Identity Issues
March 16th, 2006 | Published in soundbites | 16 Comments
Z: “So. Yes. I have a lifetime Tupperware membership.”
Me: “How come you never told me that? Are you also a Phoon Huat member?”
Z: “Yes..”
Me: “Did you just say you felt cheated that, contrary to expectations, I turned out to be this cheena korpet, munjen ah-pek instead of the sophisticated young lady I was pretending to be? You’re this j_w_ korpet makcik! I feel cheated! Tupperware. Phoon Huat. I want my money back!”
Z: “Don’t be so niaobiao.”
Glossary
cheena korpet: (smell of a) chinese person that doesn’t bathe enough
munjen: yellow person, i.e. chinese
ah-pek: old man
makcik: old lady
Phoon Huat: the place my mother goes to buy supplies whenever she makes mooncakes
niaobiao: origins in “ni yao bu yao”, which seems to be the favourite phrase of munjens in singapore. the shortened form, niaobiao, may be used to describe a chinese person (i.e. “he’s a niaobiao”), or qualities of said person (i.e. stingy is niaobiao, smelly is niaobiao, talk too loud on the phone in the train is niaobiao, my girlfriend thinks I’m a complete niaobiao, and I agree). don’t shoot me for it, it didn’t come from me.
March 16th, 2006 at 4:33 am (#)
niaobiao = eveready battery…
March 16th, 2006 at 6:38 am (#)
or bird-watch? :P
March 16th, 2006 at 9:24 am (#)
you two are so cute together
March 16th, 2006 at 9:57 am (#)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
cheeena korpet is so mild! cheena bukit, cheeena makan-babi, cheeena p*ki,etc…
welcome to the world of cultural stereotypes. ;)
March 16th, 2006 at 1:18 pm (#)
I never thought you’d talk about ‘niaobiao’ up on your site! i’m so embarrassed. gah!
March 16th, 2006 at 4:12 pm (#)
ballsy: yes… saya cheena, cheena makan babi! so do you!! and where exactly is cheena bukit? that’s one hill i want to avoid..
milo: :) it’s become quite a large part of our everyday vocabulary, see. and all because of ..?
March 16th, 2006 at 10:52 pm (#)
Is j_w_ Jawa? Sorry, I had to ask.
March 17th, 2006 at 1:10 am (#)
hahaha.
my dears, you’re both so aunty.
:) nehnehs to you!
March 17th, 2006 at 11:37 pm (#)
Very, very ticklish! I’m ashamed as a munjennot to know niaobiao… :(
March 17th, 2006 at 11:41 pm (#)
oh no it’s ok don’t be ashamed, a special friend told us about it. i didn’t know before either.
March 18th, 2006 at 1:44 pm (#)
Hi,
Am thinking of getting a domain name and webhosting
Was wondering which company you use?
as your website/Blog loads pretty quickly
Wonder if u could recommend me a good webhoting service
Thanks!
March 18th, 2006 at 2:10 pm (#)
I use ev1servers for domain hosting (they don’t signup new customers anymore), and http://www.textdrive.com for web hosting. textdrive is quite a geeky environment to work in, it’s freebsd hosting. administrative interface for now is very barebones and it’s not cheap either.
for most people i would recommend: godaddy.com for domain registration, and dreamhost.com for hosting. i don’t like registering my domains through the hosting company, but that’s just me. i’ve also heard good things about a2hosting and a small orange.
March 18th, 2006 at 5:35 pm (#)
Thanks for the quick reply :)
I’ve heard good things about ‘a small orange’ too
guess im leaning towards that,
Say i need to support 3 blogs (wordpress) would 75mb do? or should i just get the 400mb account
March 18th, 2006 at 5:53 pm (#)
400
March 18th, 2006 at 10:02 pm (#)
ok thanks!
:)
all the best for your exams!
March 20th, 2006 at 12:12 pm (#)
Bukit Cina is in Melaka, Malaysia.