Monday, February 13, 2012

culture shock and culture laugh!

Our gardener comes every Monday to trim, rake and clean our yard.
Glenda always gives him morning snacks such as cakes, cookies and etc. But this time, Glenda gave him a fruit instead of those western sweets. She asked Marielle to give the pear to Pak Romias.

Here is the ff. conversations:

Glenda: Marielle, could you please give this pear to Pak Romias for his snack?
Marielle: Okay... bapak.. bapak..
Pak Romias: oh oh, terima kasih ( thank you!)
Glenda ( shouting from a distance) : Itu buah Pak.. ( thats a fruit Pak Romias)

..SO he got the pear and then....
Marielle: Maam, Pak Romias throw the fruit away on the ground.
Glenda: What?... then I asked Pak Romias.. Pak did you throw the fruit away?
Pak Romias: ya, apa itu? what is this?
Glenda : oh no, pak itu makanan kecil kamu.. itu buah dari keluar negeri. This is your snack. A pear from Korea.
Pak Romias: oh oh maaf... saya tidak tahu!
He grinned and picked it up from the ground and it eat!

Things to know: Pak Romias must have heard buang which means to throw. But Glenda said, buah which means a fruit.

Well, that was a good laugh!

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