ghosts that wander on Qingming. Also on Qingming, people go on family outings, start the spring plowing, sing, dance, and Qingming is a time where young couples start courting. Another popular thing to do is fly kites (in shapes of animals, or characters from Chinese opera).
The April Fifth Movement and the Tiananmen Incident were major events involving Qing Ming Jie that took place in the history of the People’s Republic of China. When Premier Zhou Enlai died in 1976, thousands visited him during the festival to pay respect. In the Republic of China, April 4th coincides with the passing of Chiang Kai-shek and the date is designated as a national holiday.
On a note, the overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asian nations such as Singapore and Malaysia also practice this custom. However the practice is in decline in these regions.
Hanshi, the day before Qing Ming, was created by Chong’er, the Duke Wen of the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period when he accidentally killed his personal friend and servant Jie Zhitui (介之推)(or Jie Zitui) and his mother in a fireblaze in the hope of making him return to him. On Hanshi, people weren’t allowed to use fires to heat up food, thus nicknaming it the Cold Food Festival. Eventually, 300 years ago, the Hanshi ‘celebration’ was combined with the Qing Ming festival… Then abandoned my most people.
Qingming itself was created by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong in 732. Why? Because the Ancient Chinese held way too many expensive, elaborate ancestor-worshipping ceremonies. In a needed effort to lower this expense, Emperor Xuanzong declared that respects could be formally paid at ancestor’s graves only on Qingming.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Ming_Festival]
My DVD from the States..
Dear Friends & Readers,
Everyone of you will think that I’m crazy that I always like to write things in the middle of the night or in the morning. Can’t get to sleep? No.. just don’t feel like sleeping early. This past few days the weather is killing me. Well lets get back what I should write. This time is the DVDs that I bought thru the NET from Amazon.com. Both of the DVDs that I’m going to introduce to you are movies back some time ago.
My first DVD that I bought from Amazon.com was “Clue” this movie really some time ago. I watch it when I was in primary school. I think so. Can’t really remember but I still remember the story goes. I’ve looked this DVD in Malaysia for sometime but I can’t find it. One day I come across Amazon.com but with no available of this DVD. After a few months of searching and waiting for this movie..Atlast… Amazon.com they have stock but it little pricey costing around USD$15.00 without shipping. Then waited for another 2 plus weeks..then the price drop to USD$10.00 without shipping.. without thinking.. I place my order..waited for around 1 month plus..the DVD arrive.. pop in my DVD-Rom. Unable to watch due to the different region but it can be watch thru my DVD player.. China brand.. ehehe… nice movie.. with many plots and endings.. search the NET for more story…
Last 2 weeks went back to Amazon.com to search for “Body Bags”. They have it but it was expensive last time. Costing around USD$20+ if I never mistaken. They don’t have stock but only second hand DVD and VHS. Like what I said just now. I went back and check and the price drop. Very quickly I place an order of “Body Bags” and what you know it arrive very quickly this time compare to the last DVD I bought. I’m very happy with it. The DVD is still in the BOX that shipped here. Going back home to watch it on my DVD player connected to my 29″ TV although it is small…. then… with my stereo HIFI sets…
Crystal Auction @ Kajang.
Dear Friends & Readers,
Hello there again, you’ll be asking me why, Why I write two post at a day? Well want to make up what I’ve missed. I do believe that most of the people reading have been to an auction rite? I went to this auction for more than two days trying my luck to get something worth the money to buy. I didn’t know there is an auction. I was there to have my dinner with my beloved and my parents. There is a Crystal Auction going on. Well I’ll never miss out from the crowd. Rite? Ahahaha…
Yesterday and the day before my girl and I went to the auction and we saw a lot of different type of crystal are up to auction out. Some of the crystal are auction out more than the base price or selling price. My rule is not to buy something from auction more than the base selling price. I wanted to get my hands on the white color Glow in the dark Goddess of Mercy. It is around 10inch tall. The base price? Rm800-1000. Wah! that moment my eye is just like an E.T. Then next I saw a Jade color Glow in the dark “Kuan Kong” I don’t know the English name for it. If you people got read or watch the Romance of Three Kingdom then you’ll know which I’m talking about. The guy with a long beard and with a spear type of blade. He is well known in Chinese for business. He is a righteous man. When he promise something he’ll upkeep his promise. The base price? RM500-800, my eyes go blink blink..
But…at last we do get something back. As what I’ve said earlier that we have been there for a few days. We know what the price they auction off. There are quite a lot of repeat items. The first day I bought was a crystal PIG which is in our chinese zodiac. My girl and I is this zodiac so I want to buy this PIG for her. The first auction we went was on Sunday an old man bought this PIG for RM40/RM42. The next day, we went there..I didn’t plan to buy the PIG not till the Auctioner describe this PIG as Fat PIG! Ahaha.. then I look at my girl then she know I’ll be buying this PIG. The base selling price is RM38. Like what I told you I won’t buy it more than that price. Every call is RM2, when it was RM10, I called out RM20. There is another guy call for RM22, which I get to know is my colleague. Then with RM24 I got my first PIG for dear dear… Yesss!
Yesterday I wanted to bring my girl to steamboat but the shop is close. We’re not sure they’re renovating it or closed down. Then we went to Serdang to get “siu chau” the aunty also never open. By looking her face I feel so mellow in my heart. Wanted to make her happy I went back to the auction yesterday. What you know the zodiac crystal hasn’t start auction. Well this is my time to cheer her up by getting her another one. This time there is many people around and I know the price is not cheap. When the PIG is up for grab. The price goes up like a rocket till RM12. Like I did last time. My call… RM20… the price do shoot up very fast till RM32. My girl know that I wanted to cheer her up no matter what I’ll do. She ask me to stop. Then I tell her all I wanted to make you happy and guess what the auctioner also mention is a FAT PIG! ahaha…I got it for RM38 the base selling price. Although it might be expensive as long my lovely dovey gets it. I told her my character just like the “Kai Yeh” mountain chicken..in the Young and Dangerous acted by Jordan Chan. One of my favourite artiste.
He said in one episode…. “Seet Qin Xi Siu, FACE Xi Chung Dai”. Money is not a problem, but the view that people look at you is more important.
Visit to Malacca.
I wanted to write this post a long time ago but my Internet connection was down so drag and drag till now I’m writting it. Well past few months ago I went to Malacca with my beloved. It was not a holiday trip. Okay? It was a job that need to do. We went down there just to send some banners. Lee Hom’s banner. What a stupid things to do. Maybe around three to five banners only. Oh Ghoss!
Well I really like to go down Malacca. Why? Maybe the traffic is not as bad as KL. All the road there is single lane, no double lane. Damn this is nice..but sometime it is hard to find some place. My first time when I went to Malacca with my beloved also is becuase of work. We need to find some outlets that is somewhere outside the Malacca town. I can say that it is a tiring job.
What I really I want to say about Malacca is that you’ll pass by a waterfall that is not natural causes but man-made. Just right after the TOLL not that far. I really like all this waterfall same do as my beloved. That is why both us said that when we have our house of our own, we’ll lie to have a water fountain in our house. I mean at our garden. Hahaha…
Becareful When Driving at Night !!!!
Dear Friends & Readers,
Today I’m not discussing about anything but I would like to inform you people that is reading this thread. “Be-careful when driving at night”. It happen two days ago during at night. One of my colleague was driving with her wife at the passenger seat want to get a snack at a nearby mamak stall.
It happen at Selangor’s Kajang town. He was after picking up her wife from work and plan to get some snack at a nearby mamak stall at OCEAN. People who stays at kajang now where it is. When he was about to turn into the back lane. Three motorcycles trialling him at the back. He didn’t notice any suspicious things not till one of the motorcycle use a Parang or long knife and smash his side window. He was frightened. Luckily he get his mind together and shift the gear to reverse and reverse out from the lane.
The three motorcycles didn’t catch up but rev away from the place. My friends and readers out there please be-careful when driving at night whether you are alone or with friends. We don’t know what will happen so be extra careful. Get yourself a can of pepper spray and umbrella beside your car when you can reach easily. Always remember to snap a picture of the car or driver when someone bang your car. Don’t go out from the car first. Make a call to your friends or family tell them about it. Drive safe everyone. God please help the innocence and don’t spare the one that commit sins.
Runaway Love.
Dear Readers & Friends,
Greetings and I’m back again writing stuff that just come out from my mind. Last two I have been listening to this song on a radio from Rickdees and HitzFM. I can’t really get the name of the song and it was difficult for me to search for the MV or sound clips to share with you guys and gals out there.
I like the words that the writer has written on the song. It was so meaningful. Now days I’ll play the song once or more than once before I sleep. Here I have include the MV for you all so you can share my favourite song.
Runaway love
[Verse 1]
Now little lisa is only 9 years old
Shes tryin to figure out why the world is so cold
Why shes all all alone and they never met her family
Mamas always gone and she never met her daddy
Part of her is missin and nobody will listenin
Mama is on drugs gettin high up in the kitchen
Bringin home men at different hours of the night
Startin with laughs–usually endin in a fight
Sneak into her room while her mamas knocked out
Tryin to have his way and little lisa says ‘ouch’
She tries to resist but then all he does is beat her
Tries to tell her mom but her mama don’t believe her
Lisa is stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothin else to do but some get some clothes and pack
She says shes bout to run away and never come back.
[Hook]
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
[Verse 2]
Little nicole is only 10 years old
Shes steady tryin to figure why the world is so cold
Why shes not pretty and nobody seems to like her
Alcoholic step dad always wanna strike her
[ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises
Teachers ask questions she makin up excuses
Bleedin on the inside, cryin on the out
Its only one girl really knows what she about
Her name is lil stacy and they become friends
Promise that they always be tight til the end
Until one day lil stacy gets shot
A drive by bullet went stray up on her block
Now nicole stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothin else to do but some get some clothes and pack
She says shes bout to run away and never come back.
[Hook]
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
Runaway love
[Verse 3]
Little erica is eleven years old
Shes steady tryin to figure why the world is so cold
So she pops x to get rid of all the pain
Cause shes havin sex with a boy whos sixteen
Emotions run deep and she thinks shes in love
So theres no protection hes usin no glove
Never thinkin bout the consequences of her actions
Livin for today and not tomorrows satisfaction
The days go by and her belly gets big
The father bails out he aint ready for a kid
Knowin her mama will blow it all outta proportion
Plus she lives poor so no money for abortion
Erica is stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothin else to do but get her clothes and pack
She say shes about to run away and never come back.
[Hook]
Runaway love [repeats til end]
What makes a man’s heart melt?
I’m back writing again, well this past few weeks I have been thinking really hard what to write then look at my love one, thoughts just come straight to my mind. Today I wake up quite early compare the other days because need to fetch my love one to catch a train to KL. Her car? sold..still pending what car to buy but she said most probably a second hand KIA Spectra the high end model.
Okay, I don’t want to run out of the topic. Today’s topic is “What makes a man’s heart melt?”. Let put aways those skimpy clothes that the girls are wearing that makes all the guys’s saliva. The really things that make a man’s heart melt is the attention that the girls want us to feel.. I mean the way they move and talk..I mean nag.. she will can talk things out from a guy. Most of the guys do agree to what I say right? well as for me.. I have no ideas why I’m so pamperd me love. What she ask for mostly I’ll try my best too fullfill her.
Last year, I went with her to KLCC Convention Center for the PC’s Fair. Well guess what? I never thought I was buying anything there. My las purchase was a 9.1G HDD from IBM and it was a couple of years ago. In a sudden..we went to the DELL’s booth and they’re doing promotion for thier latest computer. She saw one a slim case AMD’s processor and a 17″ Flat panel monitor. She start nagging. At last I give into it and bought her a Dell’s pc. In my life I’ve not use any branded computer.
On Valentine’s day, we went out for sushi day as she know I like sushi very much. Luckily there is sits available for both of us. We took our usual favorites and she took a bowl of udon. She present me a big cup and ask me to bring to work to use. It will be cute because you can show someone that how much of you all in love after so many months or years. She never cross her mind that she will get the most happy gift in her life. Although is not daimonds or pearls but something that she long for along time and she has been nagging at my ear side for almost a year. Is a very round but the biggest bear size in it’s category. She name it “yuin yuin” it means round round. When she arrive back home she was coming from her car and I called her and she was blur why I call her when I can see her. Then I slowly move the bear up from the passenger sit. Her eye and her big smile can show you how surprise and happy she was. She knew that most of the bear at memory lane is out of stock or they don’t carry any of this bear anymore. She search high and low for it and at last the bear is present to her as a valentines’s gift.
On February, I got my year end bonus and guess what..I give in again.. she has been nagging beside my ear along time that she wanted to change her phone. Her phone has no camera and this and that. At last I bring her to many mobile phone shop for new phone look around. At last we end up and VS com, although they might sell phone at little high price but guess what…I got her what she want and it is ORIGINAL set not ap, it is totally warranty by ZITRON. I got her a Nokia N73, she love it very much. By the time I’m writing this she is listening to her mp3 thru her phone while dozing off.
Here is some of the phone pics…Need to go..Cu all around…Ciaoz…
Ghost Rider.
Dear All,
It has been quite some weeks I didn’t update my blog, and many of you must be wandering what I’m up too. Well just got the Internet connection back and getting some thoughts what I want to write this time. Yesterday, I went to IOI puchong to watch Ghost Rider. I’m a big fan of comics books. I grow up during the cartoons and fantasy thingys were the hit of those days.
I used to have 1-2 comics of this ghost rider but it was the middle of some story not beginning. The show was a blast. I like it better off than Superman..Spiderman?Erm.. not very sure if compare to sp3 then must think think..some of my friends say not nice..not much fighting and boring. I can tell them..you are not a fan of comics…all you want is action. The movie got related to the comics so…it is nice…and nicholas cage… man…he is…MAN! btw I’m not gay okay..
The story of the movie is nice…and the CGI…SUPERB!!! anyone of you still not yet get your hand on the movie..you should go right now. I’m getting myself a boxset DVD of GHOST RIDER soon when it come out from amazon.
