A nice thursday

Always liked thursday, because the next day is friday. Thursday is like an almost relaxed day. To me it's midweek =) One step further to rest.

Went to eat Teochew porriage at Maxwell. It was really good. This is one of my favourite crusine. To top it off, I think it's the best I have eaten so far. Was walking back from Maxwell when two ladies approached me, asking me some stuffs in cantonese. Imagine my look when all I could do was to stare at them with my mouth agap.

Thankfully, Irene was beside me. Within moments, I saw a whole scene of hong kong serial being played right at my face. It was exhilarating. All I could do was to smile and be nice, while trying to understand what I can amidst the gesticulation. Cantonese sound so nice!!! Remembered the time I was catching 'chong shang yun xiao' from jj. I still haven master how to sing the theme song! =(

Then I remembered how the same thing happened when I was younger. My dad used to work in Japan for a few months, and he befriended quite a few Japanese then. One was Aunty Wakana. When my dad came back from Japan, I had so much gifts from her: biscuits, beautiful scarves etc. She finally came to visit Singapore. She used to associate my name with Changi airport, and there was how she remembered me. Her English wasn't that good, I could only understand her through gesticulations and patches of English here and there.

Her friend, Aunty Izumi also visited us. She was beautiful. Think because I was a girl, both of them adored me. Hahaha. What was amazing was when they first saw me. I was reading this Enid Blyton book then and they were surprised I could understand. Imagine the shock when they saw me reading another book the next day (Yes, I was a speed reader =) ). Japanese learn English only at the age of 12.

Thinking back, I realise I have quite an enchanting childhood. There were visits from other friends of my dad as well. Uncle Sunny from Hong Kong, and this other black guy from Saint something, an Island in America and a few others.

Sometimes it's really nice to know people from other cultures. How come that doesn't apply when I grew up?! Haha.

It is nice remembering such stuffs. Later I'll be going to Kushin Bo for this Japanese Buffet to celebrate a colleague's birthday. It is a nice thursday. =)