Trhee are a few tnhgis I lvoe to do in tihs bolg
Frsit. Psuinhg new psot dwnoawdrs
Scenod. Cntomaniatnig and Loewrnig the stadnrads set by ohtres
Awnayy I wlil psot smoehtnig mroe so I wno't get flmead too bdlay
Rerr hree is it <> a porday msuic vdieo of faecobok
Acutlaly terhe is aonhter vdieo but smoetihng is worng wtih the blgoegr's vdieo uoplad fetaure so I'll svae it for nxet tmie, rgiht now puhsnig dwon the psot is my top proiitry
A comment on the last post:
Benevolent seems to be setting standards on what can be posted in this blog. Let’s see if this post raises the bar.Cantonese, although said to be similar to Mandarin, can, in fact be very different (esp. Hong Kong Cantonese). It is a dialect, with lots of colloquialism, and is spoken in a very different way from Mandarin. Cantonese actually has 9 different tones, compared to 4 for Mandarin (which makes Cantonese very difficult to learn! )
(Note: Hong Kong Cantonese have quite a number of words that do not exist in Mandarin, some are made from combining two words and are purely created for Cantonese to be put in writing. )
I’ve used square brackets to denote [Cantonese pronunciation] and curly brackets to denote {Mandarin pronunciation}.
For example, a simple sentence like “have you eaten?”, translated to Mandarin, is
你 吃 了 饭 吗 ？ (pronounced [ni chi le fan ma?] )
In Cantonese, we say:
你 食 咗 饭 未 呀? {lei sek zho fan meh a? }
As we can see, only two words are the same.
Another example
“What?” translated:
Mandarin - 什么? {shĕn me}
Cantonese - 乜 嘢 ? [mat ye]
Totally different.
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We all know how funny can Cantonese be. We know how crude a language it can be too. Sometimes, Cantonese can also be hilariously vulgar.
Warning!!: The following subsection contains vulgarity and sexual references which may be excessive and unsuitable for some. If you are likely to feel offended, please do not continue reading.
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Last semester, I came across an interesting book about the Cantonese used in the streets of Hong Kong. Since the move to the new campus, I did not stumble upon the book. However, recently, using my advanced GPS technology, I’ve managed to locate that legendary Cantonese book again to assist in writing this post. Cantonese words mentioned below are words I first saw from that particular book.
Now, the most popular word in Cantonese is probably this:
Not many know how to write the word (including myself, until now), but they probably say it frequently.
The word is pronounced [diu], and we all know what it means.
In comparison, in Mandarin the proper term (in the biological sense) is 性交 {xìng jiāo}.
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At first, I was quite surprised by the writing, breaking the word into 2 parts,
門 [mun]/{men} is the word (in Traditional Chinese) for door, and 小 [xiu]/{xiăo} means small.
So, combined, small door means f*** .
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Curious, I looked up the entry for 小 (small), and learned something new.
小 [xiu] can also mean the same thing as 
[diu]. I’ve included a slightly less vulgar example:
Instead of saying:
你 屎 忽 [diu lei si fatt]
we say:
小 你 屎 忽 [xiu lei si fatt]
(the last two words mean ass)
This is a variation of the popular way to scold others in Cantonese.
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Next up are two words that are related:
Firstly:
In Cantonese, the (colloquial) word for "the thing" is
[lan].
The word consists of 門 [mun] (which means door) and 能 [nung] (which means can)
Combining the two words, the result is “can door”.
The proper term in Mandarin is 阴 茎 {yīn jìn} / pronounced [yum hang] in Cantonese. I dunno why is it called so. 阴 is “yin” as in “yin and yang”, and 茎 means stem. Probably the only people who use that term are those in the medical or science field.
(additional info: another popular phrase - 性无能 [seng mo nung] )
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For the female counterpart, the (colloquial) Cantonese word is:
[hai]
The word consists of 門 [mun] (which means door) and 西 [sai] (which means west)
So, what does “west door” means?
Btw, the proper term in Mandarin is 阴道 {yīn jìn} / pronounced [yum dou] in Cantonese. 道 means path, or passageway.
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Conclusion:
Do not simply combine words.
Seemingly innocent words like 能 小 西 (literally: can small west), can be transformed into something totally different if you add a door (門 ) to it. Of course, it only applies to Cantonese, as the words do not exist in Mandarin.
To illustrate:
能 小 西 becomes
(I'm sure you can figure out what that means..)
Therefore, care must be taken when writing in Cantonese. I wonder if those words are type-able in SMS-es. Should be fun if it is possible.
Lastly…
Hope you have enjoyed the Cantonese lesson, and, as always, use it constructively!Ok this blogpost will be the first ever educational post on our blog. Most of the time you read our blog, you don't learn much at all, but that's not the case this time cause, we are going to learn english japanese style!
Yes, generally Malaysians are able to converse in English, but the way some people speak leaves much to be desired. We can't blame them. Our English teachers are so old-school and naturally, everyone in their right minds would feel bored. However, here's a solution for the English faculty to consider. Enjoy, whether you're learning English or not.
I can't picture our English teachers doing this however.
Disclaimer: Not suitable for children's viewing displeasure. However kids, just view it anyway and grow up with the rest of us.
Do you want to be toshi? go vote at the poll on the sidebar
woops, sorry to push all the posts down =P
The results of the polls are out already and as you can see the our readers have had their verdict. KK a.k.a Kitlou has been voted by mamasans as the "most handsome". But that's not the topic of the poll right? So, we have had 7 Nos, 1 Yes, and 1 fucker who doesn't care. So, I think by popular vote I shall go search for a new wallpaper.. probably with the help of Kev-the-otaku to help me out with the template. Since I got no idea how it is.
I'm noob la ok.. no one do mai i do loh.. no lah i'm just kidding.
Anyway, we know that there's probably 23 readers in this blog, by far the most accurate measure of readership volume. So... let's see we have 10 writers (+2 lazyasses who still don't want to create their google accounts) here.. so.. that means 11 readers... unless you all fooled me by voting twice, but I don't think that's possible with this.
Also on a new note, there will be a two new polls lasting for a day (Deadline: 6 Oct Midnight), both polls are to gather information on how you want us to run our newly introduced extra feature, so that hopefully we can make your time here more worthwhile and interesting. After it ends, I'll post again.
P.S: I haven't got the inspiration to spam this blog with posts, so I'm sorry, but if I got oomph I'll definitely write it down.
On a specific night when the sun is about to rise, Mr. No-Lifer (a.k.a justin) asked me to search for a software named Vocaloid 2.
Here comes the technical part:
VOCALOID is a Singing Synthesizer technology and application software developed by the Yamaha Corporation that enables users to synthesize singing by just typing in lyrics and melody. Yamaha announced its development in 2003 and in January 2004 the first application software product was launched. It was not released as a Yamaha product, but a software package of Vocaloid Singer Libraries developed by third party licensees which included Yamaha’s Vocaloid software.
So far, Leon, Lola and Miriam have been released from Zero-G Limited, UK, while Meiko and Kaito have been released from Crypton Future Media, Japan.
In January 2007 Yamaha announced a new version of the software engine,VOCALOID2, with various major improvements in usability and synthesis quality. Zero-G and others have announced plans to release products powered by the new software engine in 2007. PowerFX have released the first english package that is powered by VOCALOID2, Sweet Ann. Crypton has followed and announced a series of character VOCALOID2 packages to be released, the first being Hatsune Miku. The second package is stated to be released in December 2007 while a third will be somewhere in 2008.
-Quoted from kei from LowYat.net-
Enough of crapping here comes the juicy part, i couldn't believe the songs below were sang by a software =.= it is just damn good, seriously it sings better than Kitlou (our so-called "rain")
Listen to it yourselves, i just can't get enough of Hatsune Miku's voice hahaha, maybe in the future all the songs will be synthesized by this technology (actually there are now frequently used as background singers)
Samples:
Doraemon:
True My Heart ( From Nursery Rhymes, Lump of Sugar)
Beautiful World
Tori no Uta
A tribute to our national anthem (In japanese slang haha)
Simply amazing....though some of them sounded kinda fake, but i bet if they spent more time in tampering her voice, it will surely sound like a real singer singing....
I WAN THIS SOFTWARE ARRRGGGHHHHHH
I might really learn Japanese just to use this software, i might buy it from Amazon too!!! Simply too cool! !!
MOE MOE VIRTUAL VOICES F T W
Read this if you're extremely free. In this post I'll talk about how I wasted a day. It will be in a semi-diary-essay, semi-rojak style of writing. I think it wIll probably come under a lot of criticism.
This is not originally intended to rival HK's longest post but it somehow ended up like double that length. Therefore, I've decided to split the post into two parts. In short, here's a boring post (or two) to bore them all. Without further ado, let the boredom begin!
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Intro (this is a boring part, you can skip to the next subheading if you want)
One fine morning with no classes to attend, rather than go Monash, I decided to try something different. Pavilion KL and The Gardens opened recently. Instead of choosing which one to go to, I decided to visit both of them, since I have the whole day free.
Knowing that a certain engineering student will be busy with assignments, and the rest of the (Malaysian contingent of) Jedi Council members will probably be in school or still asleep, I've decided to set off on the "mini-adventure" alone (I'm not a Liverpool fan, so it's ok). The time was 9.20a.m.
9.20a.m.
So, I drove off from my house. Took 5 minutes to reach the first destination.... where else than the Bukit Jalil stadium carpark? (Of course I decided not to drive to town, crazy parking rates!). Upon approaching the entrance, I saw a small signboard. Wow.. Flat rate of RM1.50 only, even cheaper than Monash carpark. I parked my car and made my way towards the LRT station.
9.50a.m.
This was actually the time when the train came. Walking from my car to the station required about 5 minutes, but waiting for the train took more than 15 minutes. As a result, the first half-an-hour of the adventure has passed.
10.08a.m.
A brief stop at Hang Tuah station to interchange with the KL Monorail.
10.18a.m.
Reached the Raja Chulan station, which is located right outside Wisma Genting. Not knowing where exactly Pavilion KL is, I've decided to try my luck (I only know it's somewhere around the station). Turned out it was only three buildings away, across the road. That was fairly easy to find.
I crossed the busy road and arrived at the exterior of the mall - the capital letters "PAVILION" displayed across the building. The building seemed to be still undergoing some construction work, and didn't look as grand as I expected. I was trying to find the main entrance, then it suddenly struck me that I was on the other side of the building (main entrance is at Jalan Bukit Bintang, I was at Jalan Raja Chulan). Never mind, I just entered via one of the side entrances. All still had scaffolding and didn't look like proper entrances.
10.25a.m.
First step into the Pavilion. I was surprised by the lack of crowd (well, not really, considering the time and it was also a weekday). I strode past clothes store after clothes store before reaching the centre of the building - Bintang Square. Impressive view - wide steps leading from the entrance to the big centre stage, and zig-zag escalator design. Difficult to describe without pictures actually, and since I didn't own a camera phone nor did I brought my camera, I'll put some pictures I obtained from other people's blogs.
Went to the nearest Concierge and grabbed a brochure (mall/shopping direrctory). I glanced through the directory and saw that I was on the 2nd floor of the 7-storey building. The main entrance (Bukit Bintang side) was on the 3rd floor. Next, I scanned the long list of tenants. Ok...hardly any familiar names, guess they are mostly new brands. The anchor tenants are Parkson, Mercato (supermarket) and Tangs.
As always, I was more interested in the F&B section. Four fast food restaurants were available, and all four were familiar names - Nando's, KFC, Pizza Hut, and to my surprise - Carl's Jr. I thought they had ended operations in M'sia already. Great, I made a mental note to have lunch there.
So, next was to plan my adventure route (rather than randomly walking). This mall has a fairly simple layout, with a round centre and two "wings" spreading out.
One of the "wings"
Many shops still under renovation. Doesn't really look like the mall is ready for business yet. Many of these signs:
Ok.. I think it's best to put in point form, very tedious to read and tedious to type also:
A couple of stores I came across (divided into categories for no apparent reason):
- I also saw this store named BCBGMAXAZRIA. At first glance, I was like, wtf?! How do you pronouned that? Later I found out that you can just call it BCBG. lol.
A visit's not complete without a trip to the restrooms. So...
Finished walking every walkway by approximately 11.30 . That was fast. Had originally allocated two hours for this mall. Probably because not many shops were opened and therefore not many spots to stop by, and I also did not enter the departmental store. Anyway I didn't intend to purchase anything, was just strolling around (if there's such a phrase) to see what's new. Window shopping is just like a walk in the park, literally, minus the greens.
Next, I walked to the Bukit Bintang monorail station, passed by KL Plaza, Lot 10 and BB Plaza on the way. Took me 7 minutes. Got a rare sight of a double-decker bus on Jalan Bukit Bintang while waiting for the train.
12.10p.m.
Reached KL Sentral. Had to transfer to KTM. With a combination of luck and the "efficiency" of KTM services, the next train to Mid Valley (i.e. Seremban bound) will only be arriving at 12.29p.m. . 20 minutes to spare, ok, a visit to McD's for a RM1.05 sundae. Finished eating, still had time, so grabbed free The Sun newspaper. Read sports section. Announcement: "Tren ke Seremban akan tiba di platform enam..". Rushed to ticket barrier. With Touch n Go, no fuss. (Get one at your nearest authorised Touch n Go dealers today!) Hopped onto train, packed like sardines.
(continued from part 1...)
[I've posted part 2 first so that it appears right below part 1..haha]
12.38p.m.
Arrived at Mid Valley station. Took a while to reach the mall entrance due to lunch crowd. Checked for signboards to The Gardens. Seems that access is available via Centre Court. Decided to rest a bit first before proceeding.
12.55p.m.
Entered the Gardens. First impression: nice relaxed feel. Mall layout something like Mid Valley Megamall (MVM). Satelite shaped walkways with two short ends and two long ends. The building itself is shaped like an aerofoil.
I took the path on the left (one of the long ends). In the middle of wide walkways were some trees and many sofas, where fatigued shoppers were resting on. They also have many benches on the upper floors for the same purpose, something that the Pavilion lacked.
This mall seems more crowded than the Pavilion (probably because of the hour of the day and the vicinity to MVM, plus the smaller area creating the impression). Proceeded to the nearest mall directory to get a brochure. Like the Pavilion, there was still a lot of renovation going on. Workers were moving wires about, some were applying finishing touches to the floors.
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The most impressive part of the mall is the mall directory, which I will mention later.
Generally The Gardens is divided into sections by floors (according to the brochure):
Lower Ground - Market Hall
Ground & Level 1 - Fashion Gallery
Level 2 - Fashion, Homes & Living
Level 3 - Sports, Leisure & Dining
Level 4 & 5 - Wellness, Arts & Theatre
They have a number of special sections:
Cocoon (relaxation),
Gurney Drive (Penang hawker food),
2201 Fashion Avenue (fashion and cafes),
The Box (event space)
However, all those are still under renovation.
The other "special" sections (which are partially open) are Asian Melting Pot and Gourmet Hall, both consists of food outlets and are located @ Market Hall.
The major stores are:
- Anchor Tenants: Isetan (4 floors) , Robinsons (3 floors) , Marketplace by Cold Storage (at lower ground)
Other shops that I remember coming across:
And now, on to the comments:
I completed the self-tour at 1.45p.m. . Decided to just lunch at KFC in MVM. Hung around at the McDs outside the GSC for a while to wait fro the lunch-hour crowd to recede. Bought McD's milkshake to pass time.
3.15p.m.
Left MVM. Exhaustion in feet creeping in (delayed effect).
3.50p.m.
Reached BJ. Still had time, so went to mamak shop for tea break.
Citation: Photos of The Gardens obtained from the blogs of [shoppingNsales] and [SC Times]
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