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Patua Primer

Patua /

Introduction to the Patuá by “Riri” d’Assumpção from unpublished Anecdotes from Old Macau. Personal Pronouns English Ithou/youhe/shewethee/youthey Portuguese eutu/vosele/elanosvoseles/elas Patuá yow vos/vocehele/elanos/nosotrovosotroolotro Tenses Tenses were generated simply with a prefix: for the past tense, ja  from the Portuguese word já = already; for the present tense, ta (short for Portuguese está); and for the future tense, logo  (from the Portuguese logo = “soon”, but pronounced more like […]

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WarMemories

Articles, World War II /

Memories of World War II By Henry d’Assumpção It was a great feast-day, celebrating the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. For me, then seven years old in Hong Kong, it was a holiday from school, for my older brother a half-holiday. So breakfast was leisurely that morning when our father announced solemnly: “War can

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SPaulo

Macau /

SÃO PAULO by Henry d’Assumpção   Macau’s most famous landmark is the façade of the Church of the Mother of God (Madre de Deus), which is today commonly called São Paulo (St Paul’s church). It is all that is left of what was once the outstanding baroque structure of Eastern Asia. An earlier church was first

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Miraculous Cross

Articles, Macau /

THE MIRACULOUS CROSS by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes (Riri) d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes One of the old stories passed down from generation to generation in Macau was about a miraculous and mysterious cross; I have tried hard but failed to find any written references about it. The legend is that

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FuneralStPaul

Articles /

THE FUNERAL ST PAUL’S by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes (Riri) d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes The ruins of St Paul’s church in Macau are great tourist attraction today. It is not generally known that the church had been built mainly by Japanese Catholic refugees fleeing persecution in Japan and that 25

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CorpseAtCacilhasBeach

Articles /

THE CORPSE AT CACILHAS BEACH by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes (Riri) d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes Cacilhas Beach and Praia Grande Beach – where my father’s and my maternal grandmother’s houses were situated – are no longer in existence today, obliterated by land reclaimed from the sea. Originally, however, these beaches

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Floorwalker

Articles, Publications /

THE FLOORWALKER by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes (Riri) d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes China has some ancient customs which may appear odd to foreigners, but which they should respect. One unusual custom is to place an upside-down broom at the entrance of your house to put off an unwanted guest: its

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SealedSkeletons

Articles /

THE SEALED SKELETONS by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes (Riri) d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes Some fifty years ago my grandmother decided to develop a large property in Macau, which her late husband had acquired many years before, part of a former huge estate stretching from the Leal Senado almost to the

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TootToot

Articles /

TOOT-TOOT by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes (Riri) d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes (I hesitated to include it in this website, in fear that it might cause offence to people who suffer from stuttering, but decided to go ahead because the article does not ridicule but rather sympathises with them. – HA

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BurialAtSea

Articles /

THE BURIAL AT SEA by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes (Riri) d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes According to my grandfather, his first trip to the Far East was quite uneventful until the warship reached the Indian Ocean. It was then that, probably because of the heat, a member of the crew suffered

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