I’ve been in HK for over a year and my Chinese language hasn’t really improved. I get confused with Putogwa and the different Cantonese variations around China when I travel, so I’ve pretty much learnt all I can.
Also it’s a fact that Chinese don’t expect you to speak Chinese – so it knocks you back a bit if they ask you to repeat what you just said.
Anyway, went to a small café ¡nd tried use my piss poor Cantonese to order a small soya drink for my friends, this is what we got instead.
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September 17th, 2004 at 4:49 pm
oh my, i totally feel ya. i have been trying to speak dutch at supermarkets and shops here in the netherlands. i feel myself like an idiot whenever they ask me to repeat again, AND they still dun get it, ggrrrrrrrr. am i THAT bad??
but well, hang in there and try till you finally get the right food on the table
September 19th, 2004 at 2:16 am
What exactly is that? It’s very…white.
September 20th, 2004 at 1:38 am
Yes it was a bread type of thing. I proceeded to eat a bit with chopsticks and got alot of strange looks – no way was I going to pick it up with my fingers, unless I wanted to be ill…
September 23rd, 2004 at 3:19 am
Oh in Cantonese is Cheun Fun, right? and is some meat inside wrapped with the white sticky thing. That is dim sum though!
October 8th, 2004 at 10:22 am
haha!! its cheung fun!! dim sum..though im having trouble wondering what u actually said to them? soya bean drink u wanted right? dau cheung?
October 9th, 2004 at 3:18 am
Hmm…i think it’s very pasty white “ma lai go”