Who is Samantha Lim a.k.a. Datin Sam?;)

In the past few months, I have been bombarded with endless questions via Facebook about who Sam  is...so I guess it is easier to explain via a single blog posting :)

So, who's Samantha Lim?

Sam's my good friend & Fashion Guru
I was quite a nerd back then - totally clueless about fashion. Had it not been because Sam had given me an image overhaul 8 years ago, I'd have been wearing some pretty weird clothes to school - like, Ching Dynasty embroidered female underwear, matched with blue jeans jacket & black colour platfrom shoes *cringe* (serious) - except that they didn't look quite as fashionable as the pic below

(It does sound a bit over the top. But those who knew me since my college days would be able to confirm that I wasn't exaggerating about my past fashion crimes)

Pic: Traditional Ching Dynasty underwear

Sam  and I got to know each other back in our college days @ Taylor's

Our first conversation was in the toilet ;p hehe

Sam, Janice, Nicole & I were quite inseparable in our college days & we still meet up from time to time to relive the sweet moments that we had in school ;) - and we're planning to start a new  blog together pretty soon :))

- where we're going to share every single detail about our lives

(leisure, food, family, favourite activities, career advice, and of course good sex tips;p)

 

How did she get the name "Datin Sam"? ;)

Well, our good friend Janice aptly named her Datin due to her idyllic lifestyle - month-long vacations in Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, US, Korea etc etc, twice weekly manicure/pedicure sessions in Klang Valley, Sunway & Damansara every time she's back in Malaysia

 

What is "Datin"? What is "Datuk"?
The Malay language has a complex system of titles and honorifics, which are still used extensively in Malaysia and Brunei. Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders.

Datuk is a federal title which has been conferred since 1965. It is limited to recipients of Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN), of which there may be up to 200 living at any one time, and Panglima Setia Diraja (PSD), of which there may be up to 200 living at any one time. The PJN and PSD rank 9th and 10th respectively in the rank of federal awards.


The wife of a federal Datuk is a Datin.

(Source: Wikipedia)

 

What is "kanasai"? What is "ganas"?

This is Janice - the most natural Brand Guru I have ever met

While most of us have to learn Marketing/Branding strategies, she was born with the knack of spreading infectious fads among friends, classmates and even teachers!

- before we even graduated from our Advertising class
Back in Taylor's College - where we met 8 years ago - she popularized the word "kanasai".

 Janice in Macau

Before I met her, I have never heard of the word "kanasai"
If you asked me back then, I'd probably guess that it's a Japanese word
After all, it rhymes with "samurai"
But actually, it's a Hokkien (Chinese dialect) word that means "looks like shit"
"Kanasai" featured so infectiously in her daily vocab that the entire college of English-speaking students started using the"kanasai" every 5 mins in their conversations

Kanasai is a very versatile word.
For example,... if you think a dress is ugly, you may say - " This dress is so kanasai"

If you don't like the taste of a particular food - "It tastes so kanasai"

Being a pretty girl, she had many admirers whom she'd bluntly describe as "kanasai"

After a while, we became a bit lazy and we shortened the word to "ganas" (in Malay, the word ganas means aggressive... It also has the connotation of sexual aggressiveness)

I had to laugh thinking about how we blatantly coaxed her to share stories about her "ganas" admirers in our girl gossip sessions

Well, she had finally met a nice gentleman (5 years ago) who's not "kanasai" :)
But Samantha and I suspect that he can be "ganas"

 

Janice and bf in Singapore

They look so cute together:) keke