Hello to all the HAINAN MAI
New here, I am so surprised to see so many mai-kia here... I thought we are an extinct breed
I 100% pure bred so can speak passable Hainanese. Too cheem like the 95.8 news don't understand, I think because it is "Upper accent". I belong to "lower accent".
When I married, also got canned pig legs... I thought this is same for all dialects? Ya lah, we hainanese girls quite chin cai about wedding customs, so hubby got easy life.
Zoe, Twinklets and pomjitjit, agreed about the relatives in Hainanese. My father keep going back there to sponsor $$$ to build house, build road, build ancestoral temple... He only a mechanic here, and probably like the feeling of being a "cai shen ye". Keep telling him not to spend thousands of dollars but no use. He has never been to Great wall of china or any other part of China, just Hainan island. Period.
My Hainan relatives keep wanting me and my siblings to write to them or visit them. Dun want lah... not so stupid. After that, they will come to ask to ask for money... scared lor!
Greatest regret never eat the special big crispy round ball... Father said must go to Hainan island to eat. Anybody here knows the right place to go here in Singapore, please let me know. I will chiong there!