"Sheet char"

When my friends and I were in HK, we went to this place and one of my friends ordered "sheet char" (which in Malaysia means 'iced tea').
But the HK waiter was puzzled and wondered about it.
We too were puzzled and wondered why he did not understand.

So we changed the order to "yeet char" (hot tea)

Later, back in KL, I mentioned this to my students. My students explained that "sheet" in HK means "snow", so my friend was ordering "snow tea" , which obviously puzzled the waiter...(and anyone of us if we knew that 'sheet' meant 'snow').

There are sociolinguistic differences in the Cantonese spoken between HK and Malaysia. Obviously, in this case the difference resulted in us not getting what we wanted (iced tea)....

but it may be a good idea to have someone invent "snow tea".....shaved ice with thick tea ....hmmmmmm

Hong Kong

Like Guangzhou, HK has so so so so many people...wow...food is expensive, compared to food in Malaysia. a bowl of noodles may come to about RM9. Have to choose the right places though. not all places are nice, but we (I and my friend) managed to find a nice place (like home cooked food--had steamed fish, sweet and sour pork and kangkung like vegetables) for about RM50 (plus a bowl of green beans). Dim sum at the hotel we stayed (Ramada) was about HKD50 for two persons. quite cheap.

Hong Kong---once in a few years is good enough for holidaying.

Beautiful Guangzhou and Macau

Macau is a beautiful place. went to see the St. Paul's ruins, beautiful. Went to see the latest casino--the venetian, fantastic. but the food there is %$#@& expensive...had chicken rice, equivalent to about RM 20 something per plate. but good lah

If Macau is a good place to visit, Guangzhou is a must go...went to the Pearl River cruise...must go in the night to see the buildings which were brightly lighted....well, don't think that China is 'ulu' lah...very very modern, I don't think you can get any such cruise outside of china within Asia...definately not in Malaysia....

A must see place for holiday.

A big frog under a big coconut shell

I can now say that I have been to all the states in Malaysia---this is my first trip, and certainly won't be my last---to Sabah. Kota kinabalu is fantastic--I never expected it to be so modern, beautiful and clean. the people are extremely nice. What makes the place even more beautiful is its location just beside the sea....the airport is even bigger than the one in Penang, much more modern looking;

Today is my last day of conference in KK. After this, shall investigate further the food and places around the hotel...

Oh what a day....

had a hectic day today...sometimes, or rather most times i wonder...why is it that problems and issues have to happen at the same time? why can't they come staggered, so that we could solve them one at a time? ha ha, but all settled by the evening time. Well, will be going to sabah tomorrow for a conference. am looking forward to it as this will be my first trip to sabah. Problem is, it is going to be a very very tiring trip as I was given a transit flight, and not a direct flight. Apparently, the plane will stop at two places before landing in KK. So I leave KLIA at 6.30 in the evening, and will arrive KK about four hours later....oh what a night it will be for me...

I hate long trips...