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Even the fillers: -leh, -ma, -lah, … were all used so appropriately, it wasn’t weird or felt out of place. I even learnt new words that I never came across before, which is overwhelming for me. I personally loveeeee all the words and terms she used in this book, all the Malay and Hokkien and of course, the Baba Nyonya terms in this book. You could find no wrong with Selina’s writing style. From being a very confused child, I start to learn to take that as an advantage instead.

I even went a step further to start criticize both worlds, like only I could do it and people rarely get mad at me, because I’m from both worlds and I do those things that I criticize. Until one day, I realised, I’m blessed to be able to breathe both worlds, to be both and to be able to learn both races’ traits and cultures, at the same time, having my own identity. “ What am I? Am I a Malay or a Chinese?“, “ Why my family raised me like a Malay yet we have beliefs and faiths like the Chinese?” and just more questions. The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds is one of the most iconic title because it reflects not just how the main character felt, also all Baba Nyonya community felt, I supposed? Because growing up, I’m always a confused child. Selina Siak Chin Yoke, The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds My two worlds were alive: Chinese and Malay rolled into one, blended by the centuries that had passed.” “A Nyonya, I told myself, is a woman who breathes two worlds- not just one or the other, not more one than the other, but both equally. Everything will just be interrelated so, I hope you like this little get to know me/review kinda post! 🙂 This is going to be a review and as well as me telling you about how important this story is to me, to my heritage and I’m also going to tell you about myself, growing up as Nyonya in a modern world. Hey guys, I just thought I need to let you know that this is not going to be like any other review I’ve done before. Chye Hoon finds herself afraid of losing the heritage she so prizes as her children move more and more into the modernising Western world. At last, she can pass on the stories she has heard-magical tales of men from the sea-and her warrior’s courage, along with her wonderful kueh (cakes).īut the cultural shift towards the West has begun. The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Malayan #1)Ĭharacters: Chye Hoon, Peng Choon, Siew Lan, Weng Yu, …įacing challenges in an increasingly colonial world, Chye Hoon, a rebellious young girl, must learn to embrace her mixed Malayan-Chinese identity as a Nyonya-and her destiny as a cook, rather than following her first dream of attending school like her brother.Īmidst the smells of chillies and garlic frying, Chye Hoon begins to appreciate the richness of her traditions, eventually marrying Wong Peng Choon, a Chinese man.