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Our trip to Jonker wasn’t a total waste of time; I was able to convince the group that traveling to the museum would be fun. They almost spoilt it by disturbing me while I was telling the story of how baba nonya came to be.
We went to the baba nonya museum just beside Jonker street where we were greeted by a big portrait of a happily wedded couple on their wedding day. Shoppie was curious about the portrait as why is there a mix marriage with the husband being dressed in Malay attire while the wife is seen in a Chinese dress. I began my long story of how baba nonya happen, as you all know baba nonya is a mix culture of 2 different races. It all began when the king of china send over his fair princess all the way to Malacca to be wed to the sultan of Malacca. The people of the great state then started following in the sultan foot step of taking a different race into their families.

I was badly interrupted by Shoppie as she said that couldn’t be the correct story as it does not make sense to have a mix marriage. She then told her own version, which wasn’t even true!! She began by saying that it must have been a mix up. Her story began like so…


“One day a young Chinese man was strolling down the street when he met a fair maiden accompanied by her friend who was Malay, it was uncommon in those days to see two races in best of companionship but they were best friends. The young man decided to approach the young maiden as she dropped her handkerchief. The young man then returns the handkerchief to the young maiden in exchange for her address to pen her. The young maiden accidently gave the young man her best friend address instead of hers.

The young men then wrote to the following day and night which resulted in a fatal attraction between two parties. After a long time writing and corresponding to each other they finally decided to meet up for a date. When the young man arrive at the location he found out that the fair maiden wasn’t the one that he first saw but it was actually the best friend.

Even so, their love for each other was so strong that not even racial difference can stop them from loving each other. In the end they both got married and that’s how baba nonya happen. The end”

Well that’s her story, but me and you know that it isn’t true.

Written and told by Geeky =_=