Penang girls
We were doing our last city tour in Hanoi before flying back to KL. The mini van picked us up in the morning. It has 3 seats in each row with the last row at the back having 4 seats.
So food4thot sat beside the window and I sat on the outer seat, leaving the middle seat empty.
The van went around picking the rest of the tourist up. 3 girls came up the van speaking penang hokkien and they were chattering non-stop. Though it’s not loud but it’s clear enough to hear their conversation. They sat at the last row with 4 seats. An Argentina man came next.. I move in a little bit to make way for him but since he proceeded behind I move back to sitting at the corner. He said hello and proceeded to sit next to the 3 Penang girls. The girls ask him where he’s from. And he replied “I’m from Argentina. Do you know”. Then the girls said “oh..i know I know,…the song..what what Argentina” and she proceeded to sing “Don’t cry for me Argentina…..” they continue talking in their smattering English. I’m not saying that my England is damn good but theirs is really bad.
We went about our tours until the 3 girls bought a lot of stuff from one of the stop. When everybody was seated, one of the girl commented among themselves in hokkien that we have ‘tua ka chui’ (big backside). They did not mention who but since they said things like this, I generally presume that it meant us (BTW, we are not admitting that we have big backside) cos both of us are occupying a 3 seat. Then her friend said in hokkien ‘bo la, mm c tua ka chui, si tua cibai’ (no, not big backside, but big pussy) – sorry for the language, but this is the exact word that they utter out. And then they broke into laughter…..
Anyway, being gracious, we decided not to pursue the matter.
So food4thot sat beside the window and I sat on the outer seat, leaving the middle seat empty.
The van went around picking the rest of the tourist up. 3 girls came up the van speaking penang hokkien and they were chattering non-stop. Though it’s not loud but it’s clear enough to hear their conversation. They sat at the last row with 4 seats. An Argentina man came next.. I move in a little bit to make way for him but since he proceeded behind I move back to sitting at the corner. He said hello and proceeded to sit next to the 3 Penang girls. The girls ask him where he’s from. And he replied “I’m from Argentina. Do you know”. Then the girls said “oh..i know I know,…the song..what what Argentina” and she proceeded to sing “Don’t cry for me Argentina…..” they continue talking in their smattering English. I’m not saying that my England is damn good but theirs is really bad.
We went about our tours until the 3 girls bought a lot of stuff from one of the stop. When everybody was seated, one of the girl commented among themselves in hokkien that we have ‘tua ka chui’ (big backside). They did not mention who but since they said things like this, I generally presume that it meant us (BTW, we are not admitting that we have big backside) cos both of us are occupying a 3 seat. Then her friend said in hokkien ‘bo la, mm c tua ka chui, si tua cibai’ (no, not big backside, but big pussy) – sorry for the language, but this is the exact word that they utter out. And then they broke into laughter…..
Anyway, being gracious, we decided not to pursue the matter.
Disclaimer: Pics were taken unintentionally as i was trying to capture the jersey boys
During lunch, we have no choice but to sit together with them since the other table were full. So there were 5 msian girls and 1 aussie guy. We were chatting and the aussie guy said that he has not been to msia. And I told him that if he were to come, the best place would be Penang. Then I looked at one of the Penang girl opposite food4thot and said “You are from Penang, right?” she stared back at me and looked aghast and she noded.
That was bitter sweet………
posted by Last-of-the-Dragon @ 5:16 PM
2 Comments:
to date, everytime i tell this story to my frens...i still get the same reaction..shocked!
yeng sui ka
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