Stop the hate

We often wondered why countries commit atrocities towards each other disturbing our sanctity and peace and tarnish our hopes for a good future yet we do it to one another. This to me is unnecessary. Stop the hate..

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Fictional characters

With so many fictional characters out there, our world is now turning into a televised stage where the best of showmen wins the coveted best acting award..

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Above politics

Some people say that art is above politics. How convenient. Then explain to me Picasso’s Guernica and Manet’s Execution of Emperor Maximilian. Trying to absolve oneself from the pangs of worldly concerns leaves ones imagination placid. Art is not complete with skill alone. Imagination and feeling is just as crucial. And one can’t feel without being affected.

Skill

An artist’s imagination is limited by his skill. No matter how fertile his imagination is, without the necessary skill, the artist cannot convey his imagination onto the canvas. That said, if an artist is superbly skilled in realism, he can paint just about anything at all, provided his imagination is not stunted.
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Hneow Lor Chay

(Version in Hokkien)

Hneow Lor Chay

Kwee Chay

Mooi Chay

Chart Toh Chay.

(Version in English)

When there are many censers

Chances are they are used to repel evil

When there are many doors

Chances are they will beget robbers

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About this Proverb/Saying:~

This Hokkien Proverb/Saying is to teach people to be vigilant and look for early signs when buying a new home. In the homes of Buddhists, censers are used to hold litted joss sticks (intercessory prayer sticks) and it is usually placed right in front of the deity or god one believes in. If one encounters more censers than usual in a place or a home, their presence is to appeal for more divine power or help and what could be more devastating than the presence of evil in that place. In the second instance, it advises people not to create unnecessary access on walls for it will invite more robbers. (One must remember that in old China, houses do not have fences and homes are built right to the boundaries facing the road or narrow streets. So the more doors there are, it spells more trouble for the occupants.

The author/owner has compiled for record, a collection of early Hokkien sayings, proverbs, rhymes and ditties to capture the essence and spirit of his hoi polloi, a community originating from the southern province of Fujian, China where individuals climbed aboard bum boats, crossing the South China Sea to settle in faraway lands to escape the brewing civil unrest and a way out from hardship carrying along with them in their journey, nothing except their trademark ponytails and their beliefs, very much rooted in Confucianism. These proverbs and sayings has always been a guide and lesson to the many who has never been to school so as to help them steer well in the river of  life and in a way, it seeks to retell their lifestyle way back then so that the younger generation can gain an insight and foothold to their origin..

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Taxi Drivers

A woman and her son were riding in a taxi. The son looks out the window and noticed that there were many prostitutes standing at the bus stop…

Son: Mom, what are these women doing here?

Mom: They are waiting for their husbands.

Taxi driver: Why don’t you tell him the truth, that they are hookers and have sex with men for money…

Boy: Is that true Mom?

Mom: (Glaring hard at the driver) says YES.

Son: Mom, what happens to the babies these women have?

Mom: They became taxi drivers that talk a lot…

(Author Unknown)

Pacmans

Some people needed a weekly grip of godly empowerment so they could remember not to be pacmans they weren’t born to be. My God is everywhere. His omnipresence furls it’s angelic wings to calm my anxieties and armor my frailties. That’s the difference between my god and your God from the outside looking in. Believers say Jesus sets us free. Wasn’t I?

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Animosity

There is animosity between values. What is totally acceptable to one may be unbecoming to the other. Culture, tradition, exposure, all these add to the shock values depending on ones upbringing. Some are more conservative while others are liberal. Some gets upset easily while others are lighthearted. Generally it is those serious ones that get hurt and the loose tongues that got burnt. It’s really one hell of a big world out there. The devil wears suits.

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