World Speech Day Culture - Malaysian Food

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve collected another 3 videos of speeches for World Speech Day Culture – and all 3 are from Malaysia.

  

Anabelle Teh talks about her favorite Malaysian foods, i.e. nasi lemak, roti canai and nian gao 年糕 (kuih bakul). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nasi lemak is actually rice cooked in coconut milk that is traditionally served with anchovies, cucumbers, peanuts and boiled eggs, and served together with a spicy chili paste called sambal. Nasi lemak is considered Malaysia’s national dish. 

Roti canai is a type of flatbread, usually served with dhal and/or curries. 

Nian gao is a sticky sweet rice cake eaten during the Lunar New Year. It's basically a popular dessert made of glutinous rice flour and sugar. 

Nian gao is 年糕 in Chinese. The character 年 means ‘year’, and the character 糕 means ‘cake’, which shares the same pronunciation as 高 (gao), meaning ‘tall’ or ‘high’. So, the pronunciation of nian gao sounds like 'year high' (年高) – and so, nian gao symbolizes a high year, an increase in prosperity.

  

Lim Chien Cian shares about the Chinese celebration of the winter solstice, Dong Zhi (which means “Winter Arrives”) – it welcomes the return of longer days and the corresponding increase in positive energy in the year to come. 

Occurring only six weeks before the Lunar New Year, the festival has its own significance for many people, and is believed to be the day when everyone gets one year older. 

An important and auspicious recipe to make during the Winter Solstice is the tang yuan 汤圆, a traditional Chinese dessert made of glutinous rice shaped into balls – often brightly colored – that is served in a hot broth or syrup. 

The celebration may have begun as a harvest festival, when farmers and fishermen took time off to celebrate with their families. It’s not an official holiday, but remains an occasion for families to join together to celebrate the year that has passed and share good wishes for the year to come. 

 

Nurul Rafidah promotes her Bidayuh roots and she chooses three dishes, ikan bakar, bamboo chicken and kurat sisub.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ikan bakar is charcoal-grilled fish. The fish is seasoned with a spice marinade, then wrapped in banana leaves before being laid on a hot grill. Bamboo chicken is, as the name implies, chicken cooked in a bamboo tube. And kurat sisub is a traditional dish of wild mushrooms, chicken and rice. 

Incidentally, all three speakers are students at Sunway. 

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A Scholastic Kid Reporter at a World Speech Day Event

Our WSD 2022 World Children’s Day event is special in more ways than one. 

For a start, we’re the only WSD chapter in the Global Network to celebrate World Children’s Day and this is our second year doing this. Better still, this year’s occasion is an in-person event and we drew a full-house. 

And this time around, a newshound came a-calling. Yes, you read it right.

We had a reporter in our midst! Twelve-year-old Jaishivan Sivanesan Paranam (left) who’s been appointed a Scholastic Kid Press reporter this year intends to write about this World Speech Day event. 

He told us that this is “an inspiring event that gives a platform for young people to speak and share on issues close to their heart” – and therefore, it is something he would love to report on. 

Just so you know, the Scholastic Kids Press is a prestigious, award-winning international journalism program. For the 2022-2023 academic year, twenty-nine Kid Reporters, ages 10–14, have been hand-picked across the globe to be part of the international editorial team, reporting to the editor based in New York, USA. Primarily, they will report “news for kids, by kids”. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These student journalists represent 15 US states and 8 countries, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam. 

Kid Reporters' articles will cover events in local communities and on the world stage on a range of topics, including government, entertainment, the environment, sports, and more. 

Needless to say, he was one of our 43 speakers for the said event on December 20th. Check out his speech here:

 

Jaishiven is undeniably, a good speaker!

43 Speakers from 8 Countries

Our WSD 2022 World Children’s Day was a full-house affair! 

 

With 43 speakers from Malaysia and seven other countries, we were truly enthralled by the speaking talents on stage. 

 

A big thank you to everybody who participated in one way or another! 

 

And an honorable mention to the following: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A sample of comments we've received from WSD Global Network.

 

Simon Gibson, Founder of World Speech Day has this to say: "Spectacular Cyril, Victor. Looks like it was a super event".

 

John Pitonzo, WSD Italy: "Wow! Fantastic".

 

Gavin Lamb, WSD New Zealand: "Great stuff!"

 

Christina Rodriguez, WSD Argentina: "Unbelievable! So enriching!"

 

Vino Pillay, WSD South Africa: "Awesome!" 

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Young Speakers @ WSD 2022 World Children's Day, Batch 3

Overall, we can give a thumbs-up to WSD 2022 World Children’s Day. And another World Speech Day is done and dusted.    

 

As always, we can re-affirm that WSD is a noteworthy occasion because if nothing else, it is a public platform for everybody and anybody to speak. Freely. No fences, meaning, no restrictive rules and regulations. More importantly, your voice matters!

 

It is well-acknowledged that this act of public speaking before a live audience is a great way to build personal development on many levels, since improving communication skills is certainly beneficial in almost every aspect of life.    

 

The third batch of photos of our young speakers who participated in WSD 2022 World Children’s Day: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Young Speakers @ WSD 2022 World Children's Day, Batch 2

Still on WSD 2022 World Children’s Day.    

 

The young ones are showing us that they’ve got the spunk and the spirit to speak on a public stage.    

 

Herewith, a second batch of photos are being shared: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Young Speakers @ WSD 2022 World Children's Day, Batch 1

WSD 2022 World Children’s Day was on yesterday – and we can tell you that the young ones have acquitted themselves very well. Many were practiced and polished – and a notable few were even outstanding!

 

Here’s the first batch of 10 random photos of the participants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WSD 2022 World Children's Day on December 20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re prepped and ready for our in-person WSD 2022 World Children’s Day on Tuesday. 

 

And we’ve registered a total of 43 participants. Our youngest speaker is 3-years-plus and the oldest is twenty. Additionally, there’s an international flavor to the mix because we have participants from 8 countries (including Malaysia).

 

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WSD 2022 World Children’s Day Registration Dockets #031-#043

Registration is now closed. And we have a total of 43 participants for the in-person WSD 2022 World Children’s Day! 

 

Herewith are the dockets for the third and last batch, i.e. #031-#043: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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