By admin on July 28, 2012
I was born in Binatang, a small town with a predominantly Foochow population. Anyone growing up in Binatang would almost invariably be able to speak Foochow with an acceptable level of fluency. I am no exception. I am a Hokkien but I too can speak Foochow. My birth certificate and my Malaysian identity card carry [...]
Posted in Bintangor, Memories Are Made Of These, Ramblings, Sarawak, Sibu | Tagged Belle’s Bookshop in Miri, Binatang, Foochow, Foochow idioms, Foochow proverbs, Foochow song YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvZadErAMnE&feature=related, James Hii Mee Chiong, Sarawak, Sibu, St Francis Xavier Primary School in Kanowit, “160 Foochow Proverbs And Idioms” by Angela Yong, “colourful” and “foul” languages |
By admin on January 7, 2011
Welcome to my world where a Lim is also a Ling. My surname is actually Lim but it was registered as Ling in my birth certificate. I was born in a very small town in Sarawak called Binatang which means animal in Malay. This is a predominantly Foochow town. So when I was born, my [...]
Posted in All Things Chinese, Chinese surnames | Tagged Bi Gan, Binatang, Chen, China, Chinese dialects, Chinese family names, Chinese surnames, Foochow, forest, Fujian, Fujian Chinese, Hayashi, Hokkien, Hong Kong, immoral king, infoUSA, Lam, Liem, Lim, Lin, Ling, Lum, Lynn, Nee, overseas Chinese, Pi Kan, pinyin, Qi Zi, Sarawak, Shang Dynasty, Shang Zhou, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, The Three Kindhearted Men of Shang, treason, Vietnam, Wei Zi, woods, Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Wu Wang |
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