TFv01 CH 21 reaeden (annotated)

Annotations for raeden, the twenty-first chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 518

**Deadmau5**

The Veldt (open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa). The song is based off a short story by Ray Bradbury named The Veldtor also known as The world that the children made.In the story, two children solve their disappointment with their
parents by escaping to a simulated grassland that proves all too real

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**kay**

very

**world cup parakeet**

Mani the
parakeet (hatched 1997), also called Mani the parrot, is a Malaysian-born
rose-ringed parakeet who resides in Singapore. He has been an astrologer
"assistant" to M. Muniyappan since 2005. Mani became a celebrity in
Singapore, and later internationally, when he picked the correct winners for
all of the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final ties, as well as the Spain-Germany
semi-final

**bangla**

citizens of Bangladesh

**munjen**

Tamil for "yellow", term used for Chinese people

**thambi**

a Tamil person

**angmoh**

Caucasians

**old** **sagsack mats**

old malay muslims with saggy testicles. Mat - Malay male. Typically Malay males are given the prefix names of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. The Malays tend to shorten their called names to the last pronounceable syllable

**chia lat**

terrible, or cannot make it, for example, this person is
very chia lat, cannot even pass his basic exams, it means, he really is
terrible or cannot make it. In the Hokkien language, which is another
dialect in Chinese, it means "Eat Strength"

**hor**

"Ohhhhh". Usually used when someone give you some revelation, and it's just dawning on you

**hope**

catching something,
usually, but not always, unpleasant. “Wah lau, I kena arrow this type of
 kang tao hor wa hope tio, ah!!!" ("My goodness, why am I being given a
task like this?")

**tio**

"got
 it!" or "correct!" Suggests hitting the target or achieving something,
usually but not necessarily pleasant

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**kiasu**

"afraid of losing";

**lembek**

limp, flaccid or physically weak (at knees)

**nongsngse**

"nonsense"

**我应助其子乎?**

I should help his son peace? - I should help his son down?

**汝可知吾已存无事?**

You can see I have saved nothing?

**你有我**.

You saved me.

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**吾知汝之性善.**

I do not know your goodness

**meng kia, long tio ooh siah**

literally meaning, "Don't be scared. If
 it hits, there'll be a sound." An exhortation to do things boldly.

**kar-kar lai**

come forward bravely

***it's not much of a life you're living . . .***

Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko

**wah lau**

"oh my goodness", "wow", or "damn!"

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**sial lah**

exclamation of surprise

**siam ah**

Get out of the way!

**gah neh nah**

?" Neh nah gah" is nigerian for emergency (this may be what is meant)??

**alamak**

dismay, surprise or alarm

**untahanable**

unbearable

## Page 523

beginning of a flashback, we'll be back with tian li on page 536

**wah lan eh**

"oh my goodness", "wow", or "damn!"

**arbuthen**

"of course" or "duh!". "Ah then?"

**sian**

boredom, weariness, frustration and emptiness. The English equivalent would be "ennui"

**bowl**

of money

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**koped**

stolen

**jude**

pretty

## Page 525

**koh**

cold (drink)

**macam**

like

**pow ka leow**

all-encompassing

**king jame version**

the best and most
authentic in its class. Note that "Jame" is the singular of "James"

## Page 526

***let’s play dead . . .***

Serpent of Old (Ft: Nostalghia) by Seven Lions. Full lyrics

**fizz**

champagne

**lei gong**

 In Chinese mythology Lord of Thunder

**sentosa**

 popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some twenty million people a year

**bukom**

 Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum, is a small island belonging to Singapore

## Page 527

**kim tang tang**

very rich or opulently dressed. Literally, "dripping with gold"

**blur like sotong**

someone totally in the dark as to what goes on. sotong – squid, it comes from the squid’s
emission of a cloud of ink, hence the popular phrase, “blur like sotong.”

**tok kong**

superb, top of the line

**kiam siap**

stingy and mean

**Tanglin**

urban planning area within the Central Region in Singapore

**hdb**

The Housing & Development Board

**johor**

Malaysian state, located in the southern portion of Peninsular Malaysia (north of Singapore)

## Page 528

**looked down on stars**

up is down and down is up, like rain seemingly pouring up from the ground

**mata**

The police. Originally from the Malay word meaning "eye", denoting some level of surveillance

**shits in the eye**

Because the sky is so high, the birds shit in your eye. This phrase is essentially an annoyed retort to being asked "why",
 and conveys the meaning that the questioner ought to mind his or her
own business. Popular in the mid-70's, its usage began to decline in the
 early 80's and is rarely heard these days

**mcs**

monster cards

## Page 529

Pontianak - a vampiric ghost in Malay and Indonesian mythology.
 The pontianak are said to be the spirits of women who died while
pregnant. This is often confused with a related creature, the lang suir,
 which is the ghost of a woman who died while giving birth. The word
pontianak is reportedly a corruption of the Malay perempuan mati
beranak, or “woman who died in childbirth”. Another theory is that the
word is a combination of puan (woman) + mati (die) + anak (child). The
term matianak means "death of a child". Pontianak are usually depicted
as pale-skinned women with long hair and dressed in white, but they are
said to be able to take on a beautiful appearance since they prey on
men. In folklore, a pontianak usually announces its presence through
baby cries. If the cry is soft, it means that the pontianak is close,
and if it is loud, then it must be far. Some believe that if you hear a
dog howling, that means that the pontianak is far away. But if a dog is
whining, that means the pontianak is nearby. Its presence can sometimes
be detected by a nice floral fragrance identifiable as that of the
plumeria, followed by an awful stench afterward. A pontianak kills its
victims by digging into their stomachs with its sharp fingernails and
devouring their organs. In some cases where the pontianak desires
revenge against a male individual, it rips out the sex organs with its
hands. It is said that if you have your eyes open when a pontianak is
near, it will suck them out of your head

**ooh yiah boh**

"is it for real?" or "Are you sure?"

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**macam**

like

**tsao k’ng**

to expose one's underwear unintentionally

**skali**

"Unexpectedly, it turns out that...", "If you're not careful, you may find out that..."

**samseng**

"gangster" or "thug"

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**chao kuan**

smelly-type, cheat, devious person

**koyok**

"quack medicine", used to describe goods of dubious quality

**wah lau**

damn, wow

**si beh**

very, extremely

**kena**

was (happening)

**cabut**

flee, escape quickly

**kay**

"very" or "additionally"

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**fiends**

drugs

**moh tuck teng**

"the best" or "cannot be topped"

**arrowed**

to be tasked with something, usually unpleasant or troublesome

## Page 534

**chik ak**

1.“what a pity!” 2. a verb that means to build bad karma, i.e. to do something that will return and haunt you

**calamine**

a medication used to treat mild itchiness, sold in pink bottles

**squib**

?

**neroli portofino**

perfume by Tom Ford

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**chinese**

I need you

## Page 536

**liao**

"already" or "finished"

## Page 537

**wah piang**

damn, wow

**boh lum par chee**

 no balls/guts, coward