Thursday, April 26, 2007

english, yinglish

Why it's important to understand English:

I had a bunch of Canadian dollars I needed to exchange, so I went to the currency exchange window at the local bank. Short line. Just one guy in front of me . . An Asian guy who was trying to exchange yen for dollars and he was a little irritated . . .He asked the teller, "Why it change?? Yestoday, I get two hunat dolla of yen. Today I get hunat eighty?? Why it change?"
The teller shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fluctuations. "(fluc - u - ations)
The Asian guy says, "Fluc you white people, too"

and im told i cant communicate. hmm, oddly enuff, when i email or talk to people from south east asia, there is absolutely no problem. no kiddin. the week of shorter working hours finally ends. yes it does. it didnt make much of a difference. same ol.

a few weeks back we passed the area where i grew up and the building stood no more. they tore it down to build a new piece of concrete and steel monstrosity. dont have much of a childhood left anymore.

only what remains in the head.

6 comments:

Chrisann said...

this is hillarious
is it true?
may I borrow it for the blog?
aren't you coming to mumbai?

ra said...

go ahead

ra said...
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ra said...

will be there any which ways, if i have to float all the way to mumbai, will do that(cuz i cant swim and the life jacket better work!)

krashwin said...

lolz...amidst chaos, this is what makes for a perfect respite, though short one, but perfect...keep writing, dude! :)

krashwin said...

it's really sad to know that our childhood has melted into the past so fast. sigh, i'd trade anything to be a 3-year-old again.

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