for humor - God, Fate and the Devil :))/To Jeremy

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeremy,

 

Grrrrreat to see you here!! Hehehe.. what you didn't know before:

 

I am 3/4 orang-china; in your country they called my type of

people "Eurasian". Having studied and experienced both western and

eastern cultures, there is flexibility and adaptability. But I don't

know how to read or write Melayu (Jawi?) or Chinese or Arabic

scripts.. They look like pictograms to me, especially this Chinesey

what do you call it these days -- Hanyu pin yin?? Correct

spelling?? i can understand and speak a little Cantonese and

Mandarin. A little Melayu becos of Indonesian classmates. Can also

understand Hokkien and Teochew but won't speak it becos u will laugh

very hard at my poor accent.....

 

Last year, i found the nicest and gentlest Singaporeans to be

Indians and Malays. Cantonese also very nice. Indonesian maids also

nice. Philippinos, frustrating. Thai- forget it! Housing estate

workers from Bangladesh, friendly and helpful even though they

didn't know Singapore well either.

 

Some Hokkien and Teochew food stall and taxi drivers were crass and

rude. No choice but to yell back at them in their local lingo

despite my lousy accent. Then they realized this leetle dumb

looking eurasian knows every word they uttered; mostly foul

language ) Shudders....shudders.... ((

 

Whallah; what an experience! The humidity must be one of the

factors that make some local people so hot-tempered.. or is it the

way they were brought up to speak?????? Just curious......

 

Shiva be Willing, never again like that. I am sure there are many

nice people in Singapore but gee, you must introduce them to me one

day )

 

Ommmmmm

Simone

 

 

, j-seven

<jeremy7@g...> wrote:

>

> haha! that is funny and refreshing from all the other mails.

kinda

> fresh drift of air.

>

> simoneji, you really are familiar with many asian cultures. you

will

> soon be an asian culture ambassador!

>

> take care

> j-seven

>

>

> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:04:43 -0000, Simone <syzenith> wrote:

> >

> >

> > God, Fate and Devil

> >

> > [[[[ Beloved Friends:

> > This was copied from another group for your consumption and

perhaps

> > a giggle if you get the gist of it ;]]]]

> >

> > Where is God?

> > =============

> >

> > Young man: Who are you? Can you answer my questions?

> >

> > Scholar: I am one of Allah (SubHana Wa Ta`ala )'s slaves and

insha-

> > Allah (God willing), I will be able to answer your questions.

> >

> > Young man : Are you sure? A lot of Professors and experts were

not

> > able to answer my questions.

> >

> > Scholar: I will try my best, with the help of Allah SubHana Wa

> > Ta`ala.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

hey simone

ok so you are 3/4 chinese-made and 1/4 down under huh! interesting

mixture ... hmmm. I'm 100% made-in-singapore but not the latest model!

 

it is most beneficial to be exposed to different cultures because it

really widen our scope of perspectives and help us understand people

better, and of course no less help to understand ourselves better too.

 

the idea of organizing a rudraksha seminar is interesting and helpful

but needs some careful planning. date, place and budget need to be

considered first.

 

if there are ample response, I can try to plan such an event.

actually,I have plans to hold a yoga, ayurvedic and indian arts

exhibition sometime mid next year. basically there will be 2 or more

groups involved. I could always include this seminar to be part and

parcel. I juz have to do my sums.

 

so let's see how the response will be like. if any readers like to

share your viewpoints and suggestions, please do so.

 

simone, if you luv some of the local foodfare, I suggest that you

purchase those pre-mix packages. they are quite good actually. one

of the brands is prima food product. I can check if you can pick it

up in sydney because friend of mine is involved in this franchise in

melbourne. they have lontong, mee-siam, prawn noodles, chicken curry,

fish noodle, etc. yummy! excuse me while I get tissue, my mouth is

watering!

 

and to get 'ready-made' pratas are no problem today. in fact in

today's supermart, you can get almost anything instant made. even

cosmic bliss! haha! juz kidding of course.

 

if you are coming over here in singapore, I suggest you wear mostly

cotton and linen. understand these fabric 'breathe' and therefore

will help in a tropical country like this. the best months are still

mid november, like now, till december.

 

or another way to beat the heat is to spend summer in india before you

come by here, then the climate here will be so welcoming. haha! I

guess when we spend enough time in one place, our bodies will localize

and adapt itself. maybe, hopefully, or I really have to invent a

portable cooling system!

 

namaskar!

jeremy

 

 

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:00:21 -0000, Simone <syzenith wrote:

>

>

> Hi Jeremy,

>

> Grrrrreat to see you here!! Hehehe.. what you didn't know before:

>

> I am 3/4 orang-china; in your country they called my type of

> people "Eurasian". Having studied and experienced both western and

> eastern cultures, there is flexibility and adaptability. But I don't

> know how to read or write Melayu (Jawi?) or Chinese or Arabic

> scripts.. They look like pictograms to me, especially this Chinesey

> what do you call it these days -- Hanyu pin yin?? Correct

> spelling?? i can understand and speak a little Cantonese and

> Mandarin. A little Melayu becos of Indonesian classmates. Can also

> understand Hokkien and Teochew but won't speak it becos u will laugh

> very hard at my poor accent.....

>

> Last year, i found the nicest and gentlest Singaporeans to be

> Indians and Malays. Cantonese also very nice. Indonesian maids also

> nice. Philippinos, frustrating. Thai- forget it! Housing estate

> workers from Bangladesh, friendly and helpful even though they

> didn't know Singapore well either.

>

> Some Hokkien and Teochew food stall and taxi drivers were crass and

> rude. No choice but to yell back at them in their local lingo

> despite my lousy accent. Then they realized this leetle dumb

> looking eurasian knows every word they uttered; mostly foul

> language ) Shudders....shudders.... ((

>

> Whallah; what an experience! The humidity must be one of the

> factors that make some local people so hot-tempered.. or is it the

> way they were brought up to speak?????? Just curious......

>

> Shiva be Willing, never again like that. I am sure there are many

> nice people in Singapore but gee, you must introduce them to me one

> day )

>

> Ommmmmm

> Simone

>

> , j-seven

> <jeremy7@g...> wrote:

> >

> > haha! that is funny and refreshing from all the other mails.

> kinda

> > fresh drift of air.

> >

> > simoneji, you really are familiar with many asian cultures. you

> will

> > soon be an asian culture ambassador!

> >

> > take care

> > j-seven

> >

> >

> > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:04:43 -0000, Simone <syzenith> wrote:

> > >

> > >

> > > God, Fate and Devil

> > >

> > > [[[[ Beloved Friends:

> > > This was copied from another group for your consumption and

> perhaps

> > > a giggle if you get the gist of it ;]]]]

> > >

> > > Where is God?

> > > =============

> > >

> > > Young man: Who are you? Can you answer my questions?

> > >

> > > Scholar: I am one of Allah (SubHana Wa Ta`ala )'s slaves and

> insha-

> > > Allah (God willing), I will be able to answer your questions.

> > >

> > > Young man : Are you sure? A lot of Professors and experts were

> not

> > > able to answer my questions.

> > >

> > > Scholar: I will try my best, with the help of Allah SubHana Wa

> > > Ta`ala.

> > >

> >

>

>

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