Monday, August 11, 2008
Time to learn how to read ...
... , yes,it's one of my weakest link, Mandarin ...
That day was Friday and as usual, having difficulties thinking on what to eat for dinner ... well, since Khee love to eat porridge, i asked around office to find out where can get the best porridge in Penang :D ... straightaway, they told me that there is one famous hawker stall along Maclister Road selling chu chap chok (variety pork porridge) ...
So after work, i start my chok hunting ... after agak-agak arrived around that area, i spotted this stall ... but i am not sure whether selling chok or not ... so, i went to investigate ...
~hawker boss uncle was jampi-ing~
Dammit!!It's all in mandarin ... the only words i understood was tabao (somemore gt translation mah ... take away)
~got sell chok or not ... don't joke la ... i jz want chok~
So, i went to ask the aunty assistant (since the boss was still busy jampi-ing)
Me: Ni you mai chok mah?? (broken mandarin)
Aunt: ???? ... lu ai moi, tu, ... (a string of unfamiliar hokkien words)
Me: ...eeehhh .... ta bao yat bao chok ... (die die use cantonese)
Aunt:???? .... lu ai moi, tu (repeating the same powerful hokkien mantra)
Me: .... (-_-)||| .... (should i just cabut ...)
As i was preparing to berundur, come my hero who save my day ... it's the BOSS!!
Boss: (finally, finish his jampi-ing) ... Nei ooi ta bao chok, hai mai (you want take away, is it ... of course, in cantonese)
Me: .... (deng, you know how to speak cantonese ...walao, speak early ma) ... hai, ng yiu nooi chong (yes, don't want organs)
From that moment of paiseh, i determined to kick my Mandarin ass up ...
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