tHE Law of CONFINEMENT

ok, some of my friends know that I ‘suffered’ during my confinement month…
suffered, not physically, but I really damn felt confined, k??

even though, I know the ‘western’ culture also kinda mentions about the fourth trimester (ie. to rest and get back in shape, or at least, in terms of health)
but I guess, it’s just not as ridiculous, and extreme as ours (the eastern – or, rather the Chinese)

ok…
first thing first…
NEVER BATHE WITH TAP WATER
I just couldn’t take it any longer, and therefore, I went to ‘lengthy’ research – to see if it’s really ok, if I were to just SHOWER!!!
(cos, I find it too troublesome, and ‘suffering’ to bathe in those herbal & ginger hot water, and I’ve to bent down to scoop the water to bathe, DAMN!)
apparently, all the so-called Chinese “Law” of confinement, of course, all originated from the oldtime china..

NEVER WASH YOUR HAIR
goodness gracious, I’ll say!
what more to say, I’m breastfeeding…
not bathing, not washing hair, is just intolerable for me as it’s super duper damn unhygienic for my baby!!!
and why not washing your hair??
it’s all because of LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME AGO,
in china, especially china progressed damn slow compared to the west,
their toilet / bathroom was outside the house,
and during winter, especially the poor people, they don’t have hot running water to bathe…

Argh!… I don’t want to mention any further,
nowadays, we’ve this thing called,
HAIR DRYER &
WATER HEATER!!
come on!!

and eating food with ginger and only ginger, give me damn a lot of pimples everywhere all over my body
NOT DRINKING WATER
you must be kidding, how am I going to have enough fluid to produce my breastmilk??

Some of these ‘law’ thing, are simply ridiculous, and beyond my acceptance…
BUT… out of A CONCERN, about human’s ‘dark side’, I do not disobey openly… (I’ll tell you why in my next blog)
as there’re just too many people come and tell me to FOLLOW FOLLOW AND FOLLOW!

after my confinement month, I met my ex ex boss,
she told me horror stories about NOT FOLLOWING the law (see!!! people talk about it, a bit of schadenfreude!!)
she said, her don’t know who who who, shower, then, fainted in the bathroom, nearly die!!!
Ya, I heard.. but I actually kinda think of it the other way,
Is it because she showered in a totally ‘sealed’ environment?? (people said, cannot ‘kena’ wind ma!! So, all windows/doors are closed tight)
Is it because the water too hot??
COME ON! A normal person, locked tight in the sauna room, will faint also, right??

Basically my point is,
There’re some, that make sense, yep… do it
There’re some… just simply nonsense…

One small story that my brother told me long time ago,
There’s this lady, who always chops off the tail of the fish before she fry the fish,
And this ‘practice’ has been passed down to her descendants… that it’s become a ‘law’ in their family…
Fry fish, tail must be chopped off, else will xxxxxxxxx………… (whatever bad stuff you go add yourself)
BUT apparently, it’s because looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago, when lady’s grandmother, or great grandmother (again, old time china), cooked fish that time, the frying pan’s not big enough, and that, she chopped off the tail of the fish, so that, the fish can fit into the pan…

AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!