About Me
- Ng Chan Chiew
- At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography.
I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000.
When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.
My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.
Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
THE BABA AND NYONYA CULTURE OF MALAYSIA.
The Baba and Nyonya Peranakan culture of Malaysia can be traced back to the 15th and 16th century. It was during this time that the famous Chinese admiral, Cheng Ho, visited the Nasuntara with his fleet. With the arrival of Princess Hang Li Poh in Malacca, the Chinese population here increased. These early arrivals intermarried with the locals, adopted and assimilated some of the cultures into their own to form what is now known as the Peranakan culture.Many of these early arrivals plus quite a number of later imigrants to the colonised S.E.Asia became so assimilated that they speak a mixture of local and Chinese dialects. Today, many of these Peranakan can be found in what was once called the Straits Settlement states of Penang, Malacca and Singapore.
(All photographs shown here were posed by members of the Baba and Nyonya Association of Penang, Malaysia.)
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