Activities during CNY

1st day of CNY : visiting paternal relatives
2nd day of CNY : visiting maternal relatives
3rd day of CNY : red dog day
4th day of CNY : welcoming the god of stove
5th day of CNY : fifth day interval
6th day of CNY : the human day
7th day of CNY : birthday of Yen-Lo king
8th day of CNY : birthday of Jade Emperor (King of heaven)
12th day of CNY : diarrhea day
14th day of CNY : lantern decoration day
15th day of CNY : Chap goh meh (Yuan Xiao Festival)

the legend of chinese zodiacs

According to the legend, in the 6th century B.C. the Jade Emperor invited all the animals to participate in a race. The prize was a coveted position on the Chinese Zodiac Calender, which means the first 12 animals to cross the river would appear on the Chinese Zodiac Calender in the order in which they completed the race.
The 1st animal to make it accross the finishing line was rat. A long tme ago, cat and rat were good friends and neighbours. In his greed of winning the race, rat forgotten his promise to wake his friend, cat to go for the race together. On the way, rat meet tiger, ox, horse, and the other animals which could run much faster than him. In order to not fall behind them, he thought of a good idea. He made the straightfoward ox carry him on the condition that he sang for ox. Ox and rat arrived first. When they were almost reaching the finishong line, rat jumped off from ox's head and ran to the finishing line. Therefore, ox came in at 2nd place. When cat finally woke up and got to the racing ground, the race was already over. That is why cats hate rats so much that each time they meet, a cat will chase after a rat.
Tiger, also being strong, came in 3rd, followed by rabbit (4th place) that jumped his way accross and was helped during the last stretch by dragon (5th place). Snake (6th place) hid in the hoof of horse which was how he managed to make it across the river. At the last minute, the snake jumped out and scared horse into 7th place.
Sheep (8th place), monkey (9th place) and rooster (10th place) helped one another accross the river and earned their spots on the calender as well. Dog made it too, but he decided that a bath was more important that the position which is why he came in 11th place. Finally, boar appeared and was listed as the 12th and final animal to be in Chinese Zodiac Calender.

the legend of CNY

Long time ago, there was a ferocious beast called Nian, which had a lion-type head with elephant-type body. Nian couldn't find food in the cold winter time because many animals hibernate in the mountains. Therefore, it must go down every Lunar New Year's Eve to devour livestock and human beings. Nian was too strong to be killed. To escape from Nian, people closed their doors before dusk, and stayed up late on Lunar New Year's Eve. To pass time, the villagers drank wine to muster their courage. The villagers would put food in front of their doors as they believed that after Nian ate the food, it wouldn't attack anyone. They would only leave their homes the next morning when the beast was no longer around.
One Lunar New Year's Eve, Nian attacked a village south of YangTze River (China) where nobody survived except a newly married couple and a few children. The couple were dressed in red and were in a room dawned woth red curtains while the children were in the yard, lightning firecrackers. When the beast heard the explosive sounds from the burning firecrackers, it ran away. Hence, it occurred to people that the colour red, bright lights, and loud sounds were the things that Nian feared most.
So the villagers cut red peach wood to hang on the door and lighted campfire in front of their door on the eve of new year. When Nian approached the village, people lit the firecrakcers to make explosive sounds and beat the metal kitchen and farming utentils to make loud noises. Eventually, Nian who was terror-sticken, fled into the mountains and from then on, it never came to the village again.
People survived, celebrated and congratulated each other on the next day. The reason New Year's Eve is called "Guo-Noan" (passing Nian) in Chinese is because it is known as the day before the start of a new year, and the day of new year is known as "Xin Nian" (New Year). The existance of Nian brought the custom of pasting red paper-cuts, wearing red clotches, hanging red lanterns, beating drums and gongs, and setting off firecrackers. That is why till today we can still see many people practising this custom.

2009's chinese cultural night @ INTI-nilai

This cultural nite is in 22.01.2009, which as I mention in the blog before, organized by the clubs in INTI college-Nilai. The event is very cool!! Beside that, it's also very interesting. Here is the program flow of the cultural nite:

7.00pm ----- Arrival of guests and students
7.05pm ----- National anthem and lion dance
7.25pm ----- Introduction by EMCEES
7.30pm ----- Opening Speeches by organizing chairperson & Dr.Lim Ho Peng
7.45pm ----- 24-solar drum performance by Chung Hua High School Solar Drum Team
7.55pm ----- Flute performance by Ms. Gao Jing (INTI student)
8.00pm ----- Street dance by MOTION ED (INTI students)
8.05pm ----- Wushu performance by Catholic High School students
8.15pm ----- "Cross-talk" by INTI students
8.20pm ----- Chinese orcheestra by Kajang Yu Hua High School
8.30pm ----- Solo performance by Lee Jaslin (INTI student)
8.35pm ----- Diabolo performance
8.55pm ----- dance by INTI DAC and friends (Baby Force)
9.00pm ----- flute duet
9.10pm ----- performance by INTI idol 2008 (Wu Jing Rui)
9.15pm ----- magic show by the I (INTI student)
9.20pm ----- chinese cultural dance by White Field Assembly Group
9.30pm ----- Street dance by EMCLC 316 THEATRE
9.40pm ----- duet by MC and OC
9.45pm ----- Cheque presentation ceremony
9.50pm ----- lucky draw
10.00pm ---- performance by Gan Wan Qian (Astro singing contest champion)
10.10pm ---- dragon dance by Selangor Hainam Association Dragon & lion dance troupe
10.25pm ---- performance by the organizing commitee
10.30pm ---- bye-

Of course the actual event is different from the program flow. The 24-solar drum is so cool.. Very" cool er.. Haha.. Most of it is actually so great. Some of the program that I like is 24-solar drums, motion dance, orchestra, diabolo, and lion dance. This is the first time I attent a Chinese cultural nite and unforgetable event.

新年到了

Yahh.. G kerasa, CNY dah dekat, hanya tinggal 5 hari lagi. Dan gw bakal balik ke indo dlm 3 hari.. hohoho... Gimana hari" menjelang CNY kalian? Seminggu sebelum CNY dsini rupanya lumayan rame. Ada parade, carnival, barbeque night, & cultural night. diadakan oleh 13th intima CCS (chinese cultural society) & STACT club.





Parade--20.01.09, 7pm-8pm, INTI-UC main street.
Carnival--20/21/22.01.09, 10am-4pm/7pm-9pm, SAO concourse/in front of MPH.
Barbeque night--21.01.09, 7pm, INTI-UC car park.
Cultural night--22.01.09, 6.30pm, MPH INTI-UC Nilai.



Yeah, w cuma ikutan parade xma cultural nightnya az. Ikutan Parade krn gratis n Cultural night krn tertarik. Hoho. Kalo carnival, hanya jual barang" yg berhubungan dgn CNY doank. Selain itu, Barbeque night di waktu yg hampir dekat dgn CNY?? Ngga de.. Thanx.. Mending ngga ikutan drpd sakit pas CNY.. Hehe..
Klo di carnivalnya, dijual barang" yang berhubungan dgn CNY dan China. Xpt pia, tang yuan, angpao, gantungan, sulaman khas China, dll, dsb de.. Oh ya, di dalam carnival juga dijual tiket buat Chinese Cultural Night.
Dlm parade, ad lion dance xma dewa rezeki (Chai Sen Ye). Dewa rezekinya gadungan sih.. haha.. Namanya juga acara yg dibuat para mahasiswa, jdi ya yg jadi pemerannya mahasiswa. Tuh semuanya dibuat sendiri.. Akhirnya gw sama tmn gw berfoto ma tuh chai sen gadungan. Wkwk. Dalam keadaan jelek tentunya, soalnya g tao mao foto sih.. Hehe.. Seru jg.. Gw nggak tao kalo pas CNY bakal diadain acara seperti ini. Not bad lar.. Dalam college yg xlalu dblg hutan ini.. Hehe.

the atmosphere of CNY in INTI-UC a week before



the parade car--use cart actually



the lion dance, which is famous in China & among chinese over the world



Chai Sen Ye, the god of fortune in China--of course the fake one.

IHRB LTC camp @ port dickson

Bcox da capek badan jasmani n rohani, selain itu jg mlex mikir buat translate, so kali ini gw bakal tulis dlm bhs kebangsaan qta, bhs Indonesia yg gaul.. Hehehe

Hr jumat, tgl 16, qta para floor rep dharuskan mengikuti IHRB LTC camp yg bkal diadakan di port dickson. -*IHRB=Inti Halls of Resident Board, LTC=Leadership Training Camp- Tuh org" kurang ajar de.. Mxa diharuskan ikut tp ngga dikasi tahu bakal kemana aja. Cuma bilang harus ngambil minimal 5 baju soalnya bakal basah"an. Akhirnya qta" pergi tanpa tahu apa".

Berangkatnya tuh jam 7 malem & sampe sana kira" udah jam 9.30 gt de.. Rupanya kita ke Port Dickson, dmana dnamakan kota pantai. Soalnya dikelilingi pantai sih.. Kita menetap di "kolej uniti" yang keadaannya benar" parah bgt.. Kul gw z dah dinamakan dlm hutan, eh, yang ini lbh dalem lg daripada hutan. Gile!! Di dalam kolej itu ada hutan & pantai. Hutan lipur pasir panjang namanya, tp gw lupa nanya apa nama pantainya.. Aduhh... Parah bgt de!!

Pertama", qta taruh bagasi dulu di dalam kamar, nama kamar yg gw tempati tuh Chalet Laksamana.. Lumayan keren de namanya.. Wkwk.. trux qta semua kumpul n maen game. Game-nya tuh kyk game anak". Oper telor..!! Kalo musiknya pas berhenti di tempat u, kena tantangan de.. Ad yg hrs jd Mr.Bean menari, nangis 3 gaya.. Pokoknya jayus de.. Bix tu, kira" jam 12 malem, qta semua masuk ke dalam hutan, tanpa senter, tanpa handphone, tanpa penerangan. Bayangkan aj de gmn tuh!! Qta dsuru jalan dengan tutup mata & hanya mengandalkan tali, hanya jalan memutar karena tidak tahu apa-apa. Pokoknya cape bgt.!! belum menyelesaikan kompetisi, qta smua dsuru berhenti n buka penutup mata. Ehh.... rupanya semuanya berada di tempat yang sama..!! Sama" tersesat.. Haha.. Akhirnya qta semua dipandu keluar dr hutan & dberi tahu knapa berhenti. Rupanya ada pohon yang mao tumbang, jadi demi keselamatan kita semua, dihentikan deh permainannya. Trux qta semua boleh balik ke chalet & tidur. Tp taulah cew.. Bergosip ria sampe jam 2 pagi baru bobo, padahal jam 6 harus sudah bangun lagi.. Parahh"... Dsr cew.. Wkwk.

Hari kedua, qta semua kumpul jam 6.30 pagi buat senam. Gile boq.. Senamnya keren e.. Senam anak smp.. Haha... Dah lama nga senam jadinya pada kacau. Stlh senam slama 30 minit, qta sarapan. Sarapannya, sumpe boq.. Bihun goreng yg keras bgt!! Jdnya g selera makan de..

Bix makan, qta smua ke pantai. Tuh jam 8.30 klo g salah. Qta dsuru buat rakit sendiri, hanya dalam waktu stengah jam. Trux qta harus lomba rafting n ngambil bendera. Awal"nya pada semangat, tp begitu nga sampe" ke tempat benderanya, smuanya pada kehilangan semangat de.. Rupanya, anginnya besar bgt n buat rakit kita hanyut. Qta dsuru berhenti n balik ke darat de.. Tp, e khi be tui pula.. Pulang pun nga sampe" ke daratnya.. Parahh bgttt!! Akhirnya krn ombaknya yg besar, rakit qta ditarik sama motor boat. Gw jd pusing & mual" gara" tuh ombak sialan.. Begitu sampe darat, gw langsung pulang, take a bath & bobo de.. Soalnya sakit kpala sampe g tahan bgt!! Bix istirahat bentar, dsuru lunch.. Tp untung makananny lumayan enak xkrg.. Jdnya perut gw g kosong de.. Bix tu mereka msuk hutan lagi & main war zone. Berhubung gw nga enak badan, bix makan gw balik kamar n bobo lg.. Hohoho... Eh, pas mereka pulang, pada kotor" semua, gile!! Asli maen lumpur boq.. Untung gw g ikutan.. Thanx god!! Ad lg yg seluruh tangannya bentolan gara" digigit nyamuk ganas hutan.. Kcian de.. Haha..

Setelah istirahat, qta semua makan malem jam 8, bix makan malem ke pantai lagi buat maen game n buat api unggun sampe jam 10. Trux qta jj ke tmpt jual burger n balik jam 11.30 & lgsung blik kamar, bergosip ria.. Finally, krn boxen d dlm kamar, w ma tmn" keluar n ngeliat bintang. Gilee.... Tuh bintang rasanya cuma beberapa meter di hadapan kita.. Deket bgt coyy.. Pas waktu itu, ad rasi scorpio n sagitarius.. Sayang nga difoto. Ckckckck.. Stlh puas ngeliat bintang, qta balik kamar n bobo.
Finnally, last day, sunday. Paginya bangun jam 8.30. Pada terlambat semua, pdhal seharusnya kumpul jam 8. Cew ma cow rupanya sama aja.. Bangunnya terlambat 30 menit. Emang lar.. Bix tu sarapan nasi lemak. Stidaknya lbh enak dr sarapan kmarin. Jam 10, ke meeting room denger Dr.Siah ceramah. Pokoknya lumayan asik de.. G nyesel jg.. Hehe.. & plus 1 thing.. I have more friends. Hohoho...

-INTI new bus- (+ for INTI, x for laureate, bcom *for the new INTI)

-roadway 2 port dickson at about 7.30 pm-

-our chalet, 10 people livin 2gether, only girls chalet-
-chalet name, my chalet.. hehe-
-bed in the chalet, the one i'm slepping on, down side er--the sofa in the chalet, where we gossiping-

-beach view from the chalet in the mornink-
-from the chalet, spotting the crew cabin-
-the beach, private one er..-
-rafting view(xorry, too small, my HP cannot zoom.. haixzz)- -the fire camp on seaside--the meeting room in uniti college-

back 2 college

new year, new semester, new class, new subject..
but still the same college..
actually, inti's share has been half bought by Laureate..
never heard huh??
this is also my 1st time hear this name.
now, inti's name also change..
inti university college-Laureate international universities
what a long name..
but all still the same, just the requirements are more higher than b4..
hohoho...

one good news..!!
I've pass all my subject, but only average lah..
haha...
not bad for me..
i'll study more harder this time..
so, go n got at least B..!!