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Monday, July 28, 2008
my chinese is bad
In the cab with QQ. Saw a mini cooper. I am improving my bad Chinese.

Moi: "Wo yao mini cooper!" (I want mini cooper)

Him: "Then?"

Moi: "Mai gei wo!" (Buy for me)

Him: "Siapa elo?" (Who are you in indonesian)

Moi: "Wo shi ni de lao niang ma!"

Him: "LOL. Do you even know what lao niang mean?"

Moi: "Wife?"

Him: "LLLLLOOOOLLLLLL. OMG Le, Lao niang means mom!"

Moi: "*ashamed* What is wife then?"

Him: "Lao poh!!"

Yes I am a Chinese. I finally get it. A Chinese who cannot speak Chinese is like an Indian who cannot speak Tamil. Or a Malay who cannot speak Malay. How weird is that? But relax, I understand Chinese. I just cannot speak properly. Why? The fact that I have a Cantonese speaking parents and Hokkien speaking mother and Japanese learning self certainly doesn't help improving my Chinese.

PS: Jiu cien jiu ba jiu se jiu kuai jiu mao jiu. Hehe...

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