{"id":100,"date":"2007-03-12T00:33:02","date_gmt":"2007-03-11T16:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2007-07-19T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2007-07-19T08:01:27","slug":"im-drowning-please-save-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"I’m Drowning, please save the earth! \/ Muar Mandarin (\u9ebb\u5761\u7684\u534e\u8bed)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m drowning. Please save the earth. Stop global warming!<\/p>\n

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Speaking of drowning, I just realize that I’m also drowning under the immense amount of work that piled up this month. I mean this is serious case – 5 concerts, 4 music arrangements, 3 vendor product evaluation, 2 internal tool roll-out and 1 R&D project all to be done by the end of March, otherwise someone is not going to be happy. So stressed that I decided to take tonight off to scribble on ReCom<\/a>, install some wordpress plugins<\/a>, build myself some rudimentary photo flipper (not ready) so that I can start the long scheduled migration of all photos onto flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alright, since we have kimili installed, I can now post videos quickly. Let’s look at the most recent Malaysian phenomena: Muar’s Mandarin (\u9ebb\u5761\u7684\u534e\u8bed)! For the benefit of all the non-Mandarin speaking friends, I think this is an important enough video for me to translate the whole thing into English. I’ll also try to use proper English for the benefit of all humanity, but you’ll have to learn some by the end of this ok?<\/p>\n

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Introduction<\/strong>
\nI’m not a hip-hop guy (hip-hop kaki)
\nBut I want to use the power of hip-hop
\nTo let you understand my feeling
\nI’m not a fucking pussy
\nBut I want to let you know
\nMy Turbo<\/em> is very powerful
\nSo I want you right here, sit down quietly
\nFinish listening to me rapping this song:<\/p>\n

I originate from Muar
\nStay in a small road opposite Wetex<\/a>
\nWhere you can find many Hainan aunties
\nBut there’s no coffee (kopi)<\/p>\n

This place is not very big
\nIt’s a small town from the big road to the 6th road as well as Khalidi road
\nForeigners in Muar find it interesting
\nBecause the Muar accent is damn orthodox and damn powerful
\nA class of its own and a mixture of many other things<\/p>\n

Other than the 3 major races and the Bengali race (Mangkali)
\nThere’s also an international foreign labour force congregating here around nearby industrial parks
\nWhen it’s Sunday, these foreign labourers will all gather in town
\nClimb up the stairs to find whores and buy pirated VCD
\nIf not, they will be hugging each other doing dick things
\nYou’ll hear many sounds and accent
\nSome of their looks are long, and it feels a bit eery (geli)<\/p>\n

But what stands out to be Muar’s unique representative character is still, Muar’s Mandarin
\nBecause the way Muar people talk damn weird<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/strong>
\nMuar’s Mandarin
\nI’m deeply satisfied with it
\nIf you’re not happy with that
\nI’ll show you my middle finger
\nI don’t like to put up a serious face
\nI feel that I’m awesome
\nBecause everything my mouth utters
\nIs Muar’s Mandarin<\/p>\n

Life here is simple
\nWhen one is idle one goes to stir kopi
\nFeed monkeys at [Taman] Tanjung [Emas] or fish at Muar bridge
\nThere’s very few Taxis
\nBut there are many aunties breastfeeding their babies<\/p>\n

I bring you to disco
\nYou’ll find many little little things
\nIf you eat it I guarantee that you’ll shake till the wee-hours
\nAnd still can go to have dim-sum in the morning
\nAs well as go to Tanjung to do Taichi with old folks<\/p>\n

Language doesn’t have any accuracy, only localization
\nI don’t believe you understand this rational
\nOtherwise why would you go to KL (Kuala Lumpur)
\nTo learn the fad in speaking Cantonese
\nAnd think that you’re so great? (echo<\/em>: fuck you)
\nYou should have some self-esteem and self-respect
\nDon’t be afraid that your own culture doesn’t have any precise definition<\/p>\n

Teochew Kuay Teow
\nHokkien Fried Noodle
\nThis is our style, our definition [of the dish]
\nSay it out loud
\nThis is Muar’s Mandarin<\/p>\n

(repeat chorus x 2)<\/p>\n

If you come here to Muar
\nDon’t be surprised when you see a lot of [Proton] Wira driving here and there
\nIt’s not due to a lack of creativity
\nOnly because Wira is cheap
\nAnd is easy to sell when you’re switching to another car
\nThis is our practical, rational and patriotic intention
\nDon’t be suspicious, don’t hide here and there
\nListen up, I’m talking about you!<\/p>\n

At 11pm at night there’s another weird scene
\nWhere you’ll find many transvestite (Ah Gua) standing on the road side seducing you with a kiss
\nThey dress up very sexily
\nBecause they want to do your business
\nBut for some of them, their legs are so thick that they can go kick penalty [shots in football]
\nThey have breast and balls
\nSome of these Ah Gua even have their dick stand up
\nIf you stop [your car], they will negotiate a price with you
\nIf you reject, they will say you have no balls<\/p>\n

You can I’m Chinese pig (Cina Babi)
\nIt’s you that’s “peanut paste glutinous rice pussy bowl” (pantat mangkuk kuih koci) (!?!?)
\nThis small town is built by Chinese
\nIf you are extraordinary
\nThen don’t just make milk tea
\nIf you want me to say that you’re great
\nThen go to Parit Bakar to make furniture<\/p>\n

(repeat chorus x4)<\/p>\n

Muar’s Mandarin
\nYo Yo<\/p>\n

Ok stop stop…<\/p>\n

(please help correct any mistakes I make – kudos to the team that put up this clip again)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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