Monday, January 04, 2010

The special people at the coffeeshop

I went to the coffeeshop my mum works at this evening to have my dinner.

An auntie walks by, sees me and asks my mum in hokkien:

"Li eh kia, ah?" (your son?)

"Ya lo"

"Wah, ah ni orh, ah?" (wah, so black, ah?)

"Heh"

At this point which she turns to me and ask, in mandarin:

"Ni kang kang cong fei zhou hui lai, ah?" (you just came back from Africa is it?)

I could only afford a smile and she walks away.

People at the coffeeshop have the special ability of leaving me dumbfounded.

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