eh...

relishing my ice coffee in a hot afternoon at chinatown!

in my broken singlish...(from the famous DongYa coffeeshop or was it YaDong???)

auntie: xiaomei!
me: eh...coffee..erm...kopi ice
auntie: huh?
me: kopi... (abit panic) BENG!
auntie: kopi beng ah. tabao?
me: aaah.(nod nod)

hands over my packet of kopi.

me: duo1 shao3 qian2 ah? (forgot how to ask kueh lui in hokkien...slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind!)
auntie: yi kuai yi.

paid auntie.

phew. i finally got my trophy kopi beng.