malay tutorial lesson #1

[claire] *writes a phrase on a napkin* okay, macam mana? means so how?
[tzeqi] i know apa 'ja means anything.
[claire] actually its apa sahaja *writes phrase on napkin* oh, and this *writes 'tak tahu* is 'i dont know'
[tzeqi] huh? what does it mean?
[claire] i dont know.
[tzeqi] huh? then why did you write it?
[claire] huh?
[tzeqi] if you dont know what it means, why did you write it?
[claire] i know what it means!
[tzeqi] then what?
[claire] i dont know la!
[tzeqi] WHAT?
[claire] i dont know!!!
[tzeqi] IF YOU DONT KNOW THEN WHY DID YOU WRITE IT
[claire] IT MEANS I DONT KNOW OKAY

anyway thanks li cheng for the dinner! it was a bit strange though. we were supposed to meet outside swensons but tzeqi and i were in the shop next door when we saw a group gathering. all guys. we glanced at each other panic-stricken. we glanced back at the mustering army platoon. i spotted a girl in the vicinity.

"oh, its okay, there's one girl"
"huh? where got?"
"there!"
"where?"
"i dunno where she went. but i saw her."
"oh, okay lor. hey look at this keychain!"

when we turned back the group was gone, so we made our way rather apprehensively into swensons. we saw the table. no girls.

"where's the girl?" tzeqi muttered into my shoulder. (haha! okay la she's not that short.)
"er, i dunno. maybe she ran away."

anyway! we spent the evening folding our napkins into that primary school game thing, the square one that opens and closes and then your friend picks one of the numbered flaps and it opens to reveal clever one liners like "you are a stoopid pig! haha!" or "you are going to marry mrs lim! haha!" or just "idiot!" if the maker is more into one-word-wit.

but anyway! ta-da!!!!!!!! my 3.7pound wide margin kjv has arrived! 3 weeks early! thank you amazon.com! thank you mellie!