இ South Paws from Northern Hemisphere?

Choose your favorite day at work: Monday Friday Monday blues huh dragging your feet going to office? Maybe not all will fall under this situation? Some would jump out of the bed ever ready to be in the office every morning and Mondays are no exception. Then four days later TGIF..this is the day all would be looking forward to and a day to celebrate as this last week of the month comes with a fat wallet. Have a swinging day then. Learning is a never ending process and we cannot stop learning. We learn new things every single day and from every aspects generally in life. I have to agree with Autumn Belle that she is learning a lot about...

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இ "Mouse Loves Big Rice" ~ 老鼠愛大米 [ lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ ]

In Bananaz last post there is no answer so far to the question of why there is this 'old' lǎo 老 for 'old' tiger 虎[hǔ] and 'old' mouse 鼠[shǔ]? We leave that alone for the time being as the saying goes when the student is ready the master will appear. Thanks to Autumn Belle who says 'old' is sort of a respect. So that's why we have big names like mightymouse, mickey mouse, stuart little to name just a few?. More than often we could get confused with lǎoshī 老師 [teacher] and lǎoshǔ 老鼠 [mouse]. As most Chinese words are derived from the real life images where roughly 600 Chinese characters are pictograms and can you figure out how the word "mouse"...

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இ A GREAT BUNCH OF THANKS to VOTERS ~ Blog IDOL 2010 Season 3 - Round 1

Phew! What a relief! Bananaz pulled through the first round of Blog Idol 2010 and that would not have been possible without your strong supporting votes. It was a nail biting experience looking at the vote count during the last 2 days of polling. From the bottom of my heart truly appreciate it very much and would be looking forward for your continuous support again and hope you like the next choice of song selected for Round 2. The heat is on and its building up massively and would even be hotter for the next round. THANK YOU once again ~;). Congratz to the Top Three Blog Idols ~ Caroline, Mariuca and Stevevhan and sorry for Sendo & Marites...

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ക WhyAskWhy¿ (03) Buy East-West ~ 買東西 [mǎi dōngxī]

Ever wonder why in Mandarin when we say go to supermarket to buy things its 'buy East-West' ~ 買東西 [mǎi dōngxī]? Buying a 'direction' huh! If that is the case why not buy South North 買南北 [mǎi nánběi] instead of 'buy East West' 買東西 [mǎi dōngxī]? Thankz to lǎoshī Jeannie for shedding a light on Why*Ask*Why. There are many different versions and answers for this question. Her most favorite one is: In Tang dynasty, the capital Chang'an is the most populous city at the time. Business men all over the world went to Chang'an for trading. The markets were at the east and west of the city, over time, people say 買東西.[mǎi dōngxī]...

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இ HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ~ ( 母親節快樂 )

This Chinese character is 'mā ' ie Mother. Why*Ask*Why again! Can someone please be kind enough to enlighten us how this character came into being as on the left is a 'lady' and 'horse' is next to her? Does that mean to be a Mother must have the strength & energy of a powerful horse so as to keep the household running in order? A special dedication to my Mama. Have been listening to my mama's advice ever since I was little and very glad and happy to follow them religiously to a 'T' until this very day. Being illiterate does not deter her to part her wisdom into living a righteous life. Her upbringing then may be outdated or obsolete now and...

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இ CHINESE WAY of GREETINGS! 吃飽沒?

When Chinese people meet each other on the streets or talk over the phone the first three sweet letter words would most likely be "吃飽沒?" [chī bǎo méi?] meaning 'have you eaten?' denoting "how are you?" For the very first time I can safely say all the different Chinese dialects would converge on this greetings using the three magical words, thus upholding the culture handed down from our ancestors. Thanks to Autumn Belle for highlighting this is a colloquial which is used mainly in Malaysia and Singapore. Ai Shiang just added in Vietnam as well, yes it may cover South East Asia too. Just learned a new idiom 民以食為天 [mín yǐ shí wéi tiān] literally...

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இ First of May ~ A Special Tribute to Blogger Friends

Sing along to the tune of 1st of May. A special tribute to all Blogger Friends on this Labour Day, free from work taking a break at home with family or having fun catching up with friends. You may miss a crazy beat or two with this song,  anyway do your level best try some creativity with some improvisation and enjoy the song ~;)  tQകtQകtQക ♫~First of May~♫ When *Ai-Shiang* was *Small-kucing*, and *HappySurfer* were tall, *Weitch/Saucer* used to love while *Kenwooi* used to play. *Donna* ask *mNhL* why, *ShingoT*ime has passed us by, *Fufu* *Manglish* moved in from far away. Now *Bubbles* are tall, and *Tekkaus* trees are small, *Jam*...

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