Let's fly to China

Hello there! Or maybe I should say NI HAO for this entry. This entry is special for us since we are going to introduce our friend.

So, introducing, JADE

No no no. Not this emerald jade.

Here is our sweet JADE

Jade is her English name. But she still has two other names. Her Chinese name is Ma Baiyu, while her Arabic name is Zainab which her family used to call her. She is from Xing Jiang, a province in China, which is the borderline of Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and few other countries.

Jade is the second child out of four siblings. She has an older sister, a younger sister and a younger brother. She is a Muslim since birth as she is from a Muslim family.  

Talking about celebration, Jade’s family only celebrate Muslim’s celebration such as Eid and Korban. Yes, you read it correctly, she calls it KORBAN too. Her celebration is more or less the same with ours here where her family also invite people to come over and have a feast together, and she also receives angpow from them.

If ketupat and rending is Malaysian’s must-have-dishes during raya,

In Xing Jiang, the must-have-dish are

Fen tang

And

San zi which is considered as famous ‘kuih’ for Eid

As we spent time with her and shared a lot of things, it made our eyes opened about how we in Malaysia should be grateful with our life and we need to do everything we can to maintain the peacefulness.

We have a lot more to share with all of you, so stay with us to read more about Jade’s life and I am sure you will learn something beneficial from her journey.