PGHK #159 Tiong Guan Chaek (中元节)
Continue to vote for your favorite episode. If you haven’t listened to any of the twenty shows, just type the episode number into the search field on the right.
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(((DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE)))PGHK #158 Moh Xin 3 Ni
Guests: Oh so many!
We continue to chat with more old and new listeners of Penang Hokkien Podcast.
Find more about our long time listener, but he is too young to join. And introducing some new listeners.
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite episode of PHGK.
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PGHK #157 Xiao 3 Ni
Guests: Oh so many!
Special thanks to WiwiWawa for the special 3 year anniversary song. Check out his own podcast, Lonely Classroom 寂寞教室。
Xiao 3 Ni. Crazy for 3 years. Yes, that’s how long we have laughed together.
Let the celebrations begin!
Instead of having a topic, this week, I decided to turn on the microphones and call anyone who wants to join. You’ll hear stories from old kaki and new kaki, but all kapsters!
Thank you for all your support, old and new listeners alike. WIthout you, Penang Hokkien Podcast cannot stay alive. I really want you to have fun and while having fun appreciating our unique and witty heritage, the Penang Hokkien dialect.
Please vote for your favorite show from the nominated 20 shows. I’ll officially announce the winner in September.
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Anniversary Recordings this Saturday! Don’t miss it.
To celebrate 3 years of PGHK, we are going to have the first of our anniversary recordings. This whole month will be anniversary month.
In order to have as many people as possible on the show, you don’t have to sign up for any topic. If you’d just show up to https://PenangHokkien.com or https://live.PenangHokkien.com (only active during scheduled recording time) to join in the fun. Give me your Skype ID, and I’ll call you up. You can also leave them in the comment area here.
Topics will be announced on the day of the recording.
I will also announce the winner episodes of the top 10 PGHK shows. Please nominate before I close down the poll.
Come back and join the fun on:
August 2, 2008.
Saturday
Starting at 9PM.
PGHK #156 Pang Sai Chuah
This post should have the corrected audio file. Thanks for letting me know about the missing chunk in the middle. It was a technical issue that happened during the upload.
Guests: Motoleng, Wiwiwawa, Lau Sai & Jepun Kia
When you think that we are out of topics, well, think again. I bet you have not seen this very often on any other radio stations or TV stations. We are talking about toilet paper!
Listen to our guests sharing their tips on wiping and their favorite brands of toilet paper. But of course, there are a lot more than that. Whether or not you care to know, we are presenting them to you with our regular craziness.
Anniversary Recording
Just a quick note to let all of you know that I am planning to kick off our anniversary month with the first set of recording on Saturday, August 2, 2008. Starting at 9PM.
I will post topics later.
PGHK #155 Kaeh Loh Pni Bae Tape
Guests: Xiao Kia, Lau Sai, Motoleng, WIwiwawa & Ong Boh Neoh Neoh
Welcome to all the Star readers and Hua Hee Dai viewers.
This week we are going down memory lane and talk about the good old days where we used to buy cassette tapes on the streets. Techniques on fixing your broken tapes. And all sorts of fun old times cassettes. I don’t even know if the younger generations have much experience with the good old days of cassettes, pre-CDs.
Whether you were one of us or too young to know about cassettes, you’ll certainly enjoy our crazy and fun chats.
If you want to be a guest of the show, you just have to come here to PenangHokkien.com every day to check. I will post the next recording date in the next two weeks. Come back and check on the details.
Embracing our own heritage and culture
Since the first episode until this week’s 154th show, I only have one goal in mind. That’s having fun while we use our beloved Penang Hokkien dialect. When I started this website, there were no other media at all that utilize Penang Hokkien dialect as the main communication language/dialect. The closest are the southern Malaysian style Hokkien or Taiwanese. I have always dreamt of doing radio or TV shows in my very own dialect that I use every single day. Not a “proper” Hokkien used elsewhere. It is “proper” to me if it is what I use since childhood.
The author Tan Choon Hoe (also a listener) recently released a new book that touched on this very topic. I agree with him that if we don’t do something now, we may actually lose our own dialect. We tend to not appreciate the goodness that is right in front of our eyes. Gems that glitter day in and day out next to us are treated as road side rocks.
My role as a web savvy thirty something year old, plus a bit of a joker since I was a child, is to take the dialect and put it to use in a very unique and high tech way so that I’m attracting not only those who appreciate the dialect, but those who are rediscovering the dialect through the marvel of technology and internet. In addition, I find humor to be a good way of encouraging the usage of Penang Hokkien without any extra effort. I guarantee you, after listening to several of the shows here and especially if you have been on Penang Hokkien Podcast as a special guest, we call it “tet pet keh pin”, you will surely have a different appreciation of our witty and rich dialect of Penang Hokkien. Not just any other Hokkien, but one that is uniquely formed here in Penang and the northern region of Malaysia.
Below is the article that the Star published today, and I chimed in my two cents when the Star reporter, Christina Chin asked me about my opinion regarding Penang Hokkien dialect and its possibly dwindling popularity.
Read the article from the Stare here.
(Thanks to Bekembak for the link)
Thanks to listener Loo K.C. for the scan.
PGHK #154 Na Si Bo Lang Cai
Guests: Jepun Lau Ee, Lau Sai & Xiao Kia
Do you ever wonder what other people do when they are alone? Do you ever suspect that someone is watching you pick your nose when nobody is around? What do you do when you know there’s no one around you? That’s exactly what we’re talking about. As you can imagine, the honest and straight forward discussions is going to cause some big laughs. I hope you’ll enjoy. Tell us your own secrets that you do when you’re alone in the comment area.
Penang Hokkien Top 10 nomination
As we are gearing up for our 3rd anniversary on August 18, actually, the whole month of August is Penang Hokkien month, I’d like to invite you to suggest some show titles for me.
I ask that you suggest 2 shows of your likings in the forum. I will compile a list of those shows and put it on a special Penang Hokkien Top 10 Shows page. I think it would be great to use those 10 shows to promote Penang Hokkien Podcast.
And as we welcome Hua Hee Dai’s audience to our site, that might be a good guide for those who are interested in checking out the older shows.
Click here to nominate for 2 of your favorite shows.
If you have not registered at the forum, or choose not to do so, you can leave your nominations here in the comments area. Thanks.
