{"id":140,"date":"2007-02-20T03:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laimayleng.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2007-02-20T03:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T03:56:00","slug":"let-the-blessing-speaks-for-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/let-the-blessing-speaks-for-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the blessing speaks for itself"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the time of the year where I brace my face, anchor it with shields and ungracefully tear my dignity apart to greet my elder relatives “Gong Xi Fa Cai!”. Why do I proclaim my dignity that low ? Well, it’s merely to maintain the tradition of receiving red packets, known as “ang pau<\/a>“. These aren’t just red packets. Its packets filled with money. Some generous ringgit I must say received by some lucky ones while there are still a handful receiving the miserable Rm2 in a gigantic red packet.<\/p>\n

The tradition of giving out red packets in the Chinese society indicates a blessing from the elders to the young ones. It is also a sign of good fortune, wealth, health and prosperity. Only the married ones are allowed to give out such blessings to the younger generation. As for me, I take this opportunity to weigh my standing position in my companion’s parents. This is a very simple test; works well for the unmarried Chinese couple. A little secret, a devious experiment on my ang pau<\/a> collection. I will reveal it all now. <\/div>\n

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If you are constantly worried about what your future in-laws think of you, fret, no less. No more trivial question to your better half “Do you think your parents like me ?”<\/div>\n
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You can pretty much gauge your value in the opposing family with the ang pau <\/a>money received from them. If you received less money than the blessing received from his\/her own parents; you are deem still an outsider in the family. On the other hand, if you have received more or the same amount as your companion, my hearty congratulations to you; you are part of the family. <\/div>\n
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As ridicule as this test may seem, I believe this simple test has its significance. People say, “action speaks louder than words”. In this case in point, I say “money speaks louder than words”. <\/div>\n
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Wanna know who’s the “boss” of the family you need to kiss ass with ? Well, stay tune for my next crackling “wisdom”. <\/div>\n
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It’s the time of the year where I brace my face, anchor it with shields and ungracefully tear my dignity apart to greet my elder relatives “Gong Xi Fa Cai!”. Why do I proclaim my dignity that low ? Well, it’s merely to maintain the tradition of receiving red packets, known as “ang pau“. These […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-in-a-days-work","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laimayleng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}