First Post

Based on popular requests (that means two) I finally started this blog as an outlet to talk about, discuss, laugh, cry, and feel superior to the prevalent Chibayanese culture around the world, wherever we are. There is basically no real purpose of this blog other than to document some thoughts that us, sons and daughters of Chibayanese, have collected via numerous (sometimes real-live) chats and discussions. It's a free for all forum of complaint if you will, so if you wish to contribute to this blog please just email me with your Google account information and I can add you as an authorized author. That being said, there are some ground rules on how the blog should operate

Content
Warning: if you have a soft and tender heart, you are advised not to read this blog, as a large majority of content will be sharp and biting in nature. We are who we are, Chibayanese. We are brought up feeling superior to others (often times unwarranted) and being critical (sometimes it means looking for fault in others). I'm guessing that, in due time, some of the recurring themes in this blog would be: Schadenfreude, nyinyir, nyolotism, bichism, etc. You have been warned.

While a large majority of our subject will be ai ai, we are by no means limited to talking about them. After all, narrow-mindedness and judgmentalism is a prevalent trait among all Indonesians, Chibayanese or not. However, we will try our best to be fair and objective when evaluating things on this site. We ought to be and will be the harshest critics of ourselves. When we are, our criticism of others will be that much more convincing and accurate. After all, a wise person once said this in his Facebook status:

What's worse than being narrow-minded? Being so narrow-minded that you think everyone else is narrow-minded.


Language
The framework of posts here will be in English, as it is rather impossible to have an intelligent discussion otherwise. But many MANY dialogs, phrases, and words will be in Chibayans, as no other language in the world conveys the same punch when it comes to ngilokno others. If you happen to understand Chibayan, then you're one of us. If you don't understand it, that's okay. As a group, we really are not the most understanding people in the world, so we should not expect people to understand us either (language or otherwise).

On the romanization of the Javanese used here, you would find that sometimes we have conflicting romanizations for the same word. That is because:
1. There are multiple popular and yet agreed upon romanizations that are simultaneously used in Central and East Java. The Javanese language is richer than Indonesian in that there are so many subtle vowel and consonant differences, and these subtleties are often butchered by non-Javanese speakers.
2. A lot of us have never learned proper Javanese as it is taught in school. We learned it from our bukren, parents, and friends. So sometimes we're just transliterating certain words as how it would sound in Indonesian, without using proper Javanese notation.
3. When talking in Chibayan, there really is no rule. Yao swok semok semok ya ge i asal sing diajak swok itu tong. Transcription: 要说什么什么 ya 可以 asal sing diajak 说 itu 懂. I'm not going to translate that. Gosh I should really add to the warning section above that proper Chinese speakers might cringe a lot when reading this blog.