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We can’t avoid talking about the ghost festival. This time we focus on when and how people offer food for the hungry ghosts. What are the things we do and shouldn’t do during this period.

I started the show by addressing the issue that several listeners of ours raised. Recently, more and more of our guests are using some very inconsiderate racist and derogative terms for other ethnic groups. I voiced my own opinion on how I am completely against this kind of language. I don’t disagree that racial discrimination from all sides are still there. But being racist and calling people names aren’t the solutions.

On a lighter note, I would like to invite all of you to join me along with a few other members of the panel to talk about podcasting this coming Sunday, August 29, 2010 from 2PM to 3:30PM. Butterworth Megamall Public Bookstore.
I’ll be waking up in the middle of the night to talk to you all live, I hope you’ll go support this event and spread the word about podcasting.

《Podcast 网络电台分享会》的详情：
日期：29-08-2010 
时间：2.00pm-3.30pm  
地点：北海Megamall大众书局
嘉宾：寂寞老师/槟城福建主持人-John Ong（视讯）/糊涂侠客/钪凯

节目内容：来自槟城福建的主持人向来都是幽默有趣，槟城福建也因此而在网络上红了起来，该节目已经做了四年，这次难得远在美国的他愿意透过视讯来和大家分享他的心路历程，因此希望大家可以到场支持！

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Michael Churchman is back to share his research and knowledge about the various tones in Hokkien.

You will find both his pieces about how to write Hokkien with roman alphabets (Pe·h-oa-ji 白话字) and his latest addition — Hokkien Tones, on the top right corner of Penang Hokkien Podcast website.

I hope you will find this as interesting and worthwhile as I do.

(Also, please send a thank-you note/comment to Michael for taking the time to generously share his knowledge with us)

I had a nice chat with a Penang-born Singaporean author. She explained how she started writing and discussed about her books.

Listen to this show (link to Ongline #364 Author Joan), it’s really interesting.

It also sets up for next week’s show where she will be talking about her love for Penang, Balik Pulau, siput, and more.

Date: August 14, 2010
Time: Starting from 9PM
Topics:

1. Poh Toh. Ghost festival.
2. Gu Leng. Milk.
3. Lui. Money.
4. Ghost Stories

Please leave a comment if you want to join as a guest for any of the shows.

Leave your Skype ID, nickname, and the topic(s) of your choice in the comment area. Be sure to be in a relatively quiet environment and have a pair of headphones (you need to be wearing your headphones during the recording).

Hope to see you on Saturday, either as a guest or as a live show listener.

Yes, some people actually ENJOY cleaning up the house. I hate it. I’m sure some of you are the same as me, and some actually enjoy cleaning the house. Do you like cleaning the toilet? I actually enjoy cleaning toilet. Share the chores that you like and hate.

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Sometimes people do stupid and brainless things, and sometimes we do exactly the same things. What annoys you and what that you do that annoys others. That’s what we talked about this week. Share your bo akai stories in the comments area.

Here’s the information about the bloggers’ meet-up.

博.爱博客聚

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You have either gotten one or more. Or coming close to getting one. Or more likely than not for Malaysian, you probably “paid” your way out of it. I’m talking about a summon. More specifically a traffic or parking summons. Listen to my guests experience. How they get in and out of their samban.

Question: Do we actually write “Samban” in Chinese? I have seen “三万“ but not sure if it’s actually used?

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