Ah, that much disliked STICK!
筷子[kuàizi], as it's called, the chopstick make no relevance to me... It's supposed to enhance eating by increasing the speed, making eating faster "快", but this BAMBOO STICK, 竹 (aka Calvin) on the top of that character (neh, that thing on the top of 筷 is 竹 bamboo) IS ALWAYS MADE RETARDED in eating by that bamboo stick.
The only way I can properly use a chopstick is to POKE it into fishball, sotong-ball, pork-ball and whatever "-ball" edible... And never NEVER ask me to pick up those dainty, little rice-lets in the rice bowl using that abominable STICK. And oh those clumsy moments trying to get hold of the string of noodle with that CLUMSY plastic chopstick!
And Mr Discipline-Teacher Father always discriminate his bamboo son for scoring 13 A1s in SPM yet cannot use a chopstick properly. Even my much loved Chinese teachers said
"CALVIN, How can you CHINESE don't know how to use CHOPSTICK har!!! Zie dow CHAU zi hai dim yong sae ge mou?!!!
(Know how to write the Chinese character of shame or not?)
Thanks to that DUNNO-WHO-CREATED stick, my status of being a Chinese was jeopardized...
And WHAT'S WRONG with the style of holding the chopstick like that?!!! (That pic I got from some professional website teaching you how to hold chopstick sumore...)
Furthermore, research has shown that using chopsticks is HAZARDOUS to your health:
Two chopsticks pull up together and insert a middle fingertip between chopsticks and hold.
This is one is NO-GOOD, terrible-horrible-vegetable example...
Another one hold like a pencil, but make sure thumb is straight not bent...
Open the chopstick using your middle finger...
Close chopsticks using forefinger...
The thumb is used to hold the chopsticks and it barely moves...
When catching a heavy thing, the power is added to three upper points...
This picture I don't know how to describe it...
Confused ler, that's how people like to teach... make things so complicated, so up in the heavens... Don't worry ask David Woong to teach you... haha.
(Know how to write the Chinese character of shame or not?)
Thanks to that DUNNO-WHO-CREATED stick, my status of being a Chinese was jeopardized...
And WHAT'S WRONG with the style of holding the chopstick like that?!!! (That pic I got from some professional website teaching you how to hold chopstick sumore...)Furthermore, research has shown that using chopsticks is HAZARDOUS to your health:
"Using chopsticks contributes to osteoarthritis (OA) in the hand, according to researchers studying elderly Chinese individuals. Chopstick use puts stress on certain joints, specifically joints of the thumb and second and third fingers. X rays of the subjects' hands showed OA in those joints, even if the subjects reported no pain. This study was funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
Approximately 2,500 Beijing residents aged 60 and older participated in the study, led by David J. Hunter, M.D., Ph.D., of Boston University Arthritis Center in Massachusetts. Dr. Hunter and his colleagues looked closely at x rays of the hands the subjects used to hold chopsticks (the "chopstick hand," usually the right hand) and compared them to x rays of the nonchopstick hands.
OA was more common in several of the joints in the three fingers of the chopstick hand than in the nonchopstick hand. Twenty-six percent of the subjects had OA in the interphalangeal joint of the thumb; i.e., the joint closest to the tip of the thumb. Dr. Hunter's group took into account all kinds of daily activities, such as sewing, writing and handling paper, which require subjects to use the pincer grip (pressing the tips of the first and second fingers against the tip of the thumb), and chopsticks use remained a risk factor."
Hunter D, et. al. Chopstick arthropathy: the Beijing osteoarthritis study. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2004;50:1495-1500.
Approximately 2,500 Beijing residents aged 60 and older participated in the study, led by David J. Hunter, M.D., Ph.D., of Boston University Arthritis Center in Massachusetts. Dr. Hunter and his colleagues looked closely at x rays of the hands the subjects used to hold chopsticks (the "chopstick hand," usually the right hand) and compared them to x rays of the nonchopstick hands.
OA was more common in several of the joints in the three fingers of the chopstick hand than in the nonchopstick hand. Twenty-six percent of the subjects had OA in the interphalangeal joint of the thumb; i.e., the joint closest to the tip of the thumb. Dr. Hunter's group took into account all kinds of daily activities, such as sewing, writing and handling paper, which require subjects to use the pincer grip (pressing the tips of the first and second fingers against the tip of the thumb), and chopsticks use remained a risk factor."
Hunter D, et. al. Chopstick arthropathy: the Beijing osteoarthritis study. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2004;50:1495-1500.
Thank God, for all those pro-chopsticks people including dad, those biases are bygones.
How can a STUBBORN HEADED and HANDED guy can change his prejudices?
David taught me how to use a chopstick even though he is a BANANA... it's actually simple. Fellow readers who are discriminated for holding the chopstick wrongly, please follow this tutorial and SHOW them who knows how to hold that weapon that can kill a fly single-handedly!
First of all this is the CORRECT way of holding a CHOPSTICK:
Two chopsticks pull up together and insert a middle fingertip between chopsticks and hold.Now, how to do that?
One chopstick hold like below...
This is one is NO-GOOD, terrible-horrible-vegetable example...
Another one hold like a pencil, but make sure thumb is straight not bent...
Open the chopstick using your middle finger...
Close chopsticks using forefinger...
The thumb is used to hold the chopsticks and it barely moves...
When catching a heavy thing, the power is added to three upper points...
This picture I don't know how to describe it...
Confused ler, that's how people like to teach... make things so complicated, so up in the heavens... Don't worry ask David Woong to teach you... haha.And I'm proud to finally able to use chopsticks correctly and join the crowd of people who can condemn and criticize those FELLAS who don't know how to use chopsticks! Wahahaha!
Condemning Cal is Here!!! Nick, you better run!
