funny ah?

i worked with a man of about 50 years old. one day he was giving out flyers when a group of banglas walked by. he approached them.

"hello ah pu neh neh! want to see camera?" he said very loudly. i started laughing quite uncontrollably inside the booth. the banglas were not interested and soon walked away.

he started to flap his hand in front of his face. "wah! they really got some kind of funny smell," he said in mandrin.

in the 4 days there, i've witnessed him calling indians/banglas ah pu neh nehs at least 5 times. he also used the acronym APNN, like "hello APNN!"

besides that, he liked to call caucasians 'ang mohs' when trying to get their attention.

"ang moh! ang moh! come here see camera!" he would shout. at first i couldn't decide if he was being rude, ignorant, or just simply funny. in the end, i concluded that it was just too damn funny.

then there was another guy who usually works at harvey norman. an ex-customer recognised him.

he said "oooh! i know you! you were the one with your friend wanted to buy dvd player then ask ask ask sooo many questions in the end never buy right?"

in the end it turns out the friend bought a similar model from courts instead.

"chao chee bye! FUCK YOUR MOTHER LAH!" he said to me after the guy left. "some people got no brain lah! i ask him to spend a bit more and buy the one with hard disc inside then he don't want. it's so much better. STILL DARE TO TELL ME HE BUY FROM COURTS!"

he also told a little girl co-worker that he had 'birds nest' when she asked for some miracle to cure her sore throat. she didn't get it and still said "WAH! give me leh!" and i just stood beside her and giggled to myself.

working with people like these makes time pass very quickly indeed.