Soup of the Day - Little hot and spicy

J: 我想要一碗雲南酸辣米線，小辣。

店員甲： 我要展 (警) 較(告)你，小辣係好辣。

Ｊ：　小辣都好辣，點樣先至無咁辣。

店員甲：　我鄭(建)巳(意)你，小小小辣。

Ｊ：　ＯＨ，我明白。咁小辣即係勁辣。

店員甲：係摸(魔)計(鬼)辣.

*if you want someone at those luxury shops like P_A_A or L.U., you should change your accent to some derivative Cantonese to get the attention of those salesmen. I think later on there will be a new fusion language called Mantonese. What I wrote here is my true experience - no exaggeration. I saved quite a lot when no one cared for my request in those luxury shops and even some ordinary shops like SaSa. :)

Soup of the Day: Alternate renovation

During the typhoon hitting Manila 3-4 weeks ago, my friend in Manila lost in touch with me for a week and it had been quite unusual to me as she is such a responsive lady. One day I got an email from her. I wouldn't believe what she had gone thru' but most of all her she turned her twist of fate.

She wrote in the lines: "My husband and I needed to jump off the 3rd floor of our house, with our 3 kids (from 6-12). We swam 200 meters to a higher land and be able to survive. All of us were wet, with no food and no water for a day. We saw our house submerged in the water and the whole area is like a big ocean. We saw our neighbours trapped in their houses and heard them cried and then silent. Their bodies flew in the water.....

I wrote back to her at the last sentence "You lost your houses but you have your own hands to earn it back. The most important is you, your husband and your 3 kids. All of you survive.".

Then she replied "Right, now all of us turned it to another thought. It's time for us to renovate our house. The 3 kids, my husband and I are now painting the house and trying to fix anything we think they still work. We have had our fun time in this renovation.

So this alternate renovation is a good example for us to turn the odds into something and be appreciative of what we have been given and every day we count.