10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAMFOO»
Discover the use of
samfoo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
samfoo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Life at Chakrabongse House: Khaw Sim Bee: Phraya ...
Then one of her girl playmates screamed out, 'She's here'. Everyone ran towards
the direction of her screams. There was Mornia, up on the highest branch of the
guava tree swinging her 'samfoo' clad legs forward and back giggling away.
2
Sarong Secrets: Of love, loss and longing
She finds that her blouse, her samfoo tophasbeen torn.” Aunty Kongah
triedtohelp, “Must be alinen samfoo!” A loud yell ensued fromher, “Adoi, celaka!
Who kicked mehar? Sakit, tau? Very pain!”glaring at theother twoladies at the
table.
3
Corpus Analysis and Variation in Linguistics
(NP91) 6) sam foo • But she displays the acumen of a veteran businesswoman in
the steady way she reaches for her money pouch, hidden under her samfoo, to
return change to a customer. (ST91) • Exuding sex appeal even in a shapeless ...
Yuji Kawaguchi, Makoto Minegishi, Jacques Durand, 2009
starched navy-blue samfoo, home-made rubber sandals and unmistakable red
headdress (folded into a rectangle into which they tucked their plaited hair), has
become a nationalist archetype of pioneering Singapore womanhood. In reality ...
Mark Ravinder Frost, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, 2013
Ah Siew Chay or dabbed away her tears with the corner of her samfoo jacket. "
She does nae o\ like me. 1 was Madam Sia Liew's maid. Not hers. She always
think me a snake, It ah. I do nae mind, what to do?" Liar, she'd thought but what
was ...
Su-chen Christine Lim, 2003
Siew Choon reported to her mother that her dress, samfoo which she had hung
up to dry near the stand- pipe, was missing. Her mother was shocked to hear this
because she had never heard before that people in the village stole each other's
...
7
No Babylon: A Hong Kong Scrapbook
... I had found in Malaysia. If the men weren't wearing jackets they settled for ties,
with almost regulation white shirts and black trousers. The women, if they weren't
in samfoo pajamas on their way to factories, were invariably in hip-hugging, ...
Ah Ming patted a bulky object concealed under her samfoo. The handgun was a
Radom, a pistol the Polish army had adopted in some earlier battle. According to
the skinny twelve-year-old gunrunner who delivered it to her, it spit bullets like a ...
9
Two Dreams: New and Selected Stories
But it was a long way to the town, and when the car with the red- haired man in it
passed by them, hours later it seemed to her, her neat blue samfoo was wet and
streaked with dust and the child hung like a sack of turnips on her shoulder.
10
Distant Archipelagos: Memories of Malaya
Cheerful Chinese, the men in singlets and shorts and the women in samfoo
pajamas, raucously engaged in friendly conversations that sounded like
irreconcilable arguments. In the streets of Pangkor town traffic was light and taxis
were few.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAMFOO»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
samfoo is used in the context of the following news items.
Pakaian Tradisional Suntik Semangat Muhibah
Berbicara tentang pakaian tradisional, tidak semua orang Melayu berbaju kurung atau baju Melayu, kaum Cina tidak memakai cheongsam atau samfoo, kaum ... «Bernama, Jul 15»
High time to celebrate the S'pore Auntie
Especially galling is that I am, contrary to stereotype, not dressed in a baggy samfoo or an orchid-print muumuu. What is it about my silhouette that suggests a ... «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
A tribute to samsui women in ink and watercolour
They show the women, in their trademark navycoloured samfoo top and red headpiece, toiling at construction sites or resting after a hard day's work. «The Straits Times, May 15»
Celebrating The New Year With Friends- Do's & Don'ts
While a stereotypical festive moment would capture the Chinese adorned in traditional attires like the cheongsam or samfoo for women, during the New Year, we ... «malaysiandigest.com, Feb 15»
Ling & Dong: A design label reinventing the cheongsam for kids
Ling & Dong's samfoo is perfect for active kids that prance around like Elaine's daughters, Lauren Ling (left) and Angelica Ling (right). – Pictures by Choo Choy ... «Malay Mail Online, Feb 15»
Malaysia's Magnetic Pull
... and loose-fitting pieces from designer labels that mirror the silhouettes of traditional clothes like the baju kurung, the samfoo or the elaborate patterns found on ... «The Business of Fashion, Feb 14»
Cut from the same cloth
“I made the cheongsam and the samfoo because in the 50s, that's what Chinese women used to wear. Now you only see the cheongsam worn during traditional ... «The Star Online, Aug 12»
No entry to church if you turn up in this....
Ms Lisa Chew, a housewife in her 50s, was wearing a pink samfoo, a Chinese-style pantsuit that ended about 5cm above her ankles. She was at the Church of ... «AsiaOne, Feb 12»
Dressing up kids for CNY
If parents are spoilt for choice for the latter, they will have to look a little harder for Chinese wear, such as cheongsam or samfoo for the girls and tunics for the ... «Malaysia Star, Jan 12»
Jackie Chan: From action maestro to serious actor
Dressed in a yellow samfoo, he was nursing a cold but brushed it aside irritably, saying in Mandarin: 'I'm cheap. Whenever I stop working, I fall ill.' When asked if ... «China Daily, Sep 04»
