My Fake Magazine~~~

Invited by my friends and sister to try out this site~~~

Wonder how would I feel if my photos is in the magazine...hahahahha...

Answer is.....so funny feeling....hahahahahhahah...

How about you all ??? Want to try it?????

Festival of Dolls (HinaMatsuri)

On March 3 is the day of Hina Matsuri,mean dolls festival....

In Japan all girls is usually given this set of dolls when they were born, and their parents will put up this set of dolls about two week before march 3...

This dolls are meant to bring health ,intelligence,ect..ect . to the girls..

Now I will let you all know better details about these dolls,with the courtesy of wikipedia...

First Platform:

The top tier holds two dolls representing the Emperor (御内裏様 O-dairi-sama) and Empress (御雛様 O-hina-sama) (dairi means "Imperial Palace", and hina means "girl" or "princess"). The dolls are usually placed in front of a gold folding screen (屏風 byōbu).

Second platform:

The second tier holds three court ladies (三人官女 san-nin kanjo). Each holds a sake-filler.

Third platform:

The third tier holds five male musicians (五人囃子 go-nin bayashi). Each holds a musical instrument except the singer, who holds a fan

Other platforms:

On the fourth, fifth, and lower tiers, a variety of miniature furniture, tools, carriages, etc. are displayed. Two ministers (daijin) may be displayed on the fourth tier: the Right Minister (右大臣 Udaijin) and the Left Minister (左大臣 Sadaijin). The Right Minister is depicted as a young person, while the Left Minister is much older. Also, because the dolls are placed in positions relative to each other, the Right Minister will be on the viewer's left and the Left Minister will be on the viewer's right

Origin and customs:

The custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period. Formerly, people believed the dolls possessed the power to contain bad spirits. Hinamatsuri traces its origins to an ancient Japanese custom called hina-nagashi (雛流し, hina-nagashi? lit. "doll floating"), in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them. The Shimogamo Shrine (part of the Kamo Shrine complex) in Kyoto celebrates the Nagashibina by floating these dolls between the Takano and Kamo Rivers to pray for the safety of children. Also people have stopped doing this now because of fishermen catching the dolls in their nets. They now send them out in to the sea, and when the spectators are gone they take the boats out of the water and bring them back to the temple and burn them.
The customary drink for the festival is amazake, a sweet, non-alcoholic version of sake made from fermented rice; the customary food is colored arare, bite-sized crackers flavored with soy sauce. A soy sauced based soup is also served containing clams still in the shell. Clam shells in the food are deemed as the symbol of a united and peaceful couple, because a pair of clam shells can closely fit to each other, and no other shells than its original pair can get fixed.

Funny Jokes ~~~~

My sister send some funny jokes from the web to me and I would like to share them with all of you...so funny.....


A young Chinese girl going on her 1st date, her mother warned her...
"First he kisses your cheek; then he'll kiss your breasts, you'll enjoy; then he want to go on top. You must not allow it so as not to disgrace our family name"
Next day, girl told Mom, "Everything happen exactly as you predicted. I didn't allow him to go on top so I went on top and disgraced his family"


A white couple had a black baby...
The husband doesn't believe that it's his baby.
Husband: Why the baby black?
Wife: You hot, I hot, baby burnt..!

Wife: "Honey, what are you looking for?'
Husband: "Nothing.
Wife: "Nothing? You have been reading our marriage certificate for an hour?
Husband:" I was looking for the expiry date!"

Boy: Mom, why am I black and you are white?
Mom: Listen Son, considering all the crazy things I did years ago, you should be thankful that you are not barking!!!

Hahahahaa......

My Daughter's homemade dinner~~~

Yesterday evening,I was abit tired and not in the mood to cook~~~


So the next best thing for me is to sit and glue myself to the computer and surf the internet~~


Then when my daughter came back from school,she ask me why I am so quite ? I told her that I am very tired,but in fact is I am busy chatting via typing with my online friend...hehe...

She says.."Okasan..(mummy)..please relax yourself,I will cook dinner for you tonite~~

I wasn't paying attention to what she says ,and I says "OK OK"~~coz my online friends is busy relying back to me~~keke....

When I was feeling hungry and decided to cook dinner,I was so surprised that all the food is on the table...including my favourite "Nestum milk drink"....

My daughter says to me.."Okasan (mummy) ,please sit down and taste my homecooking~~

I was dumbfolded as I wasn't taking her words seriously when she says,she would cook dinner for me~

Well,to make the story short..the dinner is not bad..hehe...boleh makan la...and she even volunteer to wash up for me ,so that I can continue to go online...kekekeke....

here is a photo of the dinner she makes for me...just a simple but nutritious dinner~~

From left is my favourite "Nestem Drink", my miso soup, my rice, fish garnish with miso paste(miso saba), boiled vegetables mariginate with soya sauce n sugar n sesame seeds,potatoes salad and fried mixed vegetables~~~

My cute tiffin carrier~~~

I was searching for those nyonya style tiffin carriers like those Mr.Raymond Kwok's collections...
you can see what I mean by clicking this link http://penanghokkien.com/?m=200708

I try to search every shops that sells pots and pans in penang..but I can't seem to find those nyonya tiffin carriers,so in the end I could only find this one which is abit close to it...

This tiffin carrier is made in Indonesia..I found it at the corner shop of Carnarvon Sreet..which sells cockeries,pans and pots....

So if anyone of you who know where I could buy those nyonya tiffin carriers,please do let me know,as I am crazy about them...hehe....

The Words of a Wise Man~~~

I would like to share a few lines of words spoken by the second riches man in the world..Mr.Warren Buffet.This is what he said:
STAY AWAY FROM CREDIT CARDS AND INVEST IN YOURSELF AND REMEMBER~~~~~
1:Money doesn't create man,but it is man who create money...

2:Live your life as simple as you can...

3:Don't do what others say,just listen to them,but do what makes you feel good...

4:Don't go on brand name,wear those things in which you feel comfortable...

5:Don't waste your money on unnecessery things,spend on those who really in need..

6:After all,it's your life,why give others the chance to rule your life????


Now do you think it is possible to follow what he says....??? Hmmm.....
Susah lah...if I can....I also can become the second riches woman in the world....
How about you ?????

About my balik kampong trip~~~

When I arrived in penang on january 26,evening...the air was cool..my family had a dinner planned for us in a resturant.

The next day,I was so excited to go out and survey Penang..hehe...
My first stop was morning street market near Campbell street..then had my handphone number activated by the cellphone shopkeeper..hehe..

Then we make our way to the Little Penang Street Market...I enjoy myself very much,and I tooks several photos there..
I also make a pendant with my name engrave on a coconut shell,and I bought a chain to wear it..
I also found the bouitque owner..Cecilia Lim of County Fair Boutique..She promise to make a nyonya kebaya for me to wear on Chinese New year..hehe..
I choose a black kebaya with pink flowers and she match me with a pink sarong,when I went to her boutique for measurement...

Then I went to De Santia Bridal House to make my appointment for my "Beng Seng"photo session.I was to take that photos session on the next day starting from 10 am ,which last to 6pm...

Then for the next several days I was too busy shopping and off course sent several boxes of malaysian food back to Japan via POS LAJU...kekeke..

Then on February 3,we have our first PenangHokkien2008 gathering ...
I was so excited,coz until now..we only know each other by nicknames..and I am so worried that I don't even know who is who....
Another reason is I was a bit worried that I would be left out as I am the oldest member there...kekeke...but thank god..they are all so friendly...and warm....
They all treat us as old friends regardless of our age.....lucky !!!!
We kept talking and snapping photos ,and the late comers also get to meet us all...


Several gatherings were held later on other dates,and in the end we get to meet more PGHK members..even our friend TAUGEH manage to come on the 2Nd day of Chinese New Year..hehe..

I can say for sure PGHK members are all so friendly and warm.....
Time flies so fast..and before we knew it it was soon time to go back...

I will always remember my 2008 trip back to Penang..and to all my dear friends of PGHK..espcially..Xioa Kia and Lor Mee..thank you so much....

And to my dear sister..Hor Chio Liap and family...thank you so much,for making my stay in Penang so happy...

And to my dear Angie and Siang..Thank You so much for your time and hospitality...I feel so touched.....

I really hope that I would be able to enjoy such a wonderful trip again in the near future...
THANK YOU so much..to all of you......

A memory of Myself~~~

Had my own photo album taken when I was back at penang just for memory before I become old...hehe...
The photo studio 's hair and make-up beautician ,can really do wonders to an old woman like me..keke..
Anyway..all woman wants to look nice,right?I am very satified that I was able to capture a few nice photos of myself before I enter old age..so I will post some of them in my face book..hehe..