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[yorkie]

I wish you peace in the mind, in the heart and in the soul 

[betul_baba?]

I am not aware that the Thought Police also exists on this Site. I believe these same few **offensive** writers are merely exercising their right to free speech.

Henceforth, I challenge you Yorkie to name and shame these, to quote your goodself, OFFENDERS. Since you brought this matter up, I am sure you would not have any qualms in naming them PUBLICLY.

And I would most appreciate if you could justify your reasons as to what makes these people offensive. For instance, if they have launched personal attacks on a particular NAMED quarry. As opposed to making general statements.

There is nothing to be disgusted nor embarrassed about. If certain issues need to be addressed, so be it.

I noticed that a certain recent comment I made was deleted. I presumed that you were the, or perhaps one of the few complainers?

I find such deletions WITHOUT any prior or post warning via private messages not only distasteful. But immatured and COWARDLY.

If that is the case, I again challenge YOU and the owners of this site to DELETE all my past comments. I DARE you all to do so. If you call yourself a man.

Incidentally enough, you and the administrators of this site happened to be male.

You used the word "BITCH" yet apologising for using it. Is this not paradoxical, or dare I say, hypocritical? If the word "BITCH" is deemed offensive to you, surely you could come up with a far-less offensive synonym?

Unless you are attempting to make a point or a reference to the gender of that few offending writers that offended your sensitive sensibilities? But doing so would only make you no less different from them?

Isn't this hypocrisy?

Besides, I find such behaviour not only sexist. But OFFENSIVE too. Don't be offended, I am just stating the obvious.

[hocky]

Hi EXO,
Just wondering if any of you Peranakans in this site as well as the non-members would like to post your photos for others to see.

It would be nice to know who you are chatting with. All you have to do is pose in your usual daily wear, no need to go out and get the upmarket clothes and apparel for the pose.

Even fancy gear will do or your latest high tech Olympic swim gear Speedos)!

[hocky]

Hey Exo,
Long time no see and no hear. We'd like to have a preview of your Peranakan collectable items if you have any. So far we haven't had the chance to see much of these items here. Even the manek manek shoes and handbags are missing, also the kebayas in colour and also the sarongs old and new. We'd also like to have a close look at some kerosangs, nonya belts and hairpins. A closeup picture of a sireh box will be good too. Can anyone help us out here?

[Exo]

I tell you guys what, I will start by posting photos up. Ok? Lemme go and scan some from my family album and post them up. See if anyone else recognises them! keke.. the visual family tree!

[hocky]

It would be very nice to share those old photos from the past, especially if you are also in it as a kid. Those photos at the top of this page are priceless. However, many people don't want their family photos exposed to everyone, so it will be difficult to get more of these unless we get some input from people who are more open to this. I wonder if it would be considered disrespectful to have your grandparent's photos displayed on the Net to everyone to see. For me it still is. I do have a wedding photo of my mum and dad and her younger brother and sister next to them all dressed up in the same wedding clothes as the top of page photo taken probably outside a house somewhere in Joo Chiat Road looking at the front door design. I also have the photos of my grandad( in a western suit and bowtie) in the early 1900s and also one of my greatgranddad( in a China formal suit with his decorations) in the late 1800s.

[wonjyunyung]

Hi,

By the way, internet media like "YOUTUBE" is a good way to promote our culture.  For example, in youtube, there are a few people I know of, they are lovers of promoting various cultural groups of our locals. 

For example, if we have any programs on peranakan stuff for example, peranakan performances at a certain RC event, one could clip a section of the show and put on youtube for everyone to share.

Likewise, if we come across good videos in youtube on our culture, we could even put the link on our website so everyone else could admire the videos too.

cheers

[wonjyunyung]

Hi Exo,

I personally feel the same that our culture should remain current and not just a museum relic.  At the moment, I find that the PA is doing like issuing the quarterly peranakan magazine is a fine example to inform the readers of our culture.  However, alot of things are often not documented as these information are just by word of mouth.  As such, it would be better to document it.  Other than documenting it we should try to see if we could make it as part of our lifestyle today.

Food culture is not dying out for sure as many of us still love our traditional nonya food.  However, alot of our food has significance in certain periods of the year or historical background in how the dishes are conjured up.  We should discuss and see what makes our food special and different.  Even exchanging recipes online are possible means to spread our food culture.

For me, though I am not a big collector of peranakan antiques, I collect peranakan silver accessories which I could use as a display and use it personally.  When you use it, it brings great attention to not just the foreigners, even locals.  Like I wore a "Tua Tao Kor" with a leather belt.  Though Tua Tao Kor is meant to be a ladies belt buckle, I wore it out with leather.  It sparked alot of topic on the designs it has and its craftsmenship.  Even my China chinese guests were amazed at the beauty of our peranakan silver.  that's where we could promote and create awareness subtly over the period.  For men, its quite hard as most peranakan stuff are for ladies.  But we could also play a part by wearing peranakan batik shirts, long sleeve shirts or plain long sleeves with batik ties.  We can be creative and do our own part to preserve the beauty of our culture.  Even nowadays, companies like East India Company and some men clothings counter in Takashimaya, are now selling cloths with machine abstract designs on the shoulder, their back, or at their collars.  We could also do that.  Our peranakan had longer history of using machine embroidery to decorate our clothes.  The men today could also do so on their plain coloured clothes.  I dont see the harm.  If its few years ago, I saw in another forum that men's shirt with embroidery is a fag.  but now every young men at discos are wearing clothes with embroidery out.

For ladies, they could wear kebayas in traditional or modern sense.  They are the easiest medium to spread our culture's beauty. Though my preference is kebaya still look good on the whole woth sarongs.  but its impossible to go back to the yesteryears like I read the article on Mdm Mok Tai E.  Even Mdm Mok Tai E said the art of kebaya will die out when all her old regular pass away.  Its so sad to hear that.  But that's the truth.  Our local singapore should have a certain fashion sense of using kebayas and sarongs to create a peranakan image.  When that happens people will follow suit.  When there is a certain fashion going around, markets will be created for it.

Finally, I found our forum has lots of potential.  I know there are people out there knowing more information and I or you would do.  And the internet is a whole new dimension of information flow. Even more fluid information flow as compared to the peranakan quarterly magazine (only 2000 over copies printed out, its quite limited).  So I believe, we should post whatever relevant information online and discuss it.  However, I hope it would not be a station for quarrels like the gentlemen who wrote complaints about the recent peranakan play.  It is sad to see quarrels of such online as it should be a forum of friendly discussions.

Rgds

Jyun

[Exo]

Please, please do spend a few minutes to let us know what you want to see here. This website needs your help to make it current. Our culture is not an archaic relic just for a museum. The Peranakan Culture cannot exist as pictures in our family albums of days gone by. It's more than that, but the question is how do we make it current for us as Peranakans living in these times, and how do we keep our culture alive?

Thanks!