Monday, June 30, 2008

Lily and Lou Sai

We were on a day trip to Wollongong when Sherene and I decided to do some random thing out of the blue. It's really random trust me.

Background Info:
All of a sudden, i recalled Mun Ee's( one of my high school mates) interesting "bei gu"( they call the lady from northern China in Hong Kong) accent back in chong hwa. Then i just blurted it when Sherene got all excited and showed me the "proper" accent. I was all stunned and thought i was watching the Hong Kong drama series. lol.

Theme:
Lily (the lady) was talking to lou sai (the boss) and trying to persuade him to buy her a Gucci Bag that was on a 20% sale.

Starring:
Sherene- the lady
Shane- the boss

Setting:
Wollongong- on the lawn on a cliff overlooking the blue pacific ocean.

Director:
Jason


It's interesting how people tend to assimilate their own accent with a foreign language. It's supposed to be one same language but sometimes you are just not sure whether or not it's the language that you are familiar with.

Here is the scenario. In Australia, the common language is English (of course, but you will be amazed by how Mandarin and Cantonese have gradually taken over), but sometimes when you overhear the people next door talking, you wouldn't be 100% sure that they are speaking English even though they really are.

That's what actually allows people of different nationalities stand out from one another. Not to forget to seek familiarity in a foreign country. I like it when people can just recognize you through your accent. It's the accent that bind the people together.

p/s: It's really funny to see how Sherene instinctively speaks mandarin and english with a Malaysian accent. Sometimes she wouldn't even notice that her mandarin is almost if not totally replaced by the malaysian mandarin.

"啊,没得救了!"

"walao, 美到!"

"七点三个字"

wahahahhahaa, i am starting to think that i am such a vice, a bad influence. lalalla.

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