TFv02 CH 05 be extraordinary (annotated)

Annotations for be extraodinary from Into the Forest.

## Page 144

***All I see is signs.***

from Pour It Up by Rihanna. Lyrics continues "all I see is dollar signs"

## Page 145

**keramat iskandar syah**

shrine, the burial place of Iskandar Shah, ruler of 14th century Singapore

**shiok**

awesome, great

**kooning**

sleping

**chiak**

eat

## Page 146

**pui chao nuah**

spit smelly spittle - be angry

**mm tzai si**

ignorant of death, brave

**kena rotan**

get beaten by cane

**south cam whore path**

?, cam maybe cham - poor, dilapidated

**Johor Bahru**

metropole north of Singapore

**kena sai**

be hit by shit, be in trouble

**shacks**

? shakes?

**macam**

like

## Page 147

**lari-lari**

run

**kena makan**

(got) eat

**blue lion**

A big statue of a lion in Sentosa park, Singapore: [1]. The lion is Singapore's symbol. "Blue Lion" also is a Singaporean beer brand.

**cabut**

flee, escape

**hantam**

beat, hit

**stunstill**

standstill?

**diam**

quiet, silent

## Page 148

**chinese**

from the last jingjing page in V1: Not lost. Just gone. Gone at last. Gone for good.

## Page 149

**manyak**

maniak

**lor**

alas

**gorblock**

idiot;

**呢度乜野都冇，鳥先生者**

“There's nothing here, Mr. Bird”

## Page 150

**myojo mee siam**

food

**boh lui liao**

no cash

## Page 151

**tup pai**

stale

**nel’mine**

nevermind

**acorn necklace**

given by auntie, V1, pg 691

**mrt**

mass rapid transit

**sapu**

grab

**wurf**

worth

**cabut**

escape, flee

**chuai si**

looking for death

**kuat**

brave

**gostun**

go astern

**blue coral coil**

snake (calliophis bivirgata)

## Page 152

**lan**

penis

**kin kah kin chew**

fast hand, fast leg

**cari makan**

find food

**toh**

“to collapse” or “fall”. Used to describe failure

**sapu**

grab, steal

**chio kao peng**

loud laugh;

**truck boys**

?

**kiu kiu kio**

make a lot of noise

**ah mm**

old woman

**ooh lui ooo song**

Got money, got satisfaction

**hum kar chan**

curse your family

**curi**

steal;

## Page 154

**wah lau**

wow, damn

**hantu puteri**

princess ghost, malaysian folklore

**chik ak**

what a pity

**hantu**

ghost

## Page 155

**riri**

rihanna

**saht saht boh cioh**

ultimate in coolness (so cool that there is no smile)

**geragok**

dry shrimp

**peranakan**

descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malay archipelago

**chinese**

Gone at last. Gone for good

**munen**

chink

## Page 156

**seow**

crazy

**mart**

market

**chikus**

chiku, fruit

**joss**

joss sticks Foreshadowing the Hungry Ghost festival in Volume 3

**Tanngrisner**

 - the goats who pull the god Thor's chariot in Norse mythology...
Scholar Rudolf Simek connects Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr with the beast
 Sæhrímnir (consumed nightly by the gods and the einherjar and
rejuvenated every day), noting that this may point to sacrificial rites
in shamanic practices.

In Scandinavian folklore, witches who magically replenish food
sometimes appear in tales, the food usually being herring. However, in
fear that one would waste away if one were fed the same morsel again and
 again, folk tales describe the breaking of the herring bones when
eating it as a form of precaution. Thematic similarities—bone breaking
ending food rejuvenation—between this folk belief and the Old Norse
tales of Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr have led scholars Reimund Kvideland
 and Henning Sehmsdorf to highlight a connection between the two (Wikipedia)

## Page 157

**korban**

any of a variety of sacrificial offerings described
and commanded in the Torah. The most common usages are animal sacrifice
(zevah זֶבַח), peace offering and olah "holocaust."

**liak bo kew**

do not understand (catch no ball)

**chiak chuah**

eat snake, play truant, escape work

**koon**

sleep

**bakero**

stupid, idiot

**toa payoh**

big swamp, place in Singapore

**lorong**

corridor

**balik**

go back, return home

**kelam kabut**

Make a mess of, panic + Confused, chaotic

**ya lah**

yeah man (something died)

**tup pai**

always. Allways is the key word from Only Revolutions

## Page 158

**wah lao**

wow, damn

**sial lah**

expresion of surprise

**kiam chye**

messy

**toto**

lottery