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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

i can't stand...

  • I can't stand people visiting others in shorts and slippers during Chinese New Year.
  • I can't stand kids not standing up to receive red packets from the elders.
  • I can't stand lion dance troupe play as if they are replaying a 1 minute clip from tape recorder.
  • I can't stand local TV artistes sing new year song and sound like they are living on life-support instrument.
  • I can't stand parents sitting behind their kids and telling them which tile to play during mahjong games.
  • I can't stand a Chinese wishing a Chinese happy new year in English.
  • (a family friend of mine can't stand people visiting with just 2 oranges. I agree with him)

Since I can't stand so many things, I might as well remain seated.
同台食饭， 各自修行. Think I must learn to 严以律己，宽以待人.


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16 Comments:

  • hmm.. i dunno leh..

    but i do guess that sometimes hor.. when the elders give out ang paos.. they appear out of no where.. when you're sitting.. u want to stand up.. but by the time your hand reach out to receive the ang pao.. it's already in your hands.. with you standing up halfway.. is tat considered standing??

    hmmm... bout the tv artistes.. all of them were lip synching la.. all an act.. i nearly fainted watching the chinese new year countdown show.. *pengz

    By Blogger DJ Niwde, at 2/21/2007 10:00:00 AM  

  • I don't agree with the last 2 ones...

    By Blogger cheahchuwen, at 2/21/2007 11:50:00 AM  

  • ok, maybe that's a bit more on how traditional a person is.

    By Blogger chillycraps, at 2/21/2007 02:26:00 PM  

  • for me, i don't really understand why some people say happy new year in chinese rather than dialect. i don't really like people saying chinese new year in chinese. i'd rather a person greet in english rather than chinese if a person can't speak dialect though.

    maybe i'm weird...

    By Blogger xxoos, at 2/21/2007 05:07:00 PM  

  • if u normally talk in dialect, of course greeting in dialect would be better.

    but then, some people just can't translate words into dialect, so don't blame them.

    By Blogger chillycraps, at 2/21/2007 05:49:00 PM  

  • i can't stand young people wandering off the streets on CNY.. Don't they know it's time for family??? =( They should feel lucky to be able to visit the family.. Unlike some people...

    By Anonymous sylv, at 2/21/2007 08:35:00 PM  

  • sylv: oh, you can't be sure that they are wandering off the streets right? They could be on the way to visiting people.

    When people see their family everyday, they tend to take family for granted. Don't be sad lah, it's this feeling of being far apart that brings the hearts closer.

    By Blogger chillycraps, at 2/21/2007 09:06:00 PM  

  • well.. as an overseas student.. i can attest to the youngsters taking their family for granted..

    i delayed my returnin to Australia on purpose so that I can spend more time with my family and basically.. spend my mum's bday with her..

    you will treasure your family more when you're apart from them..

    guess a lot of youngsters these days take lots of things for granted..

    somehow or rather.. i begin to feel old..

    By Blogger DJ Niwde, at 2/21/2007 10:29:00 PM  

  • hmmm. my whole family greets in english coz its the only common language. some dunno mandrin, some dunno hokkien, some dunno teochew... so...=P

    By Blogger snoookems, at 2/21/2007 10:41:00 PM  

  • ok ppl, I know I'm being quite ethnocentric here, but then you guys can't possibly disagree with what I like/dislike. It's like I say I like Coke, you all can't say "I disagree, you like Pepsi". Get what I mean?

    By Blogger chillycraps, at 2/21/2007 10:41:00 PM  

  • we can't say "I disagree, you like Pepsi", but we can say "I disagree with you, I like Pepsi". (actually, i don't, but that's not the point...)

    different people have different habits and different pet peeves, but we can't go about hating people who likes Pepsis if we like Coke. we shouldn't even be disliking Pepsi just because we prefer Coke.

    By Blogger xxoos, at 2/22/2007 12:21:00 AM  

  • I think it's more of you say "I like coke" and we say "why? you should probably dislike it because there are reasons such as blah blah blah...", rather than "I disagree, you like Pepsi". Of course we give you the reasons in the hope that you'd change your likes/dislikes, which is something like making you say you like pepsi. =)

    I'm a bit disturbed by chinese wishing chinese happy new year in english also. Kind of weird and... don't know, just weird.

    By Blogger tstar, at 2/22/2007 12:45:00 AM  

  • 1st point: Singaporeans simply can't dress appropriately according to occasion.

    2nd point: Young Singaporeans parents tend to over-pampered their beloved kid(s).

    3rd point: Lion dance gives me an impression of Ah-Beng CCA. Moreover, it's hell outta noisy!

    4th point: No comment. Coz' I hardly watch tv except for news 5.

    5th point: Sick of mj, I rather do my tutorials than to stress myself over which mj strategy to adopt.

    6th point: Erm...I also say "Happy new year" in English, but those wishes still converse in Chinese.

    7th point: At least I do visiting with 4 oranges, the other 2 are back up.

    By Anonymous swave, at 2/22/2007 01:07:00 AM  

  • lol at swave! Most of the points I agree with you. The lion dance kids are all kim mo kia with a pouch on their waist to collect money.

    I don't watch TV, just happened that I was entertaining guest when the TV was showing it.

    I don't really like mahjong, just that again it was entertaining guest. They want me to play, what can I do? (i refused once)

    Like I said, I'm quite ethnocentric here, maybe due to the fact that I've seen CNY celebrated in a different (and IMO better) manner in another country.

    By Blogger chillycraps, at 2/22/2007 06:19:00 AM  

  • Wah... You really can't stand alot of things...

    Haha... So far, I have done point 2 and 6...


    My legs are usually not fast enough to stand up...

    Ang Pao giver: Nah, ah girl, give you ang pao... May you improve your studies!!!

    Me: Huh?? Wah?? *watching tv* Oh thank you!!! *ang pao already in hand*

    Besides, most elders don't us to stand up anymore, some even give me ang pao while sitting down too...

    But I think the very least we should do is too accept the ang paos with Both Hands... Cos one hand is rude...


    Sometimes I have no idea why I switched to english when wishing others... But it still does the same purpose...


    My family visits with four oranges... Becos there's two kids, me and my brother... Hahaha...

    By Blogger averii, at 2/23/2007 01:22:00 AM  

  • I've seen kids one hand holding on to playstation controller, one leg sticking up, then receiving the red packet with his remaining limb.

    By Blogger chillycraps, at 2/23/2007 06:23:00 AM  

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