Reminiscent of Machap Baru’s Mei Hua Walk

 When would Mei Hua Walk return?

Machap Village folks are doing this by themselves. Non-politically connected community work. Non-funded by the public sector. Purely a work of the villagers.

Promising a better year by each almanac, Chinese traditionally spring up to scout for better preparations ahead of the lunar new year. Chinese has great records of the rotating annual elements of nature as the Earth rotates once in 24 hours and spin in an orbit around the Sun to takes either 365 days or 366 days in an interval of four years for one orbit.

The Tong Sheng is a daily Chinese calendar which has one page for a particular day and the total pages is either 365 or 366. Telling the auspicious day and time for practically everything under the Sun bounded by the gravitational systems of every objects, directly or indirectly.

For another 27 days 14 hours 33 minutes 59 seconds ( in relation to my desktop timer, 12/4/2019 9.26 AM) we kiss 2020 and my friend, a trainer, a speaker, and a coach, Ron Leong who motivated me on a daily basis, highlighted this yesterday, “ Life is such a Great Teacher that when you don’t learn a lesson, it will repeat it ” Readers, repeat ! and repeat is a waste of time, for time is a series of “ Now, now, now, … ”

You have better discover The Mei Hua Walk in Machap Baru today rather to delay another year. Mei Hua is an auspicious flower by itself, and it is the National Flower of The People Republic of China.

Auspiciousity is a kind of good energy for positive wellbeing and if you don’t believed there is energy which the qigong master harvest on a daily basis, ask a master.

Just to rush a YouTube video for you, I dwelled into each seized scene last night until 3 this morning so that you have plenty of time to plan your visit to Machap Baru. ( 27 days in December plus 31 days in January 2020 plus 8 days in February 2010)

Recently, Datuk Jailani Bin Khamis was telling the participants of the International Cheng Ho Festival 2019 that the average length of stay is demanding for 2 3/4 nights from the hoteliers in Melaka which is a good sign for Melaka. To this end, what Malaysians and tourists want for Christmas is  Portuguese Settlement, I hope Jailani can inspired them that, “What I want for Chinese New Year is The Mei Hua Walk of Machap Baru”

Blocking my ears to Mr. Fu, I have got to imagine the filmic work (simultaneously as I listen to him) that I need to deliver today so that the Machap Baru folklore is picturesque (attractive in appearance in an old-fashioned way) to you on your mobile phones. OMG, the middle afternoon from three to five is great out of nothing but loyalty, filial piety, kindness, love, propriety, righteousness, integrity and honor.

Mr. Fu makes me to the verge of breaking tears when he described why a decision is make to join the firecrackers from 5 o’clock in the afternoon on the second day of the lunar new year, Saturday 26 January 2020. This 70 years old man reminded me that all the parents whose daughters have married and moved out with their husbands would not come home for Reunion Dinner, neither on the first day of Chinese New Year but only on the second day. Can you doubt “ Love is Not in the Air ” in return for the dedication they put in to find, to make, to share, not to forget the under-privileged and to make a wish :

1 A tree with the most branches. (more or less 50 plum trees will shower auspicious energy on you – to find)

2 A 2 Thousands 20 Feet length firecrackers. (bursting glitter grandeur joy to homecoming children, for more than 30 minutes – to make)

3 A street props for you and your loved ones to seize your moments during the lunar get-together. (to share)

4 A street-centrally placed Donation Box to raise fund for the less fortunate. (not to forget amidst joy)

5 #wowmeihuawalk #rat Some 20 rats to excite your babies and kids. Giant rats like guinea pigs are rodents and they are cuddly, gentle, they learn tricks, they don’t make much noise, they love buddies and they are adorable. (to make a wish)

A true villager, Mr. Fu conceived this Mei Hua Walk out of love for his fellow village men and women some 10 years ago, and I felt shaky of the workload on hearing that this coming plum blossoms bloom more than last year and the preceded year. Some 2000 blooming Mei Hua stalks will secretly entice you this time from Christmas this year to February 8 next year.

Some jobs take 10 to 20 men and some jobs take nearly 100 mean to accomplish for Mei Hua Walk, did you know that?

I’m gonna check out Mei Hua Walk again soon. How about you?

Signed off, Wed 4 Dec 2019 11:33 am

Below is what I wrote yesterday.

Flowering Plum trees are covered with thick clusters of dazzling flowers that can be seen from a far distance featuring multiple burst of pink and white blooms.

Ann Beng cup of coffee and mine was knockout by a gush of wind and our long black spilt on the satin table cloth spread with the momentum last Tuesday on Jalan Sultan Ibrahim, Muar; signaling the approaching spring.

This morning, surface wind speed in the vicinity of Patnanungan  reached 90 km per hour and the easterly wind blow over the South China Seas touching Kuantan at 20 km per hour and Singapore at 35 km per hour. Patnanungan is a shoe-shaped island facing the Philippine Sea.

Since it was reported that the temperatures over Thailand has been dropping the last few days, the annual biting wind further up in the northeast direction must be so cold now. There is a song sang by Teresa Teng about plum tree and though I am English-educated, I understand these Chinese words,

A symbol of winter ending and a herald of spring, the plum trees’ blossom vibrantly and so bravely amidst the winter chill, and today is the first day, I could feel the spillover chill at the Teh Halia Babu sitting on the side of a T-junction made by Jalan Ayer Leleh and Jalan Bukit Gedong. My wife felt the same spillover chill, highlighting the arrival of the Metal Rat Lunar Chinese New Year.

Adversity of the biting wind is nothing to the beauty thriving plum flower bestowed to symbolize perseverance and hope; a teaching of nature, I emulated since my working days from the 1980s till 2019 to face manmade work obstacles

When plum trees flowers in the early spring (now is the time), a plum tree will be covered in blossoms and this Chinese plum trees has begun to line up on the street of Machap Baru, Melaka.