The life and mind of Adeline Ong

Currently, I am compiling a list of words which end with “IST” that best describes me…
The following are:

a Buddhist/Taoist – The lines blurs when it comes to religion but I am not confused. Yes, my faith is a fusion of both culture and religion. Does that make me a bad person?

Well… I would love to explain the rest but that is just typical isn’t it? I mean we all expect to be spoon fed all the information….

However, since you are reading this, I will safely assume that you have the means of accessing the wonderful, invention called the internet. So let’s get surfing people, go and find the definitions to the following terms that describes yours truly….

OK, here we go again…

I am…

a Feminist
a Realist
a Reluctant Pacifist,
an Anti-Racist,
a Monogamist,
a somewhat Nihilist,
a lost cause Activist,
an Artist,
a Dramatist,
a Columnist,
a future Alternative Therapist
a wannabe Philanthropist…

And I would appreciate you coming up with any words that ends with ‘IST’ that is relevant to my mortal being.

Non- ‘IST’ description of me, are…

My Chinese Horoscope is the DOG.

You Are a German Shepherd Puppy

Intelligent, quick witted, and a bit aggressive. You’ve got the jaw power to take a bite out of anyone you choose.

My Western Horoscope is Leo

You are 60% Leo

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Sunday! 29 October 2006 ~ 10am-8pm at Upper Penang Road

PENANG’S NEW HAPPENING PLACE – CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES – LIVE MUSIC – ARTS & CRAFTS MARKET – TRADITIONAL TRADES – CHARITY CRAFTS – CLOTHES – JEWELLERY – HERITAGE FOOD – ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

ARTS & CRAFTS AT LITTLE PENANG!
Sunday, 27 Aug, 10am-6pm, Upper Penang Road
Made-in-Penang, made-in-Malaysia

Traditional Trades & Ethnic Crafts
• Labu sayung and hand woven mats from Kuala Kangsar
• Beaded shoes
• Hand-painted Batik
• Rattan craft
• Silverware
• Clogs
• Wayang kulit
• Henna art
• Dough figurines & animals

Emerging new crafts
• Wood & bamboo carving
• Seashell art
• Patchwork batik quilts & bags
• Hand-made dolls & teddy bears
• Rattan baskets & handicrafts
• Ikebana & floral art
• Ornamental Frames
• Coconut craft
• Tote bags

Clothes
• Batik wear & sarong
• Silk-screened T-shirts – Mobrand teen fashion
• Vintage bridal clothing

Contemporary design crafts
• Jonathan Yun makes exquisite jewellery inspired by natural and coral forms.
• Fuan Wong, an international artist who works with fused glass

Jewellery
• Beaded jewellery by Pamela Ong
• Hand-made jewellery, featuring silver, Swarovski crystals and beads
• Pearls, wooden beads and alphabet beads

Home decoration
• Stained glass

Health Products
• Kak Sa’s natural home remedies – neem products
• Virgin olive oil & natural honey

Art
• Portraits by Rashid
• Calligraphy by Ng Chai Tiam
• Chinese painting vignettes

Charities
• Community Works
• St. Nicholas
• Penang Goal
• Eden Handicapped
• National Stroke Society of Malaysia

Speciality & Heritage Food
• Lemang & Serunding – back by popular demand!
• Rempeyek
• Eurasian cakes & chutney
• Chinese desserts
• Delicious home-made bread & cakes!
• Chocolate fountain – dip a strawberry into flowing chocolate!
• Soya yoghurt and home-made fruit yoghurt
• Penang Hill chicken pie

Antiques & Collectibles
Teresa Capol, Clara Chan, Peter Loh, David Teoh

CHILDREN’s ACTIVITIES
For young tots, drawing & painting on recycled paper bags
For teenagers and adults – take part in the clog-painting competition!

LIVE MUSIC at LITTLE PENANG!

Sorry! Our performance area at Cocos is now closed for renovations, as the place it will be reopened as ‘Momos’! There will be no bands in October, but the bands will back in November. In the meantime, we will welcome street baskers, just come along and play and put out your hat!

Little Penang is organised by a group of Penang people who care about
keeping Penang culturally vibrant. It aims to provide a regular market-place
and platform for Penang-based talents in arts and crafts, design and music.
Be a part of Little Penang!

These are vids that V made for his production class.

I will refrain from commenting on these because I always have comments on every aspect that will tear people to shreds. Then again, I do not like people ripping my work to shreds. Anyhow, there is still a lot to improve but just watch how USM students do filming…

Enjoy

I have been fascinated by Tarot cards for as long as I could remember. My siblings and I were into a lot of weird stuff.

It wasn’t until I was 12-13 that we stumbled upon the I-Ching. We began to do predictions. From there I moved on to reading up on Witchcrafts and astrology. At 14, I met another enthusiast whose grandmother is a medium. We shared a lot of things in common. Anyway, through the discussions, my mind broaden.

By the age of 16-17, I bought my first pack of Tarot cards. Currently I own 4 packs but use only one for actual reading. I also have a mini Ouija board and a Mind board (Though I know how to make one from a piece of paper and a coin), a Mini I-Ching with 3 coins and dice.

I wanted to take a degree in this line but I doubt it will bring me any good. The degree is so rare. My current degree is not helping either.

Anyway, it is said not many people can read the cards right. I can but I hardly do it anymore ever since I predicted a friend’s early death circa 5 years ago.

Yes, I still do it on special occasions. But the only funny thing is, I cannot read my own future. That is one of the unwritten rule for a tarot reader.

I will go and check out websites that offer free reading and the following is one of it.

You Are Death

You symbolize the end, which can be frightening. But you also symbolize the immortality of the soul. You represent transformation, rebirth of a new life. Sweeping away the past is part of this card, as painful as it may be. Your fortune: Don’t worry, this card does not predict death itself. Instead it foreshadows the ending of an era of your life, one that is hard to let go of. But with the future great new things will come, and it’s time to embrace them. Mourn for a while, but then face the future with humility and courage.

At times, I do wish I was dead or the person who is giving me the most grief is dead.

Honestly, I think I jinxed my friend. It is a jinx so bad that hundreds of thousands maybe even millions of people saw it…

No. I did not put a hex on him or went down to Thailand to get the most potent spell. (If I ever did want to get a spell, I prefer made in Malaysian ones… Wait a minute, why am I talking about this irrelavent matter?)

This is what went down…

My childhood friend was on this reality dating game show/competition. I found it hillarious that he would even join such a thing but well he did. Anyway, this is what happened. My brother had told me about this lovey dovey reality show for a while now but I was never too bothered to watch it. I was usually busy or I totally forgot about it.

Anyway, for some weird reason, I remembered that it was on tonight and asked my mum to join me watching it. My mum and I have not seen him since his family relocated down south. Throughout the show, I could not keep a straight face watching it because it was just too weird. I knew him since we were in diapers for crying out loud. Now he is plastered on my idiot box, competing for love?? Weird is not even a proper word to describe it… I am so speechless I cannot find the proper word to elaborate further.

But today proved to be the first and last time I will be watching it. (Unless the final episod brings all the former contestants back) He got ELIMINATED!!!!!

Isn’t it weird? The day I chose to actually watch him on it, was his last?? Oh dear, me! Have I jinxed him by watching it? I believe so…

Well, before I end today’s entry. This is my two cents…

He is a nice kid but placed at the wrong place, at the wrong time and with the wrong people. So sad that most of Malaysia will be judging him based on a few ‘reality’ tv hours. Honestly, he is not like that, I should know.

But if anyone gets any freakish idea that I might date him, needs to get their heads back to reality. This not some soap opera or tv drama serial where childhood friends become lovers and live happily ever after. Yes, hopefuls will go, “But then again…”

OK, I am cannot predict the future. But at the moment, he is the older brother I never had.