bad sector in my brain
I was in a meeting with a couple of my supplier today. They were here to discuss about some metrics performance (of their product) and also about some of the project I’m working on. One of them, was a lady from China — and I was suppose to brief her about the metrics.
As expected, she’s not proficient in English. That means, I have only 2 ways to communicate with her
1) sign language
2) speak lousy Mandarin
Since I don’t know sign language, I’ve got no choice but to speak to her in my Mandarin. Alright, I set off by presenting a few charts and shits like that - using Mandarin and some mix of languages. I wasn’t doing good until I got reminded that she actually speaks Cantonese - which is part of my daily language.
Alright, that means, no communication barrier now. I started to converse with her in Cantonese - very comfortably … until it was way “too comfortable”. Here’s the excerpt of what happened. (ignore the technical part as they’re not really important):
Vendor : “Lei hai kong …. koh ko [metrics] keh sou mok ?”
(translation : “are you referring to the [metrics] number ?”)
Me : “Mm hai…. ngo hai kong leng ngoi yat ko…”
(translation : “no… I’m referring to the other one …”)
Vendor : “Oh … kam … tiko [metrics] leh ?”
(translation : “oh … then…. what about this [metrics] ?”
Me : “Mm sai thai lor … kam siu….”
(translation : “no need to discuss about it … the number’s too small..”)
Vendor : “Oh … kei kou aa ?”
(translation : “oh … how high ?”)
Me : “Koh ko [metrics] ?”
(translation : “That [metrics] ?”)
Vendor : “Hai…”
(translation : “vagina” …. kidding …. it’s actually “Yes”)
Me : “siew ko yee sap ke ceh … TIUUUUUU”
(translation : “It’s only less than twenty … FUCK”)
Alright, if you still haven’t get what happened, I actually said “FUCK” in cantonese at the end of my sentence. TIU = FUCK (in cantonese). I usually say this at the end of each sentences that was meant to ridicule or mock my subject. Ask Kancil Killer that joined me for lunch today, and he’ll tell you how much this word TIU came up in our conversation. But that was for informal practice only.
Goddamn. I wasn’t actually planning to say that. This was suppose to be a formal meeting with my supplier, and needless to say, I’ll have to act noble. Man…. when I realized what I’ve said, I couldn’t help to laugh about the boner. I was suppressing myself real hard … until I’ll have to excuse myself from the meeting room in pretense of going back to my cube to collect something.
Damn … what had happened to me ? What next ? Omg … Profanities had corrupted my soul and spirit. I’ve got to find a way to purify back my personality. Perhaps consuming more cendol will help …….

