We are family
(on the phone)
Mum: Hello, girl ah. Don't forget we have reunion dinner at Imbi Palace Restaurant this Saturday.
Me : Yes, Ma.
Mum : Dinner starts at 5.30.
Me : What?!
Mum : 5.30
Me : 5.30?! Why 5.30?
Mum : Because I've booked 4 tables and the restaurant says it's either 5.30 or 8.30. Because they're heavily overbooked. So have to let diners eat in two shifts.
Me : Huh? Eat in shifts?! Ok, whatever. I'll be there at 5.30
Mum : And girl. We are visiting your place on neen chor yat.
Me : No! Ma, cannot!!
Mum: Why not? We haven't been to your place.
Me : I don't have any furniture. Haven't bought a sofa set. I've been sitting on the floor to watch tv.
Mum: But Uncle Yee, Aunty May and your FAMILY (she meant the rest of the 30-odd family members of the clan) want to come visiting...
* Neen chor yat - Cantonese for New Year's Day
Mum: Hello, girl ah. Don't forget we have reunion dinner at Imbi Palace Restaurant this Saturday.
Me : Yes, Ma.
Mum : Dinner starts at 5.30.
Me : What?!
Mum : 5.30
Me : 5.30?! Why 5.30?
Mum : Because I've booked 4 tables and the restaurant says it's either 5.30 or 8.30. Because they're heavily overbooked. So have to let diners eat in two shifts.
Me : Huh? Eat in shifts?! Ok, whatever. I'll be there at 5.30
Mum : And girl. We are visiting your place on neen chor yat.
Me : No! Ma, cannot!!
Mum: Why not? We haven't been to your place.
Me : I don't have any furniture. Haven't bought a sofa set. I've been sitting on the floor to watch tv.
Mum: But Uncle Yee, Aunty May and your FAMILY (she meant the rest of the 30-odd family members of the clan) want to come visiting...
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And that's precisely why I had to get my own place.
* Neen chor yat - Cantonese for New Year's Day
posted by Cupcake Queen at 5:25 PM
4 Comments:
heya. You got your own pad already?
Hah. Got a place and not telling. How can?
Anyway, I also started with sitting on the floor. And the collection of furnitures should be done slowly.
Gong Xi Fa Cai, "ah gurl" :)
Ah so you've moved already! Happy housewarming and happy new year! :)
Dear all, I've moved into my own place but it's nothing to shout about as my only piece of furniture is a coffee table.
And like anjali said, gotta get the furniture slowly (as I'm dead broke and dead fussy).
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