Am facing this major problem whenever I return to Malaysia...
I am simply unable to communicate... in Mandarin...
The noodle hawker charges me in Mandarin...
The taxi man asks me where I am going, in Mandarin...
The bank teller asks me how much I want to withdraw, in Mandarin...
The little ones, particularly the nieces and nephews, and their even-littler ones...
They speak to me in Mandarin...
And I go blurrr... errr... errr...
My youngert brother talks to his wife in Hokkien...
She talks to their kids in Mandarin...
Their dad talks to the kids in our funny-funny dialect...
They respond in Mandarin... oh my...
Ahh, as I have reminded myself a million times before, I have to master this language...
Soon... or else...
Am now in Chow Kit, just a stone's throw from Legend Hotel, where we are putting up for the night...
Shall be returning to Japan tomorrow... whoopeee...
When you are away from your sweet-sweet home for two weeks, you long to return...
Even though the temperatures there continue to ossillate around 35 degrees...
Gardening, photography, food, fishing, traveling, scuba diving, life in Japan, plus of course, news and views of being away from home...
wohoooo going to Tokyo in three weeks time! happy.. been following your blog about life in Japan sometimes since few years back. Cantik Japan! planning to go Hokaido (seafood!!!) directly right after landing in Narita at 2pm ..and come back to Tokyo the morning of following day.. hehe!
ReplyDeleteGive them back in Japanese!! Then it's their turn to go blur blur!
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feyfey... arigato very much for following my humble little blog... you must have been looking forward to this trip to Japan... take care, do whatever you do slowly and deliberately... no rush, especially with the seafood... and also, do take precautions even though Japan is supposedly safe... watch your belongings and all... enjoy your trip... I am sure you will have a lovely time...
ReplyDeletealice... actually tried doing that with some of my little grand neices... they laughed and rolled on the floor, uncontrollably of course...