Wednesday, 27 July 2005

Full Frontal

I went over to the mini-mart just round the corner from the office. I got me a 3-in-1 coffee and a can of Nescafe.

“No thanks, I don’t need a plastic bag for that” says me.

And then she went…
“Ai suk chau boh?”

I was like…
“WHAT!? Suk chau?!”

I don’t want to smoke weed…

Then I realized she meant ‘straw’
Cos’ when you translate “Ai suk chau boh?” to English. I thought she meant “Do you want to smoke weed?” “Chau” means weed/grass while “Suk” means smoke. But “suk chau” means straw. Hokkien can be pretty tricky sometimes, it doesn’t help that my hokkien is really bad as well.

Then I saw a white girl, sun bathing…topless.
And yes, I hit the pillar in front of me and almost fell down the steps.


Life is wonderful.

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