Saturday, December 03, 2005
takashimaya

CHRISTMAS is coming! whee! well today was really one of the most enjoyable shopping days of all! We went out for lunch with my da gu and po po at Wisma Atria!! The new Food Republic has opened at the fourth level there so we had a wonderful sumptous lunch... A lot of food, actually:
-ha kao
-scallop thingy with prawn
-hay zhou (it's this fried prawn ngoh hiong)
-oyster omelette
-hokkien mee
-tempura set
-kaya toast
-teh and coffee
-half-boiled eggs
-noodle soup
And during lunch we noticed that a couple was performing some of my dad and aunt's favourite songs at the atrium... My dad got so excited that after lunch, he and I (being the shopping-haters) went down to listen to them serenading and strumming the guitar while the ladies went shopping at Liz Clairborne (dunno how to spell lah). We discovered that the couple was performing to help raise funds for the Make-a-Wish Foundation and there were hot ladies dressed as fairies walking around to ask for donations. I think the donations would help fulfill the wishes of some children with life-threatening conditions or diseases, and those kids would get to meet their idols or get what they wanted. WOW! I was thinking, hey, do I get to make a wish since I have an abnormally-grown back and kneecap? HAHA. My wish would be to meet and greet and spend some time with 5566. Like that would ever happen, unless i go stuff myself with fried chicken until I get severe cardiac arrest or something. Sigh. i want a fulfilled wish too! But at least I'm alive and well. I donated $20 to the foundation. Hope someone's wish will come true!
After that we went to takashimaya and saw the mei ren yu from the chinese drama serial Tong Xin Yuan. The first thing my dad said about her was to comment that she was extremely tall. Funny daddy!! We shopped a lot at taka and I bought two books at kinokuniya! YAY! I bought Zhi Qi- something like a biography of tony sun xie zhi, and Ge Dou Tian Wang (mr fighting)- the storybook version of the 5566 drama serial. Anyway. I've been reading zhi qi and I cried when i read abt xiezhi's childhood (NOT THAT I WAS CLUELESS ABOUT IT BEFORE READING THIS BOOK) and it was so saaaaaad!!! boo.
Nothing much happened, except when we we were going back to the car. Po po saw my book and started talking about 5566.
AH. Here's another of PO PO'S FUNNIEST JOKES by po po... hahaha.... (the convo has been translated from hokkien to english.)
Joke One. How to Pronounce SUN XIE ZHI in Seven Minutes at a Bench Outside Marks and Spencer's.
Me: *takes out ge dou tian wang book* Ah Ma! this is my 5566 book! U noe how to read?
Po Po:*flips the pages on the book slowly* This is 5566 hor... 5566... wu wu liu liu...
Me: ha, ha, ha.
Po Po: *points to the picture of xiezhi* This one is XIAO ZHI right? He got no father but he can dance well.
Da Gu: Ya! Mother ah, i saw him on TV! he is called XIAO ZHI hor val?
Me: *laughing* Not XIAO ZHI, XIE ZHI! SUN XIE ZHI.
Po Po and Da Gu: *frowning, deep in thought* ... XIE ZI... orhh...
Me: *resignedly* it's XIE ZHI...
Po Po: This xie zi not so handsome leh... no hair...
Me: OH YES! he is handsome alright!
Po Po: *jabs the picture of RENFU decisively* This one more handsome. Very handsome.
Me: *almost suffocates with laughter*

Joke Two: Going Nuts Over Those Four Numbers.
Five minutes later, on the escalator..
Po Po still continues to talk about Xiezhi and how much she likes 5566's songs like Tou Xin Yes I Love You. Mom and I laugh like mad.
Ten minutes later, in the toilet, grandma still still still continues to talk about 5566.
Po Po: Wu Wu Liu Liu.........
Me: -_-
IN THE CAR...
Po Po: Wu Wu Liu Liu... Their song very nice!
Da Gu: I got a new girl band leh. It is called 3434.... ah ma is in it...
Po Po: This gor gor lak lak (5566 in hokkien), I got see on TV before. Many taiwan people like them leh!
Da Gu: Eh. Got 4D results on the radio!!
*everyone listens to the results quietly*
Radio: Second Prize numbers: 7966!!
Me: Ah ma, next time you go buy 4D must buy 5566 hor!
Po Po: 5566 never ever come out one...
Me: oh...
Po Po: *rather excitedly* Eh just now you got hear laydio (radio) say the number come out is 7966 leh! Don't have 5566 got 7966! Next time we buy...
Me: er okay.
Po Po: Wu Wu Liu Liu........................................ etc etc etc etc....................

HAhAHA that's all on Po Po's Funny Jokes! Good nite!!