Is Your Sunday Longer Than Your Monday?

2007-03-29T08:31:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time, when scooters were in vogue and P.Ramlee ruled the airwaves, this phrase was coined to courteously point out that one’s petticoat was showing beneath one’s skirt, which was considered vulgar more than a fashion faux pas….

Now, fast forward to the 21st century,…… when scooters are still in vogue and god knows who rules the airwaves, showing off one’s decorative bra-straps, fanciful panties beneath a very low hipster pants, or even the word ‘Calvin Klein’ seen on the tip of the underwear is considered ‘fashionable’. Manners? That is no longer an issue.

And thus, the trend has come a full circle and what was once taboo is now fashionable. Amazing how fashion changes the world, isn’t it?

Sarung Cempedak or Cempedak Long in Hokkien...A tip from mom

2007-03-29T06:59:00.000-07:00

It was on one of those slow, hot Sunday afternoon when I found myself curled up in my family couch, mesmerized by the rhythmic overhead fan and pondering on what to write for my first blog... when mom, who had been swatting flies the whole day long from her beloved kopi-o, suddenly and inexplicably, commented that it’s such an eyesore seeing someone in Cempedak Long or Sarung Cempedak….My! What a way to describe a dress sense!

It seems that when the cempedak begins to ripe, the planters have to wrap each of these heavenly fruit in a casing or a ‘sarung’ made of palm leaves. The fruit will continue to grow while the ‘sarung’ stays the same and eventually, there comes a time when the fruit outgrows the sarung.

And so, if someone were to say you look like a Cempedak Long, it is really not so flattering as it literally means your clothes are bursting at the seams! So beware!

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Is Your Sunday Longer Than Your Monday?

Sarung Cempedak or Cempedak Long in Hokkien...A tip from mom