The Online Game 赤壁 (Red Cliff)

I introduction everyone on this can say is new and can say is old online game 赤壁 (Red Cliff) this game is about the China Story三国演义it is about the war between the 3 nation that is 蜀，魏and 吴. Well beside that it also follows most on the movies of 赤壁 that on air recently. On this game you can chose 18 type of weapon but you only can chose one and when you reach to Level 60 you can chose another weapon with you. I was chose the Spear as my main weapon and I will take Fan (扇) as my second weapon. Well there are 18 weapons can be seen in this game but in Malaysia Server there are only open 10 weapons and that is Bow 弓, Wizard Cane 杖, Claw 爪, Sword 剑, Knife 刀, Axe 斧, Fan 扇, Spear 枪, Stick 棍 and Ring 环. There are 8 weapons haven’t open that is Hook 钩, Hammer锤, A battle-axe used in ancient China 钺, mace锏, Dance 舞, Shield 盾, Halberd 戟 and 镗(Unable to translate) This game actually is not hard to play I just use 3 month and now almost full level ready that is level 60, and well be upgrade to level 100 soon. Beside that you can even having chit chat in the game and even holding a weeding ceremony in this game, so why don’t you try on this game. Well each weapons have difference meaning and usage, so do visit their official web to know more. I just wish to inform you all about this game. If you are one of the player kindly left your message below and give me your name in the game too. My Name in the game is Jin Xiang 锦湘 (key in Chinese, I’m using Chinese Name) simile to my true name. See you Soon…

The School Traffic

I am pretty sure there are less people who know there are co curriculums named Unit Traffic. This co curriculum is not popular in Sarawak but not in peninsular Malaysia. This co curriculum only available in my school but unluckily last week I back to my school and I was been told that this co curriculum is closed starting next year, I was really sad to heard this and previously there are a school also closed this co curriculum, and now it mean in Sarawak there are no more Unit traffic any more. The current Sergeant told me that there are no more people in charge this co curriculum in the Department of co curriculum so the principle advise to close this co curriculum. I was really sad because I follow this co curriculum for 5 years and now it going to be closed. There are many sweet memories with the Unit Traffic. I still remember that on 2005, I was follow my team to Pusat Latihan Polis Sarawak (PULAPOL), we was been brought to see how the police is been train and their way of training, it was really terrible, they bring us to see on of the most danger training, that is the police will crawl under a sharp fence and the top of the fence was the official shutting the gun, the objective of this training is not only train them how to crawl but train them not fear listen to the sound of gun, it was really danger, we was been brought to a taller place to see, it was really noisily at there. Beside that on 2006 our school was hold the marathon and our team was been called to manage the traffic to let the runner crossing the road, I was never been taught on how to manage the traffic and my teammate say just do what we know only so I stand on the middle of the road and blow my whistle and hand up to give a stop signal and the car really stop in front of me. I was really surprise to see that. On last year that is 2007, I was been asked to train the junior on marching, I was so proud to teach them even thought it just a few day I don’t mind about this, it kind of fun. There are really lot of sweet memories with Unit Traffic, hope other school will have one too.

I am back to Blogger!!

It seem a long time I did’t manage my blog due to there are too much thing to do on my study such like assignment. There are 3 assigment need to be done in 2 week and where I still got time to do Blog. Any way I am back now and the blog will start to post starting today. Thank for those who supporting my Blog.

Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節 (Pesta Tanglung)

Mid-Autumn Festival also called as Moon cake Festival or Lantern Festival, it fall on the 15th day of the 8th lunar calendar (Chinese calendar) which it full moon night, it usually fall on September in our calendar. I sure every know what should do in this month, Yes that right eat moon cake and play lantern, kid love this festival, they like to walk along with friend during the night at the park together with the lantern holding on their hand. While parent will enjoy the moon cake and serve it with Chinese tea. Well do you know how moon cake coming from? Moon cakes were used stating with Ming Dynasty revolutionaries. On that dynasty there is a war between china with Mongolian, the Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋) and his advisor Liu Bowen (劉伯溫) putting a letter inside a cake and distribute it to it backup soldier, and they planning to ambush Mongolian at the full moon, they spread out the cake so the Mongolian will not know what there are try to do. At last they manage to take down the Mongolian. According to the old folk, there is a lady name Chang'e 嫦娥, Wu Kang 吴刚 and a Jade Rabbit玉兔 live on the moon, but this langandary been break by USA when they sent people to moon and see nothing at there. Beside that there is a lot of story about this Festival, from example the Houyi (后羿) and Chang'e’s （嫦娥）story but there is a lot of vision on this story. Never mind I will pick up my favorite vision. Chang'e and Houyi were immortals living in heaven. One day, the ten sons of the Jade Emperor transformed into ten suns, causing the earth to scorch. Having failed to order his sons to stop ruining the earth, the Jade Emperor summoned Houyi for help. Houyi, using his legendary archery skills, shot down nine of the sons, but spared one son to be the sun. The Jade Emperor was obviously displeased with Houyi’s solution to save the earth. As punishment, he banished Houyi and Chang'e to live as mere mortals on earth. Seeing that Chang'e felt extremely miserable over her loss of immortality, Houyi decided to journey on a long, perilous quest to find the pill of immortality so that the couple could be immortals again. At the end of his quest, he met the Queen Mother of the West, who agreed to give him the pill, but warned him that each person would only need half a pill to regain immortality. Houyi brought the pill home and stored it in a case. He warned Chang'e not to open the case, and then left home for a while. Like Pandora in Greek mythology, Chang'e became curious. She opened up the case and found the pill, just as Houyi was returning home. Nervous that Houyi would catch her, discovering the contents of the case, she accidentally swallowed the entire pill, and started to float into the sky because of the overdose. Although Houyi wanted to shoot her in order to prevent her from floating further, he could not bear to aim the arrow at her. Chang'e kept on floating until she landed on the moon. While she became lonely on the moon without her husband, she did have company. A jade rabbit, who manufactured elixirs, also lived on the moon. THE END Now talk about the story of Jade Rabbit 玉兔who manufactured elixirs for Chang’e. Old folk say you may find that the dark areas to the top of the full moon may be construed as the figure of a rabbit. The animal's ears point to the upper right, while at the left are two large circular areas, representing its head and body. In this legend, three fairy sages transformed themselves into pitiful old men, and begged for food from a fox, a monkey, and a hare. The fox and the monkey both had food to give to the old men, but the hare, empty-handed, jumped into a blazing fire to offer his own flesh instead. The sages were so touched by the hare's sacrifice and act of kindness that they let him live in the Moon Palace, where he became the "Jade Rabbit". THE END Well there are more story on this festival, there is too much vision and no one know which one is true. So enjoy you Moon Cake festival and your moon cake too.

Chinese's Hungry Ghost Festival

Have you even heard about the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival in Chinese language is 中元节? Yes it really happen in Chinese culture that on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month. In this month most of the Chinese is unhappy with this month because it also been called as an unclean or evil month because on thirteen night of the seventh lunar month the door of the hell is open and all the “friend” will coming out and enjoy on the reality world. This makes most of the Chinese afraid this and that, that what I heard, they say on this month, never go for swimming because those lonely “friend” will want to find it new “friend” so you might been pulled down into the river and become it ‘s “friend”. Beside that some of them say don’t take photo on the night because you might snap up some “friend” on the photo later. Most of the parent will not allow it child playing at the night because they worry their child will be saw the “friend” because children are more slightly easy to see those thing compare to the adults. And some parent will ask their children to not speaking rough words and splitting on the ground because worry it will make the “friend” angry. Will most of the Chinese will prepare ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other stuff that it deceased like for the visiting spirits of the ancestors. The Chinese will prepare some meal that the deceased like with an empty chair in front of it bowl with the chopstick stand on the bowl, so that the deceased can enjoy it meals. Beside that so Chinese will also putting some flag on the roadside to guide them to the place they should go, so don’t you take the flag home else it will follow you home. Besides putting flag on the roadside, some of them releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities. Will I my self also feel unhappy on this month as just on 04/08/08 I have involve in an accident that I had put it on my previous blog with the title Thank Goodness, I Still Alive. Will I not saying that accident cause by those “friends” because the spot is at the place where the Chinese graveyard is but on of the graveyard is my ancestor’s grave. Maybe it is just my driving technique not very good. In the nut shell, just be carefully in this month and watch out you mouth. God bless you.

Fu Wa - 福娃

The Fuwa (Chinese: 福娃; pinyin: Fúwá; literally "good-luck dolls" and can be known as "Friendlies"), are the mascots of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The designs were created by Han Meilin, a famous Chinese artist. The designs were publicly announced by the National Society of Chinese Classic Literature Studies on November 11, 2005 at an event marking the 1000th day before the opening of the games. There are five fuwa: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. Together, the names form the sentence "北京欢迎你", Běijīng huānyíng nǐ which means "Beijing welcomes you". Originally named 'The Friendlies', they were promoted as 'Fuwa' when there were concerns the name could be misinterpreted. While originally given artistic licence in his commission, Han Meilin was subsequently requested by officials to include various Chinese design and fauna in the Fuwa. Han Meilin drew 1,000 models of possible before settling on the five characters. He has since disowned the Fuwa and did not include them in his museum.

Below are 2008 Olympics in Beijing's mascots :

Name: Bèibei (贝贝) Gender: Female Cultural inspiration : Chinese sturgeon; Traditional Chinese New Year decorative picture of lotus

and fish; fish design from Neolithic artifacts.

Olymipic ring : Blue

Element : Water

Personality : Gentle, pure

Represented ideal: Prosperite

Represented sport : Aquatic sports

In traditional Chinese culture, the fish represents prosperity, as the character for fish (魚) sounds the same as that for surplus (餘 / 余). The "carp leaping over the dragon gate" is a traditional allegory of following one's dreams and achieving them. The patterns from Beibei's headgear comes from artifacts unearthed at Banpo, site of a Neolithic village of the Yangshao culture.

Name: Jīngjing (晶晶)

Gender: Male

Cultural inspiration : Giant panda; Song Dynasty lotus-shaped porcelain.

Olymipic ring : Black

Element : Wood

Personality : Honest, optimistic

Represented ideal: Happiness

Represented sport : Weightlifting, judo

As an endangered species, the panda is both a national symbol of China and an international symbol of environmentalism. Jingjing's forest origins also symbolize the harmonious coexistence of humankind and nature.

Name: Huānhuan (欢欢)

Gender: Male Cultural inspiration :Olympic flame; Fire design from the Mogao Grottoes.

Olymipic ring : Red

Element : Fire

Personality : Extrovert, enthusiastic

Represented ideal: Passion

Represented sport : Ball sports

Huanhuan represents the passion of sports, the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger", and the passion of the Beijing Olympics. Huanhuan's headgear comes from a fire design in the Mogao Caves, the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes.

Name: Yíngying (迎迎)

Gender: Male

Cultural inspiration : Tibetan antelope, Tibetan and Xinjiang ethnic costumes.

Olymipic ring : Yellow Element : Earth Personality : Lively, vivacious Represented ideal: Health Represented sport : Track and field

The Tibetan antelope is an endangered species native to the Tibetan Plateau, known for its swiftness. Yingying's headgear incorporates elements of Tibetan and Xinjiang ethnic costumes.

Name: Nīni (妮妮)

Gender: Female Cultural inspiration : The swallow; Beijing's shayan kites. Olymipic ring : Green

Element : Air

Personality : Innocent, joyous

Represented ideal: Good fortune

Represented sport :Gymnastics

The swallow is a messenger of spring and happiness in Chinese culture, and is seen as a symbol of good fortune. The Chinese character for swallow (燕) is also used in Yanjing (燕京), an old name for Beijing; thus the swallow alludes to Beijing. Nini's headgear uses the design of Beijing's shayan kites, which are colourful cross-shaped kites modeled after swallows.

There are 100-episode Olympic-themed cartoon series featuring the Fuwa was released in China, primarily on BTV (Beijing's municipal television network), on August 8, 2007. Titled The Olympic Adventures of Fuwa (Chinese: 福娃奥运漫游记), it was jointly produced by BTV and Kaku Cartoon.