Happy 56th Independence Day Malaysia

This is our home, this is our country. 56 years already. Proud to be Malaysian. I love you~
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[VID] Samsung Family Portraits: A Story About Hari Raya 2013

Selamat Hari raya semua. (〜￣▽￣)〜 even dah 2 minggu kita beraya i hope its not late for me to wishes Selamat Hari Raya to all my blogger readers. ^^ 

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Happy Chuseok Day!

Chuseok is sometimes referred to as the ‘Korean Thanksgiving’, ‘Hangawi‘, ‘Jungchujul‘, or ‘Gabe‘ and is celebrated on the brightest full moon of the year, which occurs in mid-September on the lunar calendar. Unlike Western society, Koreans still use the lunar calendar for important dates, so a lot of their holidays are centered around the moon and its cycle.

For 2011, the day of Chuseok falls on September 12th and in 2012, the holiday will be celebrated on September 30th. Chuseok is essentially a celebration of a good harvest, as it’s around this time that grains and fruits will be at their ripest and freshest for harvesting. To celebrate a year of successful farming, families will all pack up and head home to their ancestral hometowns and ‘bon-ga‘ (directly translated to ‘main house’, but it’s usually the home of the oldest or head of the household, e.g., grandparents, parents), where they’ll dress up in traditional clothing, cook delicious food, and pay their respects to their ancestors.

As you’ve probably noticed by now, respect for the elderly is a highly important trait for Koreans. Chuseok isn’t simply just a feast celebration, as there are three major duties that must be completed:

1. ‘bulcho‘: Weeds and such that have grown around the graves of family members all summer long must be picked and discarded.

This is an especially important task for families because Korea (and Asian society in general) places a lot of emphasis on saving face before the public. When one commits a mistake, the first thought isn’t, “Oh no, I am embarrassed,” it’s usually, “What would others think of this mistake?”

Graves with weeds still growing around them after the Chuseok holiday will make others assume that they have undutiful children, and is considered an embarrassment for the family.

2. ‘sungmyo‘: Respect must be paid to the grave, often in the form of bowing before it and offering alcohol, fruits, meat, and shikhye.

3. ‘charye‘: An elaborate table setting of food offered to the ancestors at home. There are several meticulous steps to setting this up and doing it properly, like lighting candles before the alcohol is poured in exactly three different cups and bowing twice after it. Each dish also has a specific area of the table it needs to go on.

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Once the tasks are completed, it’s time to play. These games are outdated and families will normally gather to just chat and drink after dinner or play go-stop, but they’re still often put on display at public events.

1. ‘kangkangsullae‘: A game specifically for women, where several dozens will gather under the moon and dance in a circle, linking arms.

2. ‘sonori’/'geobuknori‘: Two people will throw on a cape made of hanji (traditional Korean paper made from mulberry trees) and run around town under the guise of a cow or a turtle, going from house to house, asking for food. The food will often be shared with families who cannot afford Chuseok meals.

Others include wrestling, cow fighting (a display of how well you fed and raised your cow all summer long), tug of war, and archery.

If you’ve been keeping up with the Chuseok interviews here on allkpop, you’ve probably noticed that a lot of the stars just can’t wait to make and eat songpyeon.

Songpyeon is one of the representative food items of Chuseok, and it’s made from the newly harvested rice. It’s essentially a small, crescent-shaped rice cake that contains either red beans, chestnuts, jujubes, powdered sesame, or just brown sugar.

When you make the songpyeon, you make a wish as you scoop in the contents and carefully fold it up into a crescent shape so that your wish doesn’t fall out.

To all korean have a happy chuseok day! ^^
Love from Malaysia. ♥

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Selamat Hari Raya 09'

to all muslim... Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir & Batin.

p/s: kepada sesapa yg nk pulang beraya di kampung. semoga selamat sampai. hati² di jalanraya k... :D

Happy Birthday... ♥ dikya ♥

adik: "along dikya nk kek!"
aku: "kek ape lak niey? bkn mak nk wat cake ker?"
adik: "ala dikya nk cake yg ade cream tuh..."
aku: "hrmm... ko nk watpe?" ape soklan la aku niey!
adik: "nk mkn la... sok kn ari jadi dikya"
aku: "ishh... ye ke??"

alamak.. camne lak aku leh lupe niey?! fuh... sib baik aku amik die time blk skool klu x... smpai sok pn aku lupe agaknye. maklum la skrg kn bln puasa. :)

last² aku ckp dlm ati. xpe la nanti mlm bru aku cr cake tuk die. mlm tuh gak aku celebrate tuk die. nape x esok jerk? huhu... mne de mse. nanti dh nk blk kg! :p

lastly... aku n' alang g JJ bkn semate² mau beli cake erh... tp g amik pc gakk... :D smpai JJ... xde parking aku ckp! gile penuh. haa.. niey mesti kes ske shopping last minute niey. maklum la dh nk raye... then ade sale lak tuh.. so ape lagi.. time niey la sesuai nk borong pe smue. hihi.. aku lak? hrm.. bkn leh sesesak niey. nk parking dlm blom tentu ade lg. last² parking jerk kt luar. ade gak la kne jln dlm 10 minute cam2 tuk smpai JJ... haih~~~ bkn main jauh lg parking. sory... bkn sengaje... mmg xde parking. c 2 jerk yg kosong. jauh pon jauh la...

hrmm... td g beli cake dlu. pastu bru amik cpu. dh tu ape lagi... trus jerk la blk! x mo aku lelame kt sini. pening ngan org reramai... sesampai jerk. aku trus letak cpu. pastu adik aku dh bebising nk potong cake. maka.. dgn itu, majlis pon bermule.. haha... ala kadar jerk.

27 september 2008. dh 8 thn umor adik aku yg bongsu tuh. cepat tol mse berlalu... aku cam rse bru jerk die dilahirkan... huhu... neeway all da' best 4 her! sory la dikya this month is fasting month... so xleh nk celebrate bebesar... huhu... maybe next time... aite? :D

thank you!

ayarkk... this year... i turn 25! syukur alhamdulilah! aku masih lagi bernafas. mengharungi hidup yg makin penuh dgn cabaran. hope aku akan jd makin matang, makin tabah & mcm² lg. also hope my dreamz will come true. amin...

thnx 2 all my beloved friends. x kisah la kt mne korg wish... friendster, msg, ym & so go on thank u very much!! i really² appreciate it! luv u guyz!!

Welcome 2008

huhu... x smpai bape ari... bape jam... bape minute... bape saat lagi da'nk msk thn bru??!! huhu... cepatnye...

summary of my life 2007:

1) year 2007 aku berumur 24 tahun (huhuhu... dah tua)
2) year 2007 paling byk kenangan manis dr pahit aku!
3) 3 org sepupu aku da'kawin (huh... dh smpai seru!nk wat cmne :p)
4) tahun yg paling ramai kengkwn aku kawen n' tunang! (aku tumpang hepi!.. hihi...)
5) soklan cepumas paling byk skali aku dpt thn nih! (lala... wat bodo jer!)
6) job (huhu... aku x sangka this year dh 2 thn aku keje...)
7) no saving (emm abis bulan abis la gaji aku...)
8) aku berjaye blaja byk bende gak (termasuklah bende² yg merepek... lalala...)
9) utang ptptn yg tak luak2 gak even byr tiap2 bulan (nyesal gile amik ptptn)
10) berat badan yg bertambah (ayarkk!!)

cukup la aku senaraikan byk tuh! klu org tnye nanti aku pepandai la jwb pe lg summary aku year 2007 tuh! n' this azam bru aku...

azam tahun baru:

1) nak tambahkan skill dlm mendesign aku! xspecially aku nk blaja blk wat animation...
(huhu... ilang dh smua skill animation aku...)
2) nak gaji naik... (agak² dpt x? huhu...)
3) hope find my dream (hrmm...)
4) nk jd budak baik!!
5) huhuhu... nak gi melancong (tp tatau lg ktne!)
6) skg nih junior graphic designer... nak jadi senior still jauh lagi... so kena usaha lebih...
7) nk kurangkan berat badan... (huh!)
8) nk tambah collection² fav aku...
9) nk tambah... ape erk?? tggu aku pk dlu r... ble tibe msenye!!
10) ingat nk blaja programming lak hrmm...

hope tercapai la impian for next year... n' please dun ask me... su/hani bile nak kawin. coz in my life, career first. bukannye bf, or kawin or sumtin' yg similar ngan kwsan yg sewaktu dgnnye... hahaha. (but... if jodoh aku smpai pd waktunye... i mean awal lak... terime je la!) actually aku masih tak bersedia utk berfamili,utk comitment dlm serius relationship.. huhu... takut sbnrnye... still xmo org tye,"mne pegi nih?" or "kuar ngan sape" or yang paling xmo "let's meet my parents","jom tunang"... huhuhuhu... i love my single life now! but i'm still waiting for 4 thn lagi! 4 someone...

so,welcome 2008...