I went to the other site to look for political-related posts and I really have to leave it for good now that I nuked my account and can’t say anything. No point fuming over something you can’t react to. Really feels like the demographics are changing once people leave for Lemmy. Time to swear off that site for good!
I’ve been testing a few Lemmy clients on iOS and although I still mostly use the mobile webpage as the beta apps are buggy/lacks features, some of them are looking quite nice, like Bean:
Still haven’t receive a testing link for Artemis though.
I otoh am [still] looking for a passable lemmy desktop client. I really wanted crossposting to pop a modal dialog instead of going to a new page. Also the ability to switch between accounts, or better yet, viewing 2 instances side by side, as right now there’s a lot of horizontal dead space. I might cook up my own [i]frame html setup but too lazy lah.
On my phone, stock is passable. Don’t want it to be too nice else I become addicted.
caught up with my HS friend, and we talked about a local YB that hired a PR agency to manage his schedule.
Bro had everything planned - including what to say, where to show up, what to wear, what colour to wear, what hairstyle, what type of food to eat and what not.
The example he gave was : 12pm, wear this colour, this style of shirt and eat laksa at this very specific joint…
next time you see YBs eating at your local joint macam very relatable to your daily routine, it could very well be a choreographed act lol…
Finally able to register to this - for some reason, can’t register via Safari on my iPad
Snap poll for the non-muslims:
Do/did you think raya is the Muslim new year? 😂 Asking because damn, after leaving school and the mandatory maal hijrah stuff, I don’t think I’ve ever celebrated Awwal Muharram (today!!) in any big way. No wonder if ppl thought raya is new year.
I think many are aware now, but it was indeed a widely held misconception that Raya is the New Year among the Chinese. In fact, even till now Raya is sometimes referred as Malay New Year (the literal translation of 馬來新年) in the Chinese speaking community, though not officially, but common enough to keep the misconception alive.
One of the reasons might be that for the Chinese people, the New Year (Spring Festival) is generally the most important - thus most greatly celebrated - occasion in a year. And as we observe how Raya is celebrated, especially in relative to other occasions, it’s perhaps not too surprising that we assume the same it is for the Malay/Muslim as well.
Indeed some Chinese have the same misconception about Deepavali with the Hindus.
And I think in general we’re doing better now, including in education - sad to say, but I don’t remember my teachers (in SMJK) bothered to teach or clarify this with us when we’re growing up (another reason the misunderstanding was rife) . But I think many Chinese are more respectful in this regard today.
- sad to say, but I don’t remember my teachers (in SMJK) bothered to teach or clarify this with us when we’re growing up (another reason the misunderstanding was rife) .
So much this. Apparently some teachers don’t encourage the students to ask questions. I was flipping out when I heard about this.
Oh no worries - I remember feeling so surprised… Then I observed how low-key ours is… 😂
even in Sarawak, Gawai (which is technically Harvest festival) is known as Indigenous New Year 土著/拉子新年
Yup, Chinese do a big celebration during CNY. When Malays and Indians have big celebrations for hari raya and deepavali, it’s assumed those are their new years. Some older Chinese folks (especially those who didn’t attend school much) simply refer to Raya and Deepavali as Malay people new year and Indian people new year.
I had that assumption maybe till schooling age.
Is it not :o
Because to me chinese, cny is the biggest celebration and Raya Aidilfitri share very similar traits
Sorry me ignorant 🙈
