Tennis was great fun yesterday morning....
Well ok, maybe except for the heat and humidity that I haven't got used to yet.
Met Sharon, MJ, Min, Ben and Weiliang (my uni friends from perth) for our tennis session @ Yio Chu Kang Sports Complex. Had a few rallies going on and some game sets....I think all of us have not fully adjusted back to the singapore climate. We were dripping with sweat bearly even 1/2 hr into the game...something that doesn't usually happen back in Aust. Gulping down water and cold isotonic drinks....didn't really help much, but i think it saved us from dying of heat exhaustion. Didn't help that the tennis courts were just located behind a bus interchange! I think the planning ppl need to look into the places where they build future infrastructure....an open air tennis court behind an interchange!!!! Breath in polluted air filled with exhaust fumes! Surely...talk abt playing sports to stay fit for life!
I want to play tennis again soon!!! But lets play somewhere else!
I want to get a new tennis racket as well....*hint?*
Min was craving for this particular yummy and popular ice kachang somewhere in Ang Mo Kio. Well, the thought of that sure seem really appealing, esp after a hot and sweaty tennis session. Had lunch at one of the hawker centers in Ang Mo Kio. I think the 6 of us looked like gluttons or ppl who have never eaten for ages. Then again, having been away for so long, we all missed Sg food...so yea, we shared chicken rice. Ordered a whole chicken, thai chicken feet, other side dishes as well....i think the chicken rice uncle did good business with us. Ppl walking past our table must have been wondering if we just came back from some 3rd world country! The entire table was covered with plates of food la...wanted to order more but figured that nothing more could fit on the table.
Next up was time for the long await giant ice kachang that Min was recommanding....what the hell...we found out that it was no longer selling there! So much for giant ice kachang! *pouts* Well, ended up making do with just the normal small bowl instead. Hmmm...not that u guys would really care but i'm not the biggest ice kachang fan....u see, i dun eat the ingredient inside, i only eat the shaven ice with the colourful syrup over it!
I think my friends yesterday finally learnt and understood how bad my chinese was! I'm not proud to say it but i embarrassed myself infront of a nice old lady and the chicken rice uncle coz of my pathetic chinese. Yes...nothing new to my friends that Ja's chinese is horrible....just that my friend never really knew the extent of how horrible it was.
1) This nice old lady was almost finishing her meal at the table we were going to occupy. So we told her not to rush and take her time to finish her food. She spoke to us...just some mini friendly conversation, then she asked if we knew how to speak teochew...so i just replied that i knew. She then asked me which side of my family was teochew...
Ja: wo(2) de(4) ma(1) ma(1) de(4) ma ma na(4) bian(1)
[Old lady looks at me with a puzzled look...friends looked appauled]
Old Lady: ni(2) de(4) ma ma de ma ma shi(4) ni(2) de(4) wai(4) po(2) [everyone burst out laughing]
Ben: Ja! Oh my goodness, u're so stupid! Even the aunty has to correct u!
2) Still at the hawker center waiting for our food. Ben decides to test my pathetic chinese. He points to the sign board above the chicken rice stall as ask me what the chinese words read. Ok, let me just state that they were in 'fan ti' ok..so give me some credit here!
[the sign in english said 'special beancurd'- zao(1) pai(2) dou fu Ben: (pointing to the signboard) Ja, what does that say?
[Ja lookin kinda puzzled coz she couldn't read the damn words except for pai(2) and dou fu, so decided to make a guess, sounding all confident!]
Ja: Oh... ming(2) pai dou fu lor!
[Everyone brust out laughing again...]
Then the chicken rice stall uncle turns around towards our table and says in chinese...
Uncle: [in a joking manner] U want to help me rename my food issit! [laughs...]
Ben: Uncle, u need to forgive my friend here, her chinese is horrible!
So yea, for that afternoon i was the butt of the joke...coz of my horrible chinese.*sighz*