Malu United!

No, this isn't some post about football. My friends know that I have scant interest in it. My friends also knows that I seldom curse... in Hokkien.

What happened was classic, I went to a store to rent some books. A young girl, say 18-ish?, quote a price which upon checking, I didn't have enough cash. Fine, I replied that I would pick it up later and proceeded to the nearest ATM. After which I paid her.

Guess her reply.

"Mister, you went (ran) to ATM ah?" (Mandarin)

"Ehm... yes."

"But... but... we have NETS leh." While stifling her giggles. Another assistant was barely disguising his chortles.

Normally I would have just laughed it off. But somehow the inner cat in me went :"Hong Kan la! Sibeh Malu la!"

"Wah! so advanced ah. And I 'walked', not run." I replied somewhat lamely.

It was a chinese comics store. And no, the girl wasn't cute. What happened to my world class powers of sarcasm when I needed it ???

Hong Kan la!