24 May 2010

Read your character from chillies


Yes, I'm serious. If the Chinese people read one's character from body parts, the Dusuns use chillies. My brother told me this last night. Using our late grandmother as an example, he seemed to be making sense. Our grandmother had always grown very hot chillies; ones that were sought after by everyone, and she was quite a character! Although broadly categorized as 'good' (osonong) and 'bad' (araat), characters can still be in the middle of the two. I'd view it as a continuum of araat (bad), araa-raat (quite bad), osonong-sonong (quite good) and osonong (good). Of course 'good' and 'bad' do not really equate good and bad in the English sense. Good can be soft-hearted, soft-spoken etc, while bad can be fierce, brave in an unnatural way etc. If you want to know how you rate, try growing chillies. According to the Dusuns' belief, if you are a good person your chillies would be mild, maybe even tasteless. (oh yes, I've tasted tasteless chillies!) If you are bad , your chillies would be perfect. So if you are in between, you might get slightly hot ones. I'd really like to know how I rate but unfortunately I am a disappointment to the Dusuns. I can't grow anything. Too bad for me!

12 comments:

smallkucing said...

eerrr...the cili plant that i tried to grow gone to cili heaven wor...meanss.....sob sob sob :(

Verone said...

...means you have to try grow a new one...find out if you're good or bad in the Dusun sense :-)

TataJane said...

wah! i will tanam tmrw...have one pasu haven't tanam anything lg..hahah...

Verone said...

Tata- kecewa la if the chili x pedas hahaha

Wel^Beiolman said...

wah..ive done this before and it was not spicy at all...perhaps due to its foundation..the land and nutrients were good?hehe...I probably try this using a vase then...so senang taru dalam ruma..eehe..

azamain said...

I know how to consume but planting ? I guess,I need to learn how to.....:)

Verone said...

wel- orang baik2 ko ni :-)
azamain- hehe, we're in the same boat huh?

Wel^Beiolman said...

veronica..sbb inda padas la inda kana peduli terus..haha....mcm makan sayur sja makan lada mcm tu..haha...

sweetie~ said...

camna klu tanam itu cili x pandai tumbuh2.....jahatttttt mungkin kan smp cili pun tkut mo tumbuh....hahaha

sweetie~ said...

or klu tumbuh pun itu cili x mo berbuah....hihihihihi....

Verone said...

sweetie, takut kali tu cili sama penanam dia LOL

Mommy's Recipe said...

Saya pula kalau cili padi dan cili putih langsung tidak tumbuh kalau saya yang tanam.Cuma cili merah saja yang tumbuh itupun buah dia tidak lebat.

My late father said that those who grow perfect chilli padi are those who are 'ongoburil-buril' sort of person..tidak tau la betul ka tidak...