#179
Shorty and me just got to Paris today for our baby moon.
Shorty: Wow this is the first time we’re in a country where we don’t know the language.
Me: No who said.
Shorty: Yes what! Most of the countries we been to have English as the main language. And Japan I speak Japanese.
Me: China and Hong Kong?
Shorty: Yah but it’s not very far off. I mean you can still speak…..
Me: Thailand.
Shorty: ….
Me: Yes? Something to say? You know how to speak Thai? Sawadikarb!
Shorty: Fine fine.
#180
During lunch at a French cafe by Champs Elysees
Shorty: What do we know about France?
Me: Les Miserables. The Guillotine.
Shorty: Ya but what else. Like which famous person do we know from France?
Me: Dunno.
Shorty: There I know… Audrey Tatou. The actress from Chocolat.
Me: Oh ok.
Shorty: Come lets play a game. We see who can name more famous people from a country or state ok? So you can choose a country first but you have to let me one person first. And once I answer, if you cannot answer anymore then you lose. Then we take turns to choose a country. Ok?
Me: Ok ok I start. USA.
Shorty: Britney Spears.
Me: Obama.
Shorty: Ok China.
Me: Zhang Zi Yi
Shorty: Mao Tse Tung.
Me: Germany.
Shorty: Mercedes Benz.
Me: WHAT? FAMOUS PERSON! Not a car!
Shorty: Mercedes Benz is a person! He named it after his daughter.
Me: Yerrr like that I might as well say Bavarian Motor Works (BMW).
Shorty: Haha but that’s not a person’s name!
Me: Neither is Mercedes Benz.
Shorty: It’s true la we studied it in school.
Me: Now that’s bullshit. Where got we study such thing in school.
Shorty: GOT!
Me: Fine Fine. Give you!
Shorty: Ok Scotland!
Me: Shit…. who is from Scotland? OK JOHNNIE WALKER!
Shorty: CANNOT LAH!
Me: Fine William Wallace.
Shorty: WHO THE HECKK IS THAT??
Me: Braveheart.
Shorty: HE DOESN’T EXIST IN REAL LIFE!
Me: He was a hero!
Shorty: Fine… give you. We can then use fictional characters also.
Me: HAHA YES!
Shorty: Ok for Scotland I have Sean Connery.
Me: He’s from Scotland? WAAATTT.
Shorty: Haha yeah. Your turn.
Me: I don’t have any more.
Shorty: HAHA I have one more. Then I win already.
Me: Fine give it to me.
Shorty: Sir Alex Ferguson.
Me: AHHHH!!!!!!!
Shorty: HAHA I remember that he’s Scottish only because we heard him speak when we watched the Man Utd vs Swansea game last week.
Me: Ok fine. I’m gonna give it to you. My turn… ALASKA!
Shorty: Hmm… Sarah Palin?
Me: ARRRRRGGGHHHHH FUUUUUKKKK THAT WAS THE ONE I GOT.
Shorty: HAHAHA TOO BAD. So now your turn. Who do you know from Alaska?
Me: Shit lah! Nobody else is from Alaska ah!! There’s nothing there except Lobsters.
Shorty: Lobsters are from Maine.
Me: Alaska also got what!
Shorty: Ok Germany.
Me: Hitler!
Shorty: AHHHHHH…..!!!
Me: Ok so who else?
Shorty: I know. The Holy Roman Emperor.
Me: WHAT?!?
Shorty: Yah… during the old days before Germany was Germany.
Me: WHAT RUBBISH.
Shorty: REALLY WAN!
Me: OK fine give you.
Shorty: Ok Denmark.
Me: Peter Gade.
Shorty: HAHA WHO IS THAT?? REAL WAN OR NOT!
Me: OF COS LAH! He’s the famous badminton player from Denmark.
Shorty: What kind of name is that? Sounds like Alligator!
Me: The real Peter Gade is going to be so pissed off at you if he knows you said that.
Shorty: Don’t know whether if really a real person or not. *suspicious*
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space