better for you not to, you it's better for you to cook longer okay later later the thing, it it I let it uh


anyway so the tuesday


, then err


if it's just if it's just the <mandarin>那个肉还有那个皮我不要啦:na ge rou hai you na ge pi wo bu yao la</mandarin> I want buy I want chestnut lah okay chestnut <mandarin>比较甜:bi jiao tian</mandarin> lah okay then I I I plus right then plus, so, then after that the


then you <mandarin>煮鸡饭可以吗鸡饭不:zhu ji fan ke yi ma ji fan bu</mandarin> I I <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> I <mandarin>我不需要买东西:wo bu xu yao mai dong xi</mandarin> right ah oh I I don't have buy anything right


I mean first of all the chicken <mandarin>你都你问我要不要:ni dou ni wen wo yao bu yao</mandarin> you want to steam or not you don't you don't you what other ways there I mean <mandarin>你是不炸东西的:ni shi bu zha dong xi de</mandarin> mah <mandarin>你怕全家油油这样子的吗你问我们什么问题:ni pa quan jia you you zhe yang zi de ma ni wen wo men shen me wen ti</mandarin> <mandarin>白问的:bai wen de</mandarin> leh then after that you ask me what the second thing you ask me about the


okay lor


oh, okay, okay lor <mandarin>你要你要你要这样子:ni yao ni yao ni yao zhe yang zi</mandarin> <mandarin>这样子搞:zhe yang zi gao</mandarin> then <mandarin>你你这样这样煮:ni ni zhe yang zhe yang zhu</mandarin> lor then plus another thing is that the chicken then the chicken right no no no vegetable one ah no no vegetable one you just chicken


you just called amazed not the green vegetable, yes


yes, and the the the maize right the maize right you have to went in like cut


ya okay okay


, on wednesday what you want to, err, salmon patty


you want me to make the patty by myself


bake it or something I think you you think the salmon because you think if I cook this way right the salmon is better or the meat is better,


after that and it's not like corn like that corn <mandarin>还有:hai you</mandarin> corn still got some sweet sweet taste then after that


meat so like from a like culinary point of view right the I think the


I think like the


or else or else


cause you you ah <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> the thing is that the you mean the patty right you need you need the, thing to be mince what I mean the fish to be mince and chicken to be mince what then after that you mix together then after that you bake it ah, I didn't say fish head <mandarin>我没有:wo mei you</mandarin> I <mandarin>我没有讲鱼头我我是说三文鱼:wo mei you jiang yu tou wo wo shi shuo san wen yu</mandarin> I don't know what you have heard I don't know what you listening


ya <mandarin>我是说鱼头不是鱼头:wo shi shuo yu tou bu shi yu tou</mandarin> I don't know what you are I don't know what you are


is at okay so now we now uh so so you think what salmon better or chicken or <mandarin>肉:rou</mandarin> better


okay, wait first of all first right the you said you ask me buy you ask me buy the meat right ah so <mandarin>如果我:ru guo wo</mandarin> so


it's not like it's not like pieces it's like <mandarin>搅的:jiao de</mandarin> lah, ya the


I'm talking about the patty, we I still have to buy the meat for I still have to buy the meat for the the the patty first right ya so <mandarin>如如果:ru ru guo</mandarin> I <mandarin>这个星期二解决先:zhe ge xing qi er jie jue xian</mandarin> okay


ya you go and check first <mandarin>然后你然后然后:ran hou ni ran hou ran hou</mandarin> ya I I, so on wednesday, err what you cooking <mandarin>我是想要吃你说我刚才说我要吃扣肉:wo shi xiang yao chi ni shuo wo gang cai shuo wo yao chi kou rou</mandarin> right <mandarin>所以我我你你:suo yi wo wo ni ni</mandarin> what's your what's your idea


err,


okay so if it's like this


so, one one sliced <mandarin>哪里够:na li gou</mandarin> so err <mandarin>这样子我我去买比较好:zhe yang zi wo wo qu mai bi jiao hao</mandarin> lah uh since I'm going to the uh I'm going to the FairPrice to buy right so


err <mandarin>一片:yi pian</mandarin> so if that's the case then you need to, most likely everybody will have to eat about


mostly everybody eat about three pieces so


oh okay okay okay fine so it's three for me three for me three, then, err two for you, okay so that means you there will be about


so on the


what what


how long you want to <mandarin>焖:men</mandarin> the thing


the <mandarin>肉:rou</mandarin> the the <mandarin>肉:rou</mandarin> can already <mandarin>你你:ni ni</mandarin> I think you put a few can ah


I I don't I I don't think that the, I think market one fresher right


okay then so the thing is that then then <mandarin>那个扣肉包你要我买多少个:na ge kou rou bao ni yao wo mai duo shao ge</mandarin> out cause I'm going to the FairPrice anyway


okay so if is if it's like this then, then <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> then then ya I keep ah I I go and buy I go and buy the have about eight eight pieces of the bun so <mandarin>然后:ran hou</mandarin> since <mandarin>这样子星期三好了了的所以:zhe yang zi xing qi san hao liao le de suo yi</mandarin> on


then how long are you going to how long are you going to to boil the thing


okay so you want to go and buy the, the lotus root from the market, and uh


I think is that that korean sauce right


okay so for that then


ya especially especially the the the, downstairs one still okay but the one at the at the MRT there at the the FairPrice right very very bad ah okay the that one all all all the chestnut ah


so I don't think it's a good idea to go and buy from the the Buangkok one okay it's either it's either you go and buy at the market or I go go go to the FairPrice downstairs to buy


okay okay lah you you just you just put the you you just put the the <mandarin>葱:cong</mandarin> and the, and


pumpkin or something eh actually <mandarin>那个黄瓜:na ge huang gua</mandarin> at err <mandarin>那个超级市场蛮那个颜色蛮鲜艳的:na ge chao ji shi chang man na ge yan se man xian yan de</mandarin> mah, yes <mandarin>看看起来很新鲜:kan kan qi lai hen xin xian</mandarin> mah


okay, so


Popiah


ya lah <mandarin>我自己吃:wo zi ji chi</mandarin> lah err so the <mandarin>皮:pi</mandarin> don't buy like last time ah okay because when you you you bought that you bought the the <mandarin>皮:pi</mandarin> that you bought last time


the <mandarin>那个外面是在他们用虾米然后他们把放糖在你那那边:na ge wai mian shi zai ta men yong xia mi ran hou ta men ba fang tang zai ni na na bian</mandarin> okay <mandarin>所以说比较甜:suo yi shuo bi jiao tian</mandarin> so if if you if you want right if you if you put sugar and the and the and and the prawn ah okay but if you


okay so you just, oh you just bake the chicken then


okay so for that then the <mandarin>菜你要煮什么东西:cai ni yao zhu shen me dong xi</mandarin> cause, err, err


ah if you use too much water the the all the nutrients will go into water and then there's the


and then <mandarin>应该是:ying gai shi</mandarin> you should use


if you want to <mandarin>我是想不需要放什么调味料:wo shi xiang bu xu yao fang shen me tiao wei liao</mandarin> lah <mandarin>因为你如果:yin wei ni ru guo</mandarin> because if you want to drink the water right then if you add in salt and then, and or soya sauce right <mandarin>你你:ni ni</mandarin> then after that you you drink it I don't think it's that healthy


I still have to buy the, okay, so for sunday


Lontong, so basically the Lontong most Lontong the Lontong the the the the sauce you know how you know how to do it or not


ah then <mandarin>我要我要我要我不愿意去这样这样搅那个东西:wo yao wo yao wo yao wo bu yuan yi qu zhe yang zhe yang jiao na ge dong xi</mandarin> so I should go and buy the I I buy the frozen sauce the frozen paste but <mandarin>你说很不健康:ni shuo hen bu jian kang</mandarin> right


I also have to go and buy the carrot as well <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> err


I like the I like I like I like <mandarin>硬硬:ying ying</mandarin> what I mean like the Ketupat the Ketupat at the at Satay stall there the Ketupat also a bit, also a bit like the kind of like Lontong kind of


err


some of them cook very badly okay some of them cook never cook cook rice not long enough then end up thing was very hard and then got the very raw taste


cause the thing is that the thing is that right the <mandarin>菜:cai</mandarin> harder right so you should put in the <mandarin>菜:cai</mandarin> first to cook it right, it's best it's best to put the


the carrot and the long bean inside the and, ya, after that then you put in the


it's <mandarin>硬硬:ying ying</mandarin> one eh, so <mandarin>所以你要:suo yi ni yao</mandarin> and it's cold so most likely you have to either steam or then boil it then and then you cook one what


but last time <mandarin>你说你要买我你要帮我那个:ni shuo ni yao mai wo ni yao bang wo na ge</mandarin> Lontong <mandarin>饭你你:fan ni ni</mandarin> you went to market right so end up could could you find could you find the Lontong


err actually monday I wanted to cook the curry cause I bought the curry powder, the curry paste ah, from market


(ugh),


the the bun, ya, two fifty


(hmm), Pasar <mandarin>买的他跟我放一包他全部参进去他东西全部参好好了:mai de ta gen wo fang yi bao ta quan bu can jin qu ta dong xi quan bu can hao hao le</mandarin> already mixed into a paste but if you buy from NTUC is different, but if you buy from NTUC it's difference, what are from NTUC is all big packets you know it's all big packet you if you are to cooking a lot then you buy is is is more worth it because you buy big packet come back you mix then everytime you cook you can take from the packets but for me is only I cook once in a while so is you know you buy all the big packets then later you waste it


you will keep it there for so long


the the curry, the curry chicken I don't cook very often mah, ya, , just uh just put chicken no chicken and potato


(hmm), what else can you put chicken chicken curry what else can you put there's only, (ugh) <mandarin>可以放只是鸡肉那个马铃薯还有还有番茄还有什么就是这几样:ke yi fang zhi shi ji rou na ge ma ling shu hai you hai you fan qie hai you shen me jiu shi zhe ji yang</mandarin> lor


what else can you put, ya, oh ya ya ya ya ya ya


ya ya ya I think I I think I make a mistake so I will remember I remember need to cook softer lah


!huh!, tuesday you going to work already, oh okay okay okay okay <mandarin>这样:zhe yang</mandarin> then the wednesday ah


then wednesday can you


the water chestnut leh sometimes you can't find it in the NTUC you know, so, I will just make the dumpling without chestnut just the meat


ya, I don't know if you can


(ugh), just the meat


and, I'm not sure I I I'm I going ya I can I can go and find your I mean I go to the supermarket and see if don't have then I'll just put meat only


(oo), (oo)


I have a chicken at the fridge <mandarin>你如果我可以我可以煮鸡饭:ni ru guo wo ke yi wo ke yi zhu ji fan</mandarin> but <mandarin>你那个鸡肉你要怎样煮:ni na ge ji rou ni yao zen yang zhu</mandarin> you want me to steam the chicken or what


!huh!, steam the chicken steam the chicken then the rice you want me to buy the the broth ah the chicken broth ah then put inside the rice !huh!


chicken


yes I I can cook I can cook it so but the it won't be very strong the taste won't be very strong cause it's from after I steam the chicken after I steam the chicken I use the you know the it's like the chicken broth lah from the chicken that I steam ah the sauce ah I put inside the rice so is not very strong cause it's the it's the the sauce is not the lot a little bit only


if you if you ya, !huh!


err if you want vegetable I can cook vegetable not a problem just steam vegetable or you know chicken is not really the vegetable is not really a problem, chicken just cook it lor steam it or you know


(ugh) <mandarin>你要蒸:ni yao zheng</mandarin> lor <mandarin>不然就炒就蒸没有什么的吗:bu ran jiu chao jiu zheng mei you shen me de ma</mandarin> quite simple


oh, you mean you want to corn the maize how, you mean cook how how you want to want it to be cooked with vegetables together


no you no you are you saying that you want the maize, just cook the maize not the green vegetable, oh your vegetable is actually the maize is it is it what you trying to say, !ow! okay lah no problem just steam lor just steam with the maize only what just just cause you want


ya lah I have to know cut out all the maize know bits by bits, that's what I've been doing right, so just now I have cook what so far right, , okay then I gotta steam it then <mandarin>我只是拿去蒸:wo zhi shi na qu zheng</mandarin> ah <mandarin>可以吗只是这样而已:ke yi ma zhi shi zhe yang er yi</mandarin> ah


(oo) okay okay okay, okay lor


, oh salmon patty, can buy the salmon fish for you so you go you make the patty yourself can right


you do your own, ya


, you know you depend what you want to eat you want to eat fish or you want to eat meat <mandarin>你到底要吃什么你要吃鱼还是吃肉你要吃鱼当然是:ni dao di yao chi shen me ni yao chi yu hai shi chi rou ni yao chi yu dang ran shi</mandarin> use the salmon fish is better


ah you mean you want to make salmon patty with the fish head, fish head you mean steam together or what I don't quite understand what you trying to say


, so why you mention the fish head for what why is it fish head


oh I I'm not very sure can try ah I mean you can try both lor I mean try one first salmon fish then the other day another day you try meat


oh I think most important is what you like fish or you like or you like the meat yes if you used the salmon fish then a bit fishy that it will be a bit fishy ya


so you use meat is not so fishy so it depends what you like you know


, <mandarin>他是一块一块的啊是:ta shi yi kuai yi kuai de a shi</mandarin> one piece or


by pieces ah or how is it like, oh you mean mince ah mince meat, mince meat how to make <mandarin>扣肉:kou rou</mandarin> mince meat cannot make what


uh, oh


mince meat I have cause I bought already so you don't have to buy only if you want to make <mandarin>扣肉扣肉:kou rou kou rou</mandarin> is a piece one then you have to go and buy <mandarin>不然:bu ran</mandarin> I don't have, but actually I have leh I I'm the I'm not very sure maybe I can check the fridge


I I go and check first can later later then I let you know, ya then after that let you know whether


NTUC one I'm not sure it could be you know it could be the same thing could be also frozen bun I'm not sure so unless I go to market if I'm not going market then you have to buy from the NTUC ya


for the dinner for the one meal is it enough for three person, !huh! <mandarin>三个人吃一人一片不够啊你们一个人要吃几片:san ge ren chi yi ren yi pian bu gou a ni men yi ge ren yao chi ji pian</mandarin> <mandarin>一个人要吃:yi ge ren yao chi</mandarin>


how many pieces can you eat one person eat how many pieces cause I only have three pieces in the fridge, if the fish I only have three pieces so, how many you know maybe you need to go supermarket buy


so maybe <mandarin>你买多五片可以吗:ni mai duo wu pian ke yi ma</mandarin> buy five if lah if can buy if cannot you buy a bit more that's okay


you know, five to six pieces ah five to six pieces not not too many <mandarin>不要不要买太多:bu yao bu yao mai tai duo</mandarin> leh


err , , sound like stew the stew the meat


ya lor, put some like sauce and herbs, that's what I do


cook the meat


normally I'll cook for about maybe for meat it's about, if you want it to the tender you have to cook for about one hour you know, ya


you still need to put in other like you know #tau pok# or whatever right put inside cook together, and I have to put the garlic also put garlic inside


oh


you know it will it taste better


yes, have to put have to put in soya sauce and dark soy sauce, ya lor


just now I told you, cook it for half an hour low heat, have to be low heat half a heat uh no one hour for meat is one hour you know so have to be low heat or else , water will be gone so it's low heat


!huh!, <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> so so do you do you want to put anything else any ingredients


you want me to put like #tau pok# you know that kind of thing inside, what else can be you know


because normally just they don't just make the meat only they will put other ingredient inside then


they sell separately or what the egg sometimes they sell egg also what I don't know I'm not sure I sure it could be different, anyway you but since you are you know it's a home cooked meal you can you know you can, put anything you want there's there's no you know


there's no particular you know , recipe you have to follow what it's it's a home cooked so you can put in you know it's all up to you


for eggs normally you buy from supermarket you don't buy from market already cause now the days, they don't sell eggs anymore cause not not many people buying you know people all buy from NTUC so you can't find you can't even find egg store there


so you have to buy from supermarket, !huh!


#tau pok# <mandarin>我我自己的我的冰箱里面有:wo wo zi ji de wo de bing xiang li mian you</mandarin> inside my fridge have a lot of #tau pok# last time you you seen before what inside, quite a few #tau pok# inside so don't need don't need to buy


ten ah, so you you you you decide you, normally a quite a lot inside you know


on thursday I really don't know what to cook <mandarin>我不懂要煮什么每天每天:wo bu dong yao zhu shen me mei tian mei tian</mandarin> <mandarin>你又说我煮一样的东西:ni you shuo wo zhu yi yang de dong xi</mandarin> say I I cooking the same thing over and over again, so I really don't know what to what you want to eat


okay, put less water lah not so much seem too much water so


maybe lotus lotus root, soup, okay, or, winter melon soup


, ya lotus root soup I have the pork rib so you don't have to buy, you only need the buy the lotus root ah, maybe I go market to see whether I can find it you know lotus root


!huh!


uh


ya if the lotus root is not fresh then if you know if if I I'm not free to market then maybe we just, anyway I have the winter melon so we just cook winter melon soup you know it's also a good idea what, winter melon


winter melon also can make into you know, a quite nice soup


depends on what you want to eat lah, I have chicken I have chicken fish meat you know steam or you know


or bake you know, you can decide later lah you know still so many days away, you can decide that later <mandarin>迟点才决定:chi dian cai jue ding</mandarin> ah


oh


okay <mandarin>如果你要吃三文鱼要吃三文鱼你要放那个:ru guo ni yao chi san wen yu yao chi san wen yu ni yao fang na ge</mandarin> ah


or, you want something else


, yes the korean sauce the korean sauce I I don't think it's suitable you you have to use the teriyaki sauce I think it's more suitable japenese what, so I think use teriyaki sauce better


so if you so I just make the the mince meat most important is you buy the mince meat I have it in the freezer so no problem


the mince meat only, meat the meatball mince meat only can right,


okay no problem, <mandarin>不过那个栗子栗子:bu guo na ge li zi li zi</mandarin> supermarket, the ya supermarket one normally not so fresh ah, market one is very fresh, , <mandarin>不过那个栗子栗子:bu guo na ge li zi li zi</mandarin> supermarket the young sir monkey one normally not not so fresher <mandarin>真的:zhen de</mandarin> market one is very fresh


if just the meat itself it's okay right


, !huh! if you ya


it's nothing much I mean the, wine the wine and soya sauce only


ya mine meat only I steam it cause you say you want, you want <mandarin>那:na</mandarin> you want the, minced pork, ball ah, so you have to steam it or else it's err it's more like western style already you want the chinese style right


so ya, so I going to steam it


normally I will cook green vegetables but you don't like green vegetables so


that one is the , that one, must go to the market, need to go to market to buy, ya that one


so, that one need to go to the market I think downstairs [ho], that one supermarket also have right they they don't sell hor at the supermarket right, so if you can find it then ya you can cook that one


okay lor so oh <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> just buy from the supermarket, and the vegetable vegetable you must cook until very soft you know


ah a bit a bit hard you know so you must cook until you must really


spend more hours cooking until it's very soft you know it's not even meat, how do I don't know, I don't know maybe I don't know the way we cook maybe, not so nice, or we, I don't know how the, how they sell outside is sweeter right do you find that day that we cook not so sweet right


did you find it, not so sweet and the not so flavourful, like not so soft not so flavourful that why he didn't like to eat, I don't really know how about you do we have any improvement on this you know, if any idea how to improve on it or else he won't eat it cause it's not soft


and you know not flavourful I don't know what to add in beside soya sauce we only put soya sauce right, !huh!


unless improve on the recipe, if not he won't eat you know, uh


he is older now so he will not get swollen face or what he is okay now no problem he can eat but only that you have to make it flavourful ya maybe ya maybe if is it sweet lor put the, the prawn ah


put prawn and make it tastier ya, ah I don't know it's not so easy to cook you know looks easy but, different when you cook it's I find it not not not so nice, maybe have to have to improve on it


ya that's why it's not so nice, that's why, can cook


can cook but you have to improve on it if not it won't be nice you have to, ya,


#nasi lemak#, #nasi lemak# <mandarin>就要用椰浆:jiu yao yong ye jiang</mandarin> eh, ya lor <mandarin>你要买椰浆:ni yao mai ye jiang</mandarin> lor or just put the coconut, put coconut in the rice, then chicken, chicken what are way you want fried chicken or you want baked chicken


you want to bake the chicken or fried, fried !wow!, bake chicken also okay right, okay right for the #nasi lemak# we have we do our own recipe


err most likely if it will be chicken wing cause I have chicken wing


anyway as long as you put coconut in the rice it will be like #nasi lemak# already lor


right, you put coconut ah in the rice make like go and like coconut rice then, it will be taste like #nasi lemak#, the chicken doesn't matter right as long as you know, if you bake it it I think should be alright


ah yes, yes they put pandan leaves, put pandan leaves so you want you you must go and buy the pandan leaves, from the NTUC or market ya


to make it more flavourful, ya,


ah so the, rice would be nicer with the pandan leave and salt ya alright


oh radish you want you want to you mean you mean for the #nasi lemak#, to go the #nasi lemak#, is the vegetable go with the must #nasi lemak# or


so you just want, to cook the radish in the water it's it's more like making soup, just steam it I mean you put the water just cook it soft then that's it, so


you want to drink the water


ya you don't need to add in any salt or anything because the because if water is very little it will be some taste ah, there will be some sweetness in the water so so you don't need to add in anything


the coconut, the what it's the coconut water or


the coconut the packet coconut you need to buy it, we need to buy the coconut that's all


yes yes you need to buy the pandan leaves, so only two items


the Lontong sauce I don't know how to make there's a lot of you need a lot of spices you know Lontong it's not easy to make you know you mean you want to make from scratch ah or, you want to buy packet


you know right you want to cook it yourselves on your own, from the all the spices ah it's not it's not that difficult but you have to look at the recipe you know, means you have to, buy all the all those different, you know the ingredients like garlic or whatever you know


garlic ginger all this you know the turmeric all these you know then you mix together, mix together you know then you fried fried it then, all these you have to later you want to you know what are the ingredients you have to check the recipe


you must really fried it until it's very you know !wah! very fragrant ah then, then it it would work, so so are you are you prepare to you know make the effort are you prepared if you are really prepare to make the effort then you can buy all and cook


if you eat once in a while I think it's fine it's not that you eat it too often, I think it's it's okay


eh the <mandarin>豆干是要炸的:dou gan shi yao zha de</mandarin> you fried the, bean curd you know the bean curd you need to need to be fried


hor the it's the, the sauce ah the soup lah the the the Lontong the the soup is more important ya


I'm not whether the market one is the, very the market one is fresh mah I need to go and find ah I need to go and search whether they sell or not, but I find the NTUC one not very fresh, it's not nice you know <mandarin>不好吃:bu hao chi</mandarin> eh <mandarin>如果他他他硬硬这样:ru guo ta ta ta ying ying zhe yang</mandarin> ah


, the vegetables


normally you don't cook the rice the rice is separate one you you just put in the bowl only after that you have after you cook everything you just pour in pour the soup inside you don't cook the rice, the rice you don't cook only the bean curd you only put inside and cook for awhile maybe five minute only you know it's already cook already what you fried already it's already cooked you just put inside to get the to absorb the sauce only


ah the rice you don't cook you know how do you cook the rice rice you cook ah oh you want you want to make it softer ah cook inside


but if ah if it's fresh ah you don't even need to boil or steam it don't need, it's it's fresh it's soft, only when you pick it up from the fridge ah it's cold you know hard then you need to steam it


(ugh) <mandarin>那个有那个味道的:na ge you na ge wei dao de</mandarin> so you know, better to buy from the market or what if we can you know


<mandarin>我是没有看到:wo shi mei you kan dao</mandarin> eh, I didn't see any Lontong there you know maybe I never you know


observe properly so next time if we if confirm if confirm you want to, eat Lontong then uh the next time I go uh I check, I I'm not very sure they sell or not maybe have ah I think


maybe I will check again next time


so actually I go to quite a few markets you know so I will I will just check for you lah see whether have or not


!wah! this year <mandarin>很麻烦:hen ma fan</mandarin> leh


how ah, what do you think


not bad idea, can ah <mandarin>很好:hen hao</mandarin> lor barbecue lor


okay err, then later, write down what you want to buy leh, !huh!


got meat also and and everything no problem


you let me know then I write down


three KG ah, !wah! three KG then maybe don't buy the


we can have <mandarin>两样:liang yang</mandarin> lor mixed lor, maybe one KG <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> sea prawn <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> two KG <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> not not sea one lah


uh then the okay


two racks ah okay they they they will understand two racks


can ah <mandarin>水果:shui guo</mandarin> good lor, the what uh okay what what kind of <mandarin>水果:shui guo</mandarin> you want to buy


wait wait wait wait write down orange <mandarin>苹果:ping guo</mandarin> slowly lah I got to write down mah, okay ya ya


okay, ya kiwi


ah okay grapes


okay yogurt, okay yoghurt, okay write down yoghurt already what else you need


uh


err sauce you have !huh!, okay but, can ah you you know what to get


can, then


okay, can sweet potato


okay corn <mandarin>两三个:liang san ge</mandarin> ah, k marshmallow


okay <mandarin>一包就够:yi bao jiu gou</mandarin> ah okay, the beef


short rib ah


eh <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> err short ribs ah


okay lah <mandarin>我写下来:wo xie xia lai</mandarin> lah <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> know <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> know where to get right


then the beside <mandarin>红酒:hong jiu</mandarin> you want any other drink or not


okay coca cola, okay so err fanta grapes, orange juice


root beer ah, okay A&W root beer


how many ah, okay <mandarin>两瓶:liang ping</mandarin> !huh! okay


fruit punch


but you you got food salad right, maybe you can make some err <mandarin>做那个:zuo na ge</mandarin> #agar agar#


cake ah cake not so important lah <mandarin>蛋糕:dan gao</mandarin> everytime


but you where got time you you, strawberry shortcake ah okay lah good lor


okay


okay two punnet, cake flour, okay <mandarin>一公斤:yi gong jin</mandarin> ah


make another cake ah is it too too troublesome or not


!wah! not bad ah, ya black forest <mandarin>很好吃:hen hao chi</mandarin> leh


okay lah <mandarin>改天我们一起去:gai tian wo men yi qi qu</mandarin> lah, okay, eh the <mandarin>那个鸡:na ge ji</mandarin> leh


chicken wing, ya lah buy mid joint <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> chicken wing <mandarin>在巴刹买:zai ba sha mai</mandarin> !huh!


okay <mandarin>二十四:er shi si</mandarin> ah, mid wing, mid joint wing ah,


barbecue, Satay ah


Otah okay


ready ah ready then go to get from lee wee and brothers lor, hor they their their their Otah quite nice ah


okay lee wee and brothers Otah,


charcoal and starter, okay <mandarin>我写下来:wo xie xia lai</mandarin> charcoal and starter ah, eh, charcoal and starter <mandarin>哪里有巴刹没有啊要去:na li you ba sha mei you a yao qu</mandarin> supermarket ah


I think so ah I don't know what else do you need ah eh do you need those uh


long ah tong


, okay ah, then let them do it lah, , okay, then the okay err when when do you want to do it ah the the barbecue


eighth ah, okay eight is err near eh <mandarin>下个星期六:xia ge xing qi liu</mandarin> leh, saturday leh okay lor, ya so we got a week to prepare eh it's quite soon eh then you you some more you wanna make cake all that enough time or not


can lah okay lah then in that case whether going to, ya lor


okay lah then choose


then the <mandarin>星期四你可以:xing qi si ni ke yi</mandarin> make cake Liao lor


okay lah then <mandarin>星期四:xing qi si</mandarin> marinate first lah, no correct so I I got to put in a set of the reminder


okay then wednesday we can go and get all the things ah <mandarin>巴刹:ba sha</mandarin> and uh all the things


ya lor this week quite busy lah, no lah no shopping lah never mind because after that you got sunday and monday, holiday !wah! ya you can relax can do what you want you can go shopping also


, birthday gift ah, no lah nothing in particular lah, you got cake already mah


ya what cake you got to make leh, handmade leh ya, then some more is a good memory leh, nevermind but at least the the the the experience of it mah


very risky leh, , <mandarin>三十四:san shi si</mandarin> lor


!wah! anniversary also got to prepare something ah, good meal ah have anything in your mind


okay Omakase those okay, the those uh sushi and all those things ah


are you going to look for it


err, anniversary small or, birthday smaller which one is smaller


this one ah the prize and the size doesn't go together <mandarin>最小最贵:zui xiao zui gui</mandarin> okay I can I understand


can lah, !wah! then that is for end of the year already lor


ya lah now don't know I think by, maybe got to


I know seattle, vancouver


can and then we can drive


next year summer summer don't know whether the, the COVID how is it the the the travel don't know lifted or not yet leh


alaska tour <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> alaska tour <mandarin>的还还没有开:de hai hai mei you kai</mandarin> leh the COVID <mandarin>没有啦明年:mei you la ming nian</mandarin> lah <mandarin>明年:ming nian</mandarin> I don't know, next year you don't know this year they everything cruise <mandarin>全全部都没有:quan quan bu dou mei you</mandarin> closed down


I think got to wait until <mandarin>明年看咯那个:ming nian kan lo na ge</mandarin> see how the, if COVID is okay if they have vaccine <mandarin>他们就开那个:ta men jiu kai na ge</mandarin> cruise and all that


so many years the children, same


ya you need <mandarin>二十:er shi</mandarin> lah because they want to join around you want the cruise at least


twenty day


eh the, eh the before I forget how's the how's your flower ah that day the seed you angie gave you


but now you you know how to grow meh you started already


oh,


time consuming leh, !wah!, no, a lot of time ah


ya lah so long if you enjoy good lah because very time consuming lah <mandarin>很多时间:hen duo shi jian</mandarin> leh


, Geylang <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> laksa you enjoy then beside that ah I see now


more and more so many pot


so <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> can grow lah, oh, okay lah but don't don't buy too many ah the,


no because recently a lot of dengue leh, ya no but there's no, make sure <mandarin>没有水:mei you shui</mandarin> ah


but recently the weather also <mandarin>很热:hen re</mandarin> lah so no problem, but the a lot of dengue case so be careful lor


oh, okay lah <mandarin>自己小心:zi ji xiao xin</mandarin> check <mandarin>可以:ke yi</mandarin> Liao,


but <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> plant uh the more plant you have they attract a lot of worms and insects leh,


I know I know <mandarin>你妈妈叫我看:ni ma ma jiao wo kan</mandarin> I think that one is not caterpillar lah because it's almost three inches long leh then


cannot be lah <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> think <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> worms lah


I don't think <mandarin>太大了:tai da le</mandarin> lah, but it's quite, (hmm) <mandarin>不可以不可以飞啊:bu ke yi bu ke yi fei a</mandarin> , but quite big leh that one, yeah I took a picture then I said I how can it be so fat


no lah I mean butterfly when when caterpillar become a butterfly cannot be so big what it still a baby butterfly what, so, ya so imagine imagine that one is a baby butterfly you come out then the adult butterfly what <mandarin>十二寸啊:shi er cun a</mandarin> cannot be lah


too big to be true lah I don't think so, !huh! is it oh they they found out already ah


oh, why, !huh!


he went to touch ah, !ee!, !walao! maybe he doesn't know


don't know I don't know whether bite or not or whether is it, yeah, don't know whether bite <mandarin>还是有毒:hai shi you du</mandarin> uh because all this normally all these insect all these thing <mandarin>有毒的:you du de</mandarin> eh don't anyhow touch I mean make sure you wash your hand ah


eh talking about that ah <mandarin>你你以后那个你:ni ni yi hou na ge ni</mandarin> go the garden if you're doing anything please wear glove leh


ya the the the <mandarin>那个手套:na ge shou tao</mandarin> lah because he don't know because sometimes <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> worms ah anything dirty anyway very hard to wash from your hand


ya lor, ya lor <mandarin>手套很多嘛买很多:shou tao hen duo ma mai hen duo</mandarin> just use and throw away lah, then nowadays a lot of this, funny funny <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> virus ah <mandarin>什么有毒什么:shen me you du shen me</mandarin> !aiya!, just protect your hand protect your mouth, everything wear mask


wear glove, , , eh the next week I got to go for my this err health screening also leh I forgot


ah, eh <mandarin>那个是:na ge shi</mandarin> eh


the, thursday


yeah, hor


I think,


no problem, uh <mandarin>六点半八点就回来:liu dian ban ba dian jiu hui lai</mandarin> Liao lor


still so many hours left, the MRI ah, they I mean they said


ya this one I think should be ok lah, I mean wear and tear <mandarin>老了:lao le</mandarin> normal lah normal for wear and tear what nowadays, everywhere you see everytime <mandarin>你看那个老人很多对不对:ni kan na ge lao ren hen duo dui bu dui</mandarin> hospital lah clinic lah everything test this test that


cannot be as good as young right, old ah always <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> wear and tear !ee! <mandarin>应该有问题:ying gai you wen ti</mandarin> lah, just got to manage the pain that's all lor


, just now you said thirty four lah, ya lah, just pass the thirty four first then talk about thirty fifth ah <mandarin>还没有:hai mei you</mandarin> thirty four <mandarin>还没有到:hai mei you dao</mandarin> talk about thirty fifth !aiya!


thirty fifth no lah no special name lah don't know yeah golden is fifty


fifty but fifty don't know we around or not


very long eh, another fifteen years don't know lah, fifteen years, ya lah now we just go year by year lah that's good enough


yeah, cannot tell lah, the eh but then when is your when is your medical appointment <mandarin>你没有:ni mei you</mandarin> appointment ah


k lah


oh SMS ah


ya I paid already what yeah that day they bill came already ya then we paid already what , the bill [orh] I take care <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> then <mandarin>你都没问题:ni dou mei wen ti</mandarin> mah you don't you don't want lah I take care of it lah


, eh the !wah!, very long never see err korean <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> drama Liao leh, any any nice one coming up or not (hmm)


flower of evil ah !wah!, eh that one I thought <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> just started <mandarin>今年而已是吗:jin nian er yi shi ma</mandarin> twenty twenty uh


end july, I don't think so lah netflix not so soon, normally netflix all the older show not the


ya that one <mandarin>弄那个是:nong na ge shi</mandarin> netflix <mandarin>的:de</mandarin> movie


season two ah I see the ending <mandarin>应该 有:ying gai you</mandarin> lah they leave they let you hanging mah they don't tell you <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> the conclusion


that's whynormally that's how they they keep their fan lor <mandarin>他们做了:ta men zuo le</mandarin> hor hang on hang on then after that


make another show, !wah! get you <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> interested again, see the response if it's good number <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> come up with part three


!huh! so many ah <mandarin>忘记了啦看看太多了老了那个有:wang ji le la kan kan tai duo le lao le na ge you</mandarin> voice one voice two then voice three ah now <mandarin>就没有了:jiu mei you le</mandarin> last one


oh yeah yeah I remember


the switch, you know, ya ya <mandarin>他他他:ta ta ta</mandarin> lost her skill Liao <mandarin>了那个:le na ge</mandarin> hearing skill <mandarin>就没没有:jiu mei mei you</mandarin> hearing skill how can be hearing how can hear voice cannot already what


we, ya lah last year lah too much free time lor <mandarin>没有东西做看看:mei you dong xi zuo kan kan</mandarin> movie lah, see


eh but the we <mandarin>看很多很多的:kan hen duo hen duo de</mandarin> korean drama Liao leh


after


maybe sometime can <mandarin>再看多一次咯忘记:zai kan duo yi ci lo wang ji</mandarin> Liao, but actually okay what this one I mean these are eager to next week you on that you can watch again after all is for entertainment


so long as you watch you enjoy


serial killer you see that one they chop head lah all this


yeah they chop the head lah and all these things lor !wah! quite violent, that one is a romance romance and err okay lah a bit comedy also lah


nah, yeah, I think the main thing is a lot of this show is also the main <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> main actor <mandarin>跟那个:gen na ge</mandarin> main actress lah


it's err not so much on the theme but <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> actor <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> actress ah, , but recently last week I think they stop for


yeah, maybe can start watching already, the thing


no, it's


should have a lot of nice nice err movie because, they produce very fast one you know so normally one month <mandarin>很多新新新的:hen duo xin xin xin de</mandarin> creating


then any other show, eh the you know the train to Busan ah they yeah they have another one they got train to Busan peninsula


I think I think they start showing in cinema already leh, ya train to Busan peninsula I think


the, !wah! that one ah recently eh eh last two days just announced now that they can go up to


fifty five zero guests <mandarin>五十:wu shi</mandarin> including the bride and groom


, fifty I think quite difficult lah fifty uh minus the groom <mandarin>就是:jiu shi</mandarin> forty eight then their family and our family leh, I think even family members is already full house already ah


on our side may probably to six to eight table lah


I, ya lah <mandarin>两桌是:liang zhuo shi</mandarin> colleague lah


!huh!, five table per table then fifty fifty means what leh fifty both both side leh


no ah <mandarin>十月十月我看还是不可以啦十月:shi yue shi yue wo kan hai shi bu ke yi la shi yue</mandarin> now you limit to fifty lor


cannot lah, I think


at least uh after june lah


maybe got chance ah next year


uh but all depends lah, I think by, early next year then you can tell already lah, hor


then maybe maybe at that time the the their house not ready they also postpone leh, (hmm)


(hmm) no but I was just thinking, if their apartment is delay will they actually postpone their wedding to twenty


ya lah depend on them lah, whether they they want to carry on or what or not


because they may want to delay until, , they may want to delay until twenty twenty two leh up to them lor


ya lah up to them lah for me <mandarin>随便:sui bian</mandarin> ah either come here and stay first also can or they want delay it's up to them


but house is one thing then whether they can hold the wedding dinner that's another thing


I know but it depends mah <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> if they want to celebrate then they may want the, dinner what, I mean if the if the situation don't allow <mandarin>没办法:mei ban fa</mandarin> lor what how to insist I mean you insist then what two table ah


how ah who who to invite


!aiya! very difficult leh


now you also cannot rush what you don't know how's the situation, cannot plan


(hmm), that depends ah I I don't know because the the, what about the the parent


oh, also the the


oh so they are still working ah


think, then depend up to them la <mandarin>随便啦:sui bian la</mandarin> if they want, if they want us to look after we can look after or if they want to


sent to <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> babysitter <mandarin>这:zhe</mandarin> leave it to them lor


ya but a bit tiring the solar


!aiya! anyway still early lah <mandarin>明年他们:ming nian ta men</mandarin> married ah then the


ya lor twenty twenty two <mandarin>我们不知道还有没有:wo men bu zhi dao hai you mei you</mandarin> energy <mandarin>要带孩子:yao dai hai zi</mandarin>


now is too early to tell lah, yeah, because the other two then the other two there be


!wah! then, become a nursery (hmm) good luck to you, !wah!


tiring no the I think <mandarin>一个才可以:yi ge cai ke yi</mandarin> maximum <mandarin>两个:liang ge</mandarin> lah


ya lor


it's not it's not <mandarin>不可以那个:bu ke yi na ge</mandarin> full time twenty four hour


no lah you need to rest lah, some more the time two years from now uh I'm sure your energy level is not so not so high already


yeah, ya lah unless they they go nursery some more got to see <mandarin>看他们年纪:kan ta men nian ji</mandarin> is it altogether go at one shot then


ya then you got to send them here and there, quite tiring


yeah <mandarin>没办法:mei ban fa</mandarin> lah I mean if you can help got to help lor, because uh nowadays also they have to work no choice what


, ya lah but I don't think they also want to leave it at the <mandarin>那个那个:na ge na ge</mandarin> leave it to <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> babysitter mah


ya lah the maid can only do housework lah but you still got to look after the kids yourself lah


true, but the time you come with whether you're capable or not lah because, very tiring [loh] like you say one year one year different leh <mandarin>一年一年比一年老:yi nian yi nian bi yi nian lao</mandarin> leh, not so not so simple leh


no lah that's why now got to go and do the regular exercise lah


sometimes the go for brisk walk lor <mandarin>没如果没有去走就那个踏那个:mei ru guo mei you qu zou jiu na ge ta na ge</mandarin> bicycle lah, but but that's that's how you exercise what if you are not tiring then you are not exercising what


it's just that I think because we have not been doing regularly, so it's quite tough


ya lah


ya lah <mandarin>拜二:bai er</mandarin> then <mandarin>去巴刹:qu ba sha</mandarin> lah hor


okay


how do you want to <mandarin>庆祝:qing zhu</mandarin> your birthday this year


I think in this case <mandarin>我们在家里庆祝:wo men zai jia li qing zhu</mandarin> how about that


ok <mandarin>今天是星期天明天:jin tian shi xing qi tian ming tian</mandarin> monday in the market you cannot find uh meat stuff probably <mandarin>我们星期二:wo men xing qi er</mandarin> go and buy what do you think


yeah, two racks ah <mandarin>因为我不要吃吗:yin wei wo bu yao chi ma</mandarin> then


ya lor okay lor, then


how about <mandarin>我准备一些:wo zhun bei yi xie</mandarin> fruit salad


okay are you ready, okay first thing is orange <mandarin>苹果:ping guo</mandarin> then kiwi fruit


and let me see ah , kiwi fruit, have you written already


write down write down


how do you think, maybe quite nice lah, so that's for the salad


I want to, marinate, it with, what ah yeah


with my special spices lah because I don't like to add too much of those soya sauce and uh eh no the traditional type of sauce I don't like I prefer to have my own dry rubbed uh marinate


I know I know uh basically, err about eight types of different spices


then, let me see we have <mandarin>鸡翅膀:ji chi bang</mandarin> then we have prawns, oh we how about buying some japanese


err sweet potato, do you want


then what else ah <mandarin>一些:yi xie</mandarin> corn, you want some corn, and then uh #li yen# she likes marshmallow can you put that down also in your list


then let me see what else ah


, can you think of anything ah, what do they normally have for barbecue, oh ya, ya okay <mandarin>买牛肉但是我要买:mai niu rou dan shi wo yao mai</mandarin> uh <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> uh soft uh short ribs uh short ribs uh they call it short ribs


let me recollect again ah, then we have salad, and we have ah sweet potato corn


eh <mandarin>去:qu</mandarin> butcher lor


, oh your daughter she loves to drink <mandarin>他们会去买红酒:ta men hui qu mai hong jiu</mandarin> you like <mandarin>红酒:hong jiu</mandarin> or not


ah, ya lor #li yen# <mandarin>他们会:ta men hui</mandarin> go online <mandarin>去:qu</mandarin> order <mandarin>那些红酒:nei xie hong jiu</mandarin> lor


oh I like coca cola and lynnette wants fanta


fanta grapes and <mandarin>还有那个:hai you na ge</mandarin> orange juice lor <mandarin>他也喜欢喝那个:ta ye xi huan he na ge</mandarin> orange juice


err <mandarin>两瓶:liang ping</mandarin> lor


oh ya forgot yeah no need lah in this case we skip the fruit punch


#agar agar# ok lor, eh


have lah I will find some time for you, eh your favourite leh strawberry shortcake how about that


(uh huh) then uh


then add for me some uh what do you call uh cake flour,


, eh you want me to make another cake or not this year special since I'm doing I made another ah black forest cake


!wah! big deal man, ya nice ah I think you like the


I want to give you a surprise, then what else ah


ya lah, I think ah we have to buy let me see ah one person three pieces eight times three twenty four lah twenty four pieces of mid wing, chicken


mid joint sorry mid joint ya mid joint I prefer the meat joint because I don't like the drumstick so we buy the meat joint


ah


then lynnette said that she want some Otah, no lah I want those ready uh grilled ones then we bring back and then we just warm it that will do


can, also can I like their Otah lah not bad yeah, (mmhmm), I think that's about it lah


a lot already right, eight of us, charcoal <mandarin>要一定要买的吗没有:yao yi ding yao mai de ma mei you</mandarin> charcoal <mandarin>怎么做:zen me zuo</mandarin> barbecue


then


is that all, tongs ah we have some tongs at home do we need to buy


this year we get the two guys to grill for us the meat you are the birthday boy, , yeah you get the two <mandarin>傻瓜:sha gua</mandarin> to do for us


I thought you said the eighth of august right


ya lor we have uh about a week mah to prepare, can lah <mandarin>我是:wo shi</mandarin> !huh! superwoman why can't I do it


eh don't forget <mandarin>星期三我们有:xing qi san wo men you</mandarin> lunch appointment leh lunch appointment with your colleagues


morning I suggest <mandarin>早上我们去巴刹:zao shang wo men qu ba sha</mandarin> then after that we have lunch with your friends then <mandarin>啊下午我们去:a xia wu wo men qu</mandarin> supermarket <mandarin>买东西:mai dong xi</mandarin> lor we do it within a day lah better, hor <mandarin>可以吗:ke yi ma</mandarin>


uh cake <mandarin>大概星期五也是可以啦我星期四我要:da gai xing qi wu ye shi ke yi la wo xing qi si wo yao</mandarin> marinate <mandarin>那些:nei xie</mandarin> meat <mandarin>吗:ma</mandarin> or do you think marinate meat on on thursday


eh saturday is the actual day right, so <mandarin>星期星期四:xing qi xing qi si</mandarin> if I bake the cake too early lah <mandarin>我看我星期五才去烘那个两个蛋糕:wo kan wo xing qi wu cai qu hong na ge liang ge dan gao</mandarin> then <mandarin>星期四我去:xing qi si wo qu</mandarin> marinate <mandarin>那些:nei xie</mandarin> meat stuff


you set a reminder lah friday I'll do the baking


then <mandarin>星期四我们去那个:xing qi si wo men qu na ge</mandarin> marinate <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> meat lah, yeah, !wah! next week <mandarin>很忙咧整个:hen mang lie zheng ge</mandarin> week ah <mandarin>你看拜二去巴刹:ni kan bai er qu ba sha</mandarin> wet market


then <mandarin>拜三我们有:bai san wo men you</mandarin> lunch appointment and buy all the stuff then <mandarin>拜四我要去:bai si wo yao qu</mandarin> marinate all the meat then <mandarin>拜五:bai wu</mandarin> I have to do all the baking then saturday is the actual barbecue day


then <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> can relax Liao


eh so what you want for your birthday gift ah, cake is a birthday gift very cheap to to to


memory <mandarin>吃了就大便:chi le jiu da bian</mandarin> nothing already


uh don't forget leh


!wah! <mandarin>这个月:zhe ge yue</mandarin> hor august ah <mandarin>很忙咧又有你的:hen mang lie you you ni de</mandarin> birthday <mandarin>又有我们的那个:you you wo men de na ge</mandarin> anniversary


anniversary don't want to prepare I prefer to go out for, a good meal


I want a good meal lah Omakase, no lah high end one lah okay not just sushi I want good good meal


okay set ah, okay,


anniversary small birthday <mandarin>更:geng</mandarin> small , ya lah, of course <mandarin>我要大大的做什么要买家私:wo yao da da de zuo shen me yao mai jia si</mandarin> meh


okay don't forget ah ya anniversary and birthday both


yeah christmas coming !wah! this year Jialat leh, we can't go for holiday actually you wanted to go seattle remember or not, because of the COVID all our tickets are all bought already


, ya so we're going to drive around lah !huh!, ya summer will be better because it's very cold uh towards the northern part of Canada


I want to go to a bank, shall we drive around there


I miss going to seattle you know we've been there four or five times already I think five or six times ah last time we brought the children there twice when they were much younger right, that time you were working there in seattle, those were the memories


, actually lynette was looking forward to our seattle trip this year


then apply for <mandarin>两三天:liang san tian</mandarin> no pay leave lor , twenty days ah


twenty twenty one days enough for the entire trip, can [orh]


oh germinated already


ya that one ah is very err the err what makes it pricey is the the body the cortex, the bigger it is ah the more pricey it is


yeah yeah I started from seeds I bought some seeds and then I I germinate it already now it become seedlings already, I already planted them in little little pots outside


ya lah you got talk to them, TLC tender loving care , but it is very err what you call therapeutic lah I enjoy doing that


, it err it sparks joy whenever you see you know the little seedling growth, day by day


means ah the old plants ah I err reroot them lah and then plant them and then err put them in new pots lah that's called repotting, no lah


because one pot ah got many many branches mah then I split them up and then I put them into new pots ah plant them into new pots split them out split them up


yeah they grow better, ya I know but I make sure I check the pots you know make sure !huh! there's no base ah collected water under the base of the pot


ya, ya lor I last last the last round ah quite a lot of NEA people been


hanging around our estates ah, and then fining ah some of the neighbours


no lah not true lah, eh yesterday you saw or not the neighbour has got a big big err big I don't know that's a worm or caterpillar it's so big you know


the body is the size of a thumb ah and it's about how many three inches long, oh so scary


<mandarin>大蝴蝶:da hu die</mandarin> haha no the <mandarin>那个他的身体:na ge ta de shen ti</mandarin> !huh! is the size of a thumb okay as fat as a thumb size and then <mandarin>他长度:ta chang du</mandarin> hor <mandarin>是三寸:shi san cun</mandarin> leh,


big fat butterfly (hmm), are you sure that's not a caterpillar, (hmm) too fat to be a caterpillar is it,


you took a picture of it right, are you sure you mean don't have a fat butterfly ah


!wah! but that that one damn big right three inches and then ah very fat, , alright (hmm), yeah but this morning when I went to the garden the I think they kill it they removed it already it's no longer on the plant yeah yeah


I think the maid the maid saw it yesterday so I think probably this morning she got rid of it


he doesn't know the danger think the thing will bite right, I think I don't know whether it's poisonous or not !wah! damn super big ah


ya lor, yeah, no he didn't ah that boy ah so cute


I know how to take care of myself, health screening ah where is it where's the health screening at


oh ya hor <mandarin>我要烘蛋糕:wo yao hong dan gao</mandarin> that means I can't go with you next week leh


we'll be back in the afternoon right, morning you're saying ah seven thirty is your uh health screening !huh!


how long is the health screening, how long does it take


when are you supposed to go for your I'm very confused eh your consultation you have some consultation is it, eh no your MRI okay your back got some problem right that day they they said


Changi general hospital !huh!


yeah


, , yeah, how much will the MRI cost ah


!wow! !wah! nowadays is very expensive right to go through all this


I hope nothing goes wrong lah, think old already lah degeneration lah hor,


ya lor


eh how long are we married ah, this year you just now you were saying thirty four or thirty five years ah thirty four ah next year thirty fifth ah


!wah! thirty fifth what present do you expect ah to buy me ah, , thirty fifth is what ah what uh they called what silver silver !huh! silk then


have lah I think have got to check sure have ah golden as anniversary is fifty years ah or seventy five, fifty !huh! ya don't know whether we Kaput or not


but we are old already I don't think we can survive fifty years of marriage


another fifteen years oh fifteen years already ah we're already old already, too long lah


to predict ah , ya lor


the bill ah I have not settled the last time I forgotten did they send you a bill or not !huh! you paid already ah the bill came finally oh you paid already hor I very forgetful leh the last time I just walked out without paying


ya ya true true,


(hmm) ah uh they call it what ah that one is called ah, ah flower of evil


ya my favourite actor #lee joon ki#, that one ah seems interesting leh, uh I think end of july I think they started to ah screen that show


I don't know whether it will be on netflix or not, eh the last time we watched that show uh vagabond ah was it on netflix it was a netflix original right


hor


and then released by next year ah !wah!, my my chin ah can touch the ground already by the time !huh!


they they start screening


wish two <mandarin>我们也看了:wo men ye kan le</mandarin> mah you forgotten already ah and voice three also, you forgotten already lah you, voice then voice two and voice three


that one very good leh that one the show is very nice yeah yeah, because the call center director she lost her think lost her hearing already is it so I think they don't intend to screen the show anymore lah they don't intend to produce it further


, actually ah since when we developed liking for korean shows ah not too long ago only meh, all along we never watch you know then suddenly I think last year we started watching korean drama we got err we got hooked into it


ya lor, true, only last year leh we started uh watching korean dramas, other than that we never


after I watch the show I will jot down


I can compile list ah, ya lor that's why I have the list whenever after awhile I'll just go through make sure we don't repeat the show again


, yeah some shows are worth watching !huh! err the second time


scary yeah


yeah, I like the actor lah I like the actor, ah #hyun bin# is it


yeah, I think we have stopped for a month already we have not been watching for a month already


we stopped the momentum already, , yeah it's about time


after that we can start watching


, no this is the the show that I'm very keen to watch


train to Busan two, is it


no lah it's too long eh !walao!, , yeah


uh eh talking about that !huh! next year I don't know whether when #li yen# plans to get married ah I don't know whether they will open up or not


so one table limit two five five guests is it


true


how many take how many tables you think we intend to invite, on our side


colleague


ya if <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> restrict !huh! to five people per table


that's why this year ah <mandarin>很多人:hen duo ren</mandarin> hor push back leh, but #li yen#'s friend #wu qiong# hor she supposed to get married this year in february push to june then push to october they, !wow! so many times eh being pushed back


eh <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> cousin <mandarin>他:ta</mandarin> supposed to <mandarin>嫁女儿:jia nv er</mandarin> mah in october do you I think they cannot right definitely they cannot invite more than fifty right, in this case ah


by then october will not be be err relax right the rule,


, because #li yen# they were thinking of holding it in october next october hopefully by then ah


they, tend to hold it <mandarin>十月或者是:shi yue huo zhe shi</mandarin> uh november


, true, ya by then I don't know whether the construction of their house is also affected or not


do you allow them to move in with us


right or not why delay their marriage,


yeah, no lah don't want lah wait wait <mandarin>老小姐:lao xiao jie</mandarin> already leh by then don't want lah let them go ahead with the wedding plans


, I think if they cannot hold they will be very happy that will save them a huge cost eh because wedding dinner are very expensive these days


do you insist on having them to hold a chinese wedding dinner


, yeah,


eventually


no the donamond's parents are working so which left err us, okay the father and mother they are still working and the father will not be affected by the the err retirement age limit already, you get what I mean or not his father is uh I think ah


four four or five years younger than you leh, so the pat definitely the parents ah, they can work until sixty seven leh


you're already retired already leh, they will be working ah I don't think <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> uh intend to quit


, but I don't mind lah since you know is also our grandchildren lah right


no harm ah


yeah we need to have good rest good night rest and then <mandarin>明天他们早上:ming tian ta men zao shang</mandarin> !huh!, uh <mandarin>来我们有那个:lai wo men you na ge</mandarin> energy to look after them after the baby for them


I get tired easily nowadays, , yeah, ya the other two <mandarin>他们:ta men</mandarin> !huh! <mandarin>看大姐啊:kan da jie a</mandarin> !huh! <mandarin>把他孩子:ba ta hai zi</mandarin> !huh! <mandarin>丢在我们这边他们到时也要丢他们的孩子在这边:diu zai wo men zhe bian ta men dao shi ye yao diu ta men de hai zi zai zhe bian</mandarin> !wow!


goodness, , then <mandarin>到时候我们是看门狗啊:dao shi hou wo men shi kan men gou a</mandarin> watchdog


ya quite tiring nowadays ah


yeah twenty four hours ah <mandarin>二十四小时不可以:er shi si xiao shi bu ke yi</mandarin> ah, yeah some mone that time I got to send them to when they're older got to send them to <mandarin>幼稚园:you zhi yuan</mandarin> nursery !huh! <mandarin>公公:gong gong</mandarin> got to bring them !huh! to nursery !wah! very tiring leh you got to drive then you look after them then depending on the timing if the older one go nestle nursery then <mandarin>那两个:na liang ge</mandarin> !huh! <mandarin>有两三个小的:you liang san ge xiao de</mandarin> hor !wah! <mandarin>看一眼:kan yi yan</mandarin> die man cannot lah is too tiring for us


yeah, cannot be ah #li yen# is getting may first so definitely !huh! by then the children will be older then by the time when she the children are older then lynette will start having her and diesel !huh! children they will have some age staggering right


can you remember <mandarin>我们的女儿三个女儿:wo men de nv er san ge nv er</mandarin> last time two years age gap !wow!


every night ah non stop feeding time hor, , we've been through that stage now you're going through that that kind of stage again if they expect us to look after their children


very tiring, true, true lah nowadays ah the cost of living so high !huh!


you cannot hold the maid responsible for any mishaps or anything right or not, don't expect them yeah so if if the time comes she wants me to look after <mandarin>跟他看孩子我是会答应他们:gen ta kan hai zi wo shi hui da ying ta men</mandarin> lah no choice right


whether you like it or not is still your own flesh and blood


, ya actually uh as you grow older <mandarin>我觉得我们:wo jue de wo men</mandarin> heading downhill Liao


ya but also very tiring lah because I've not been doing regularly these days whenever I'm doing any form of uh tedious exercise I get very tired easily


, true


<mandarin>好啦:hao la</mandarin> okay lah so


okay so like sis what kind of like drama do you like to watch the most ah like that time you say you watch netflix right what is the topic like show you say


then will you start your vegan diet then, no


actually my friend like kind of start as like vegetarian first ah <mandarin>我有一个朋友:wo you yi ge peng you</mandarin> like <mandarin>他先不要吃肉因为:ta xian bu yao chi rou yin wei</mandarin> like cause <mandarin>肉:rou</mandarin> a lot of hormones and like cause like acne outbreak that kind of stuff


so like they try to eat veg first but vegetable like you know singapore like vegetable like stalls like like <mandarin>那些菜饭卖菜饭的很多都是炸油炸油炸:na xie cai fan mai cai fan de hen duo dou shi zha you zha you zha</mandarin> then like also like unhealthy what


that is true like that time I also watch this video like got this couple <mandarin>他们他们的:ta men ta men de</mandarin> whole diet is like eating fruits so they call themselves fruit fruitarian, ya so is like quite interesting I never know like fruits contain all the like vitamins and minerals enough to keep us alive lah


ya sia I cannot like stop eating like salty stuff like all the potato chips and stuff like you know like also like organic food right got once like my friend you know like a lot people talk about organic food <mandarin>很好:hen hao</mandarin> right


then like ya they go blood test right then like the blood result is like oh got difference in the chemical in their blood but then, the thing is that my friend like say something quite true lah she say like if like I can stop eating for one month or one week and my blood test go back to normal then <mandarin>我干嘛还要吃:wo gan ma hai yao chi</mandarin> for the rest of my life I just detox like for one week or one month can already what technically I don't need to eat organic food for every single time


true like so many types of fasting then you know that time I tell you I tried intermittent fasting recently then I really lose weight what then after that like <mandarin>我不可以:wo bu ke yi</mandarin> continue <mandarin>因为很难:yin wei hen nan</mandarin> ya so end up <mandarin>我还是:wo hai shi</mandarin> gain back <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> weight


what, [orh], no


that is true but then one meal a day <mandarin>会死掉:hui si diao</mandarin> leh like how to eat one meal a day


so , you meant like like liquid diet but only like one meal that is solid, so you meant like can drink beverage lah on normal out of the one meal


that's true


but it's so hard to control <mandarin>等下妈咪煮饭:deng xia ma mi zhu fan</mandarin> then <mandarin>很好吃:hen hao chi</mandarin>


ya, ya actually when I was like staying alone like in hostel like <mandarin>很容易:hen rong yi</mandarin> control <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> like you just <mandarin>懒惰下去买食物这些:lan duo xia qu mai shi wu zhe xie</mandarin> then <mandarin>就可以:jiu ke yi</mandarin> like one meal a day Liao


but then <mandarin>如果我一个人住:ru guo wo yi ge ren zhu</mandarin> probably <mandarin>待在家:dai zai jia</mandarin> for the like <mandarin>宅在家:zhai zai jia</mandarin> like for like long periods of time I wouldn't even like talk to like those people in the like country


actually that time right me and <mandarin>弟弟:di di</mandarin> was talking about like like going to road trip then <mandarin>我们在想:wo men zai xiang</mandarin> like <mandarin>改次:gai ci</mandarin> like <mandarin>我们有钱:wo men you qian</mandarin> then we can go like like america for road trip


ya then like !aiya! I'll bring your to the place I went before during exchange go new york city then <mandarin>我们可以:wo men ke yi</mandarin> canada Shiok


!hannor!, oh ya


[orh] like <mandarin>很像:hen xiang</mandarin> the purge <mandarin>呵呵还是:he he hai shi</mandarin> natural selection <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like like you know actually right in science right, like everything is like in a cycle is like that's up there will always be a down so like maybe that's a way like like nature just control like population and all


but <mandarin>很多你会不会觉得是:hen duo ni hui bu hui jue de shi</mandarin> like <mandarin>他们在:ta men zai</mandarin> exaggerate


ya lor but as in is still good that there is all these videos so that like people would be more aware of it ah, then like what would you do if like <mandarin>你知道明天:ni zhi dao ming tian</mandarin> like the world ends


like I also got think before like if one day right like you know you're going to die I think you will leave your life very differently than like every other day


what will you do first


like ya there's so many things haven't do also


ya so it's a balance lah I don't think like we can really completely live without money but then it's just that don't like be too hard on it


ya I heard before


ya but but at least now I guess for me what I want is to like accumulate as much as I can and then so to reduce conflicts like like if can then


like like use to bless my family like do <mandarin>带他们吃好吃的那些东西:dai ta men chi hao chi de na xie dong xi</mandarin> and but then like after that at the end of the like I can really like


like you know I have financial freedom for example like if I want to really go overseas and mission or what not there at least like I know I don't have like that constraint at all


as in like like last time I told you before I never like really think that like money is my security cause I always like know that like got provide


cause like <mandarin>从以前我就很没有钱了:cong yi qian wo jiu hen mei you qian liao</mandarin> what <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like <mandarin>每次我有钱我就觉得:mei ci wo you qian wo jiu jue de</mandarin> like !wow! god <mandarin>给我钱这样:gei wo qian zhe yang</mandarin> but then like it's more of now like when <mandarin>我:wo</mandarin> older then that's one of my responsibility then <mandarin>我才知道:wo cai zhi dao</mandarin> like actually <mandarin>存钱很重要:cun qian hen zhong yao</mandarin> in case of emergency ya


err err ya lor actually actually right <mandarin>我没有:wo mei you</mandarin> like


then like that's why I also like kind of give up then I never really search if there's like an alternative that's where I can be sponsored or what not to be a doctor but then like it's only like after like <mandarin>我长大了我才知道:wo zhang da liao wo cai zhi dao</mandarin> like actually I could have like


but I thought it was still a good idea if I if I know back then but <mandarin>因为那时后不知道有这种:yin wei na shi hou bu zhi dao you zhe zhong</mandarin> opportunities <mandarin>就觉得很:jiu jue de hen</mandarin> wasted


ya at the same time <mandarin>也很可怜:ye hen ke lian</mandarin> in that sense that <mandarin>他们很像是:ta men hen xiang shi</mandarin> slave leh like <mandarin>我有一个朋友他是医生:wo you yi ge peng you ta shi yi sheng</mandarin> but then like <mandarin>他讲:ta jiang</mandarin> right before the COVID got very serious right


like they already got like notification that they cannot have annual leave as if they cannot take annual leave at all ya so it's like quite restrictive for this kind of period lah but <mandarin>他也是讲:ta ye shi jiang</mandarin> that's why like being a doctor <mandarin>还是:hai shi</mandarin> healthcare profession is a calling


like <mandarin>我朋友也是讲:wo peng you ye shi jiang</mandarin> actually <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> one of the side effect is that like when <mandarin>他们去:ta men qu</mandarin> like <mandarin>拜年还是什么:bai nian hai shi shen me</mandarin> right why then is like you become a


a doctor rather than a person like example like <mandarin>很像:hen xiang</mandarin> example <mandarin>你的:ni de</mandarin> cousin <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> doctor <mandarin>的话你不会一看他就问他:de hua ni bu hui yi kan ta jiu wen ta</mandarin> like [orh] err


why so random like <mandarin>我跟:wo gen</mandarin> mummy <mandarin>都要赶出去:dou yao gan chu qu</mandarin> always like would rush out then <mandarin>突然间:tu ran jian</mandarin> stop <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> in the middle of the staircase where like <mandarin>会:hui</mandarin> block <mandarin>到别人懂吗:dao bie ren dong ma</mandarin> damn funny <mandarin>而且给我看的那个:er qie gei wo kan de na ge</mandarin> question I think <mandarin>是他的:shi ta de</mandarin> nephew <mandarin>还是什么:hai shi shen me</mandarin> question lah


it's like a what is that call like pattern find a pattern <mandarin>那种:na zhong</mandarin> err deduce the answer <mandarin>的那种:de na zhong</mandarin> is more like a riddle than a math question


ya but <mandarin>不是不是:bu shi bu shi</mandarin> like okay they phrase it in words so he said like the question is like find the number in between thirty to sixty and then the next sentence says that you can like find this number in the multiple of eighth


double the tenth place so I think <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> part <mandarin>人家会比较:ren jia hui bi jiao</mandarin> confuse <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> like <mandarin>你会忘记:ni hui wang ji</mandarin> oneth place <mandarin>是什么:shi shen me</mandarin> tenth place <mandarin>是什么:shi shen me</mandarin> what


so technically one place <mandarin>是那个后面的:shi na ge hou mian de</mandarin> ah single digit then ten place then hundred place et cetera lah <mandarin>所以我就看:suo yi wo jiu kan</mandarin> lor like between <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> like thirty to sixty multiples of eight <mandarin>就是:jiu shi</mandarin> like


!hannor!


what <mandarin>现在:xian zai</mandarin> the question <mandarin>越来越难了做学生很:yue lai yue nan liao zuo xue sheng hen</mandarin> sad leh you know you know <mandarin>我听我的一个学生一个:wo ting wo de yi ge xue sheng yi ge</mandarin> tuition <mandarin>学生说:xue sheng shuo</mandarin> like err


ya lor !wah! <mandarin>如果是我们年代一定惨了:ru guo shi wo men nian dai yi ding can liao</mandarin> ya <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like <mandarin>现在的东西越来越难:xian zai de dong xi yue lai yue nan</mandarin> I don't know how the future generations is gonna get in


yeah I hope like they open up more path ah like cause like <mandarin>那个他讲他的:na ge ta jiang ta de</mandarin> cut off point to go to that course that she want right <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> website <mandarin>写:xie</mandarin> three to nine how to even get three


ya lor <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like it depends on that cohort how other people doing and then they apply then <mandarin>就会:jiu hui</mandarin> like


ya but means <mandarin>也是会蛮多:ye shi hui man duo</mandarin> course close mah


like <mandarin>我朋友:wo peng you</mandarin> take <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> o level two times <mandarin>都进不去:dou jin bu qu</mandarin> cause, ya lor like which is quite sad leh to us maybe we think that like oh maybe the person never put in effort then that's why the person not doing well but then


sometimes it's not like the person not like putting in effort but I feel like everybody has different talent <mandarin>所以你不可以叫一个:suo yi ni bu ke yi jiao yi ge</mandarin> monkey <mandarin>去:qu</mandarin> like test <mandarin>游泳你不可以叫一个:you yong ni bu ke yi jiao yi ge</mandarin> fish test to <mandarin>爬树对吗:pa shu dui ma</mandarin> like <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like our education system is a lot on


like having a standardise test <mandarin>所以每个人都:suo yi mei ge ren dou</mandarin> go through same test which is a break a make or break situation lah but then after that then


the good thing is that they diversify into like JC poly ITE <mandarin>所以你要:suo yi ni yao</mandarin> more hands <mandarin>你可以:ni ke yi</mandarin> more hands <mandarin>你要:ni yao</mandarin> more project <mandarin>你可以:ni ke yi</mandarin> more project work based but <mandarin>如果你是真的很爱读书:ru guo ni shi zhen de hen ai du shu</mandarin> then <mandarin>你就读书:ni jiu du shu</mandarin> lor


if they already think that !huh! I'm like so lousy then I go to this already then why should I even work hard that's where they really like crash lor


ya, ya, so like me and my friend we got talk about it like like one way like you can actually make it better is either like you make ITE become more recognisable like in singapore but <mandarin>已经很难了因为:yi jing hen nan liao yin wei</mandarin> like <mandarin>人家:ren jia</mandarin> like <mandarin>已经有这个:yi jing you zhe ge</mandarin> bad connotation


ya if not !huh! ya, if not like <mandarin>就直接把:jiu zhi jie ba</mandarin> ITE <mandarin>还有:hai you</mandarin> poly merge lor <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> in the end right they're still poly but then like in a poly you can either take a diploma or you can take a cert which is what poly is doing what there's a poly diploma there's a cert also but then like it's just that like now student can go to poly to get a cert not just like to go ITE to get cert


ya so like it made sense lah like you get rid of the stigma and at the same time is to do the same thing to give cert and give like qualifications lah


ya and then like if they really do well their cert they can still proceed onto like <mandarin>直接去:zhi jie qu</mandarin> like poly mah <mandarin>他们已经在:ta men yi jing zai</mandarin> poly <mandarin>他们可以直接可以拿那个:ta men ke yi zhi jie ke yi na na ge</mandarin> diploma Liao what ya so like for them to upgrade it's also easier to cross over or convert


so ya so I guess like <mandarin>要看:yao kan</mandarin> lor like <mandarin>现在:xian zai</mandarin> minister <mandarin>换:huan</mandarin> Liao


the what, [orh] learning speed no lah so like example if they are really uh like they're learning like style is really different they still take certs what but then it's just in a different environment so like at least they think that oh I'm in a poly then like


the the motivation is not like crash


ya <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like ya lor poly <mandarin>也是有那种:ye shi you na zhong</mandarin> night class where people can take part time course so I guess if they open up more of this thing right then <mandarin>就更好:jiu geng hao</mandarin> lor but then at the same time actually poly I think they are they are limited by the numbers of people they can and grow


cause probably the venue is more the the resources is lesser so if there's a merger like the ITE and poly merger then probably it can happen lah but <mandarin>现在已经连:xian zai yi jing lian</mandarin> poly <mandarin>的学生都进不了:de xue sheng dou jin bu liao</mandarin> poly Liao <mandarin>如果还要:ru guo hai yao</mandarin> accept like ITE <mandarin>的学生真的很难:de xue sheng zhen de hen nan</mandarin> leh


ya sia, ya everything is like on the rise they say like like driving license <mandarin>越来越贵:yue lai yue gui</mandarin> then like <mandarin>改次买房子也是很贵:gai ci mai fang zi ye shi hen gui</mandarin> everything also like rising don't know how the future generation


ya but then like in that sense they really need to be innovative and like break out of the the the the box


[orh]


how, how different


but I really think that depends on the teacher I got teachers that like <mandarin>他们真的会:ta men zhen de hui</mandarin> discuss on <mandarin>这些就:zhe xie jiu</mandarin> like like <mandarin>他们可以:ta men ke yi</mandarin> include it into their topics like for example like


like talk it during like english lesson during CCE lesson <mandarin>这些:zhe xie</mandarin> hor <mandarin>他们都有讲的:ta men dou you jiang de</mandarin> leh <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like I think <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> depends on teacher <mandarin>的不是:de bu shi</mandarin> like like depending on school also but at the same time like <mandarin>有时候就算老师讲了:you shi hou jiu suan lao shi jiang liao</mandarin> hor


like <mandarin>你都死了:ni dou si liao</mandarin> then <mandarin>你都这么老了你还会记得我的:ni dou zhe me lao liao ni hai hui ji de wo de</mandarin> question meh <mandarin>就是哪里可能:jiu shi na li ke neng</mandarin> ya but I she also never remember me when I see her again ya so disappointed


bio bio, I think so, ah ah ya


oh,


but then like <mandarin>我觉得是:wo jue de shi</mandarin> generation gap <mandarin>也是:ye shi</mandarin> like <mandarin>怎么说:zen me shuo</mandarin> like <mandarin>以前的人也是:yi qian de ren ye shi</mandarin> like like <mandarin>很死板:hen si ban</mandarin> right, ya ya <mandarin>我在讲我们的:wo zai jiang wo men de</mandarin> age <mandarin>的老师:de lao shi</mandarin> like as in when <mandarin>我们在学校的老师很死板的啦你不觉得:wo men zai xue xiao de lao shi hen si ban de la ni bu jue de</mandarin> meh


true, ya


(mmhmm), ya but also got good like older generation that can still adapt it's really like !wah! like kudos to them sia like like some <mandarin>还是也会有有些老人他们还会:hai shi ye hui you you xie lao ren ta men hai hui</mandarin> like


ya ya, ya so like ya lor then I also like thinking like actually like I should like spend some time to like learn new stuff also I was like looking at like maybe like learning how to cook, ya so like maybe during my holidays or something like like like me and like my friend like thinking about maybe you use the skills future like money to like go and like sign up for some course lah which is at least still good like we are still learning and not just like


doing what we are best <mandarin>你懂:ni dong</mandarin> like university right it's going to make every like student take a course on programming like but then <mandarin>我已经:wo yi jing</mandarin> graduate Liao damn sad


[orh] ya ya <mandarin>嗯嗯:ng ng</mandarin> so like, ya ya ya so like like <mandarin>很像以前:hen xiang yi qian</mandarin> when excel <mandarin>还是:hai shi</mandarin> microsoft <mandarin>先刚出来的时候:xian gang chu lai de shi hou</mandarin> I think <mandarin>也是有这种:ye shi you zhe zhong</mandarin> course to teach <mandarin>人家:ren jia</mandarin> but


ya maybe cause <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> like primary school <mandarin>这些都:zhe xie dou</mandarin> like focused a lot of academics, ya but


ya <mandarin>因为他们没有:yin wei ta men mei you</mandarin> test <mandarin>没有那种:mei you na zhong</mandarin> like motivation to like <mandarin>去背去读怎样:qu bei qu du zen yang</mandarin> like <mandarin>他们就:ta men jiu</mandarin> okay <mandarin>听得懂就听得懂听不懂就:ting de dong jiu ting de dong ting bu dong jiu</mandarin> like forget it lor in that sense they are trying to strike a balance lah


oh ya lor <mandarin>不可能:bu ke neng</mandarin> like take away all the exam then like <mandarin>学生就:xue sheng jiu</mandarin> like !yay! ya actually like <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> COVID good break right


or like I think !walao! eh then <mandarin>那些学生的真是的:na xie xue sheng de zhen shi de</mandarin> like like <mandarin>在家真的很:zai jia zhen de hen</mandarin> Sian like I don't think <mandarin>他们会:ta men hui</mandarin> play <mandarin>那些:na xie</mandarin> video to even watch lor <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> lesson online


they do but <mandarin>他们还是:ta men hai shi</mandarin> like don't care ya <mandarin>所以没有哎呀你想一想你小时候:suo yi mei you ai ya ni xiang yi xiang ni xiao shi hou</mandarin> like <mandarin>有时间:you shi jian</mandarin> like <mandarin>去做别的东西一定会做别的东西你不会去想:qu zuo bie de dong xi yi ding hui zuo bie de dong xi ni bu hui qu xiang</mandarin> homework <mandarin>先所以有时候我也是在想:xian suo yi you shi hou wo ye shi zai xiang</mandarin> like


!wah! putting myself in their shoes right actually <mandarin>我也是不会去做功课:wo ye shi bu hui qu zuo gong ke</mandarin> ya <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like !aiya! so like Bang chance


but then I hope like, this COVID like get better then and at the same time like everything goes back to normal a lot of missed opportunities lor


ya that's true <mandarin>真的:zhen de</mandarin> leh like I think before the situation happen I would have like waste my time a lot of time <mandarin>我会来直接:wo hui lai zhi jie</mandarin> like <mandarin>看电视机:kan dian shi ji</mandarin> like read <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> manga like Nua the whole day


ya but then like because of like some situation that happen then like <mandarin>我真的:wo zhen de</mandarin> like become more like ya then like <mandarin>会:hui</mandarin> try to use it for more productive means ah like <mandarin>就算:jiu suan</mandarin> like <mandarin>要:yao</mandarin> entertainment <mandarin>也是一下子:ye shi yi xia zi</mandarin>


[orh] uh


ya, ya lor, ya


ya there's a few country that don't have


!huh!, probably ya <mandarin>还是:hai shi</mandarin> maybe <mandarin>他们比较小那个:ta men bi jiao xiao na ge</mandarin> countries <mandarin>所以他们早早就:suo yi ta men zao zao jiu</mandarin> control !aiya! <mandarin>那个那个:na ge na ge</mandarin> world war z <mandarin>你没有看那个:ni mei you kan na ge</mandarin> zombie so like what they say right is that like this this country right like in that show right was like saying like


like they are the only world as the only country that was immune to zombie as in not immune but it's more like don't have zombie infestation so like <mandarin>那个男主角:na ge nan zhu jue</mandarin> like find out <mandarin>为什么:wei shen me</mandarin> lah then <mandarin>那个他们就问那个:na ge ta men jiu wen na ge</mandarin> like <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> head of <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> country <mandarin>还是:hai shi</mandarin> mayor <mandarin>还是什么:hai shi shen me</mandarin> then <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> mayor <mandarin>就讲:jiu jiang</mandarin> like


cause we have learnt from the past that like once there is like more than three or four like rumours right we don't care whether is real or fake right we will just prepare ourselves for it <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> for them right <mandarin>他们一听到:ta men yi ting dao</mandarin> like maybe <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> country <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> like some


no lah as in is not his fault but it's more of like


no it's more of like <mandarin>因为那个戏要:yin wei na ge xi yao</mandarin> climax <mandarin>所以:suo yi</mandarin> like <mandarin>主角去到那边:zhu jue qu dao na bian</mandarin> means <mandarin>那边需要有:na bian xu yao you</mandarin> climax <mandarin>所以他们就会有:suo yi ta men jiu hui you</mandarin> zombie, okay so like what happened is not really the <mandarin>主角:zhu jue</mandarin> bringing lah but then like <mandarin>那个那些人他们太:na ge na xie ren ta men tai</mandarin> happy <mandarin>了他们:liao ta men</mandarin> celebrate but then like <mandarin>他们不知道那:ta men bu zhi dao na</mandarin> zombies are attracted by sound


ya that part is like the !whoa! my god like climax really like oh


ya ya I don't know why I like this kind of show but !wow! like <mandarin>那个什么:na ge shen me</mandarin> train to busan two is coming out, out Liao meh


[orh] like


[orh] <mandarin>就刚好:jiu gang hao</mandarin> join lah


[orh] <mandarin>因为如果是:yin wei ru guo shi</mandarin> couple meet maybe cheryl <mandarin>会:hui</mandarin> join mah, <mandarin>你们去哪里:ni men qu na li</mandarin> okay <mandarin>所以不是:suo yi bu shi</mandarin> #paya lebar#


[orh] !wah! plaza sing <mandarin>很远:hen yuan</mandarin> leh okay lah <mandarin>因为我们住:yin wei wo men zhu</mandarin> north side


(um) okay


I think that time so recently right <mandarin>我看到那个:wo kan dao na ge</mandarin> documentary call like fox over knife and this is actually talking about vegan diet lah so is actually quite interesting leh


like for example this person <mandarin>他:ta</mandarin> actually <mandarin>有:you</mandarin> like <mandarin>很多:hen duo</mandarin> different kind of diseases lah like for example like diabetes hypertension then ya so <mandarin>他的:ta de</mandarin> diabetes is like quite serious that kind then <mandarin>他需要:ta xu yao</mandarin> like <mandarin>打针:da zhen</mandarin> and everything so at the start of the documentary right what


what he do right is that <mandarin>他:ta</mandarin> went to see this nutritionist and then <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> nutritionist help to check all his blood test and etc and what and list out what are the things that are causing him like discomfort


so like for example right like <mandarin>很像:hen xiang</mandarin> pain in the knee or whatever this kind of thing so when he he went to record all this thing down then he just like help to help to see like the


at the end of the documentary it shows like after he has been on this vegan diets like whole food vegan diet for like a few months right actually all his like hypertension and blood sugar all came down ya and then from everyday he actually need to take like about like


ten plus over medicine until like he don't even need to take any medicine anymore and <mandarin>真的帮他省很多钱:zhen de bang ta sheng hen duo qian</mandarin> lah ya so like is quite interesting so this is what I watch recently


err actually I did try to I did consider lah but then I don't know leh I feel like is a bit hard like will you try like I tell you right dairy actually is not really good for human consumption you remember


ya <mandarin>我懂你在讲什么:wo dong ni zai jiang shen me</mandarin> like <mandarin>那些斋的:na xie zhai de</mandarin> right is always like <mandarin>那种面粉:na zhong mian fen</mandarin> and everything so like eh actually <mandarin>在吃那些:zai chi na xie</mandarin> carbs hor like <mandarin>我也是以前我:wo ye shi yi qian wo</mandarin> I remember like <mandarin>我的:wo de</mandarin> poly <mandarin>有个:you ge</mandarin> friend right like he is a vegetarian but but he is not skinny at all but when I watch this like documentary right


this whole actually by right you should is not just about being a vegetarian and not eating meat but you should be eating healthy err fruits and vegetables lah whole fruits so is not like all those deep fried food lah and just eat whatever you want and just as long as you don't eat meat so I think at the bottom line you still to eat healthy and not like just like


ya <mandarin>我有看我有记得我看到:wo you kan wo you ji de wo kan dao</mandarin> youtube , but then but I think being a fruitarian is a bit too extreme though don't you think so


ya, ya I guess that is what fasting comes in right like when you fast for maybe a week then your body resets itself then you just drink water to detox and everything so it kind of make sense but then like is just whether can you like Tahan the hunger lah


ya lah that's why <mandarin>来我们:lai wo men</mandarin> try <mandarin>过了:guo liao</mandarin> what like so if we fast for ourself as a diet right actually is very hard but then when we do it like really during like praying and fasting week right then if there is a purpose like we really take the time to seek god and like


that time that we supposed to eat is replaced by something else then I guess maybe is easier but like if <mandarin>如果我们:ru guo wo men</mandarin> purposely you know like try to <mandarin>减肥:jian fei</mandarin> and then like do not eat right then <mandarin>很难得:hen nan de</mandarin> lor <mandarin>因为:yin wei</mandarin> they will just feel like eating and you want to eat then you will tell yourself okay lah I will just <mandarin>去吃一点点:qu chi yi dian dian</mandarin> lah like that


ya then there's also another diet call err one meal a day, one one meal a day ya so I don't know whether you you've seen it before so because I have been researching all this like vegan what keto diet whatever nonsense right then then one of the diet is also omad O M A D one meal a day


ya so err what they do is like actually like our body right it doesn't really need a lot of food to survive technically like we have more than enough excess fats to help us to operate our body lah so technically like even even if you eat one meal a day right like you can also survive one and lock


ah like and then your body get to rest and like rejuvenate to like you know so it's so it's not like always like trying to digest food digest food digest food must give your body time to rest


but actually <mandarin>那时我:na shi wo</mandarin> try <mandarin>过:guo</mandarin> what you remember so like so I never eat breakfast right I only eat like drink my coffee then then I only eat lunch I never even eat dinner so technically I tried before


no as in let's say you don't even need to eat like liquid diet can just eat like a normal meal you just don't binge watch a binge eat lah


I never lah but actually honestly I already eating like very low calorie already if I'm just eating one normal meal example if I just eat one #ban mian# or whatever then technically the calories like is less than like my normal but then but the thing is I only drink coffee in the morning lah then then the rest of the day I so never go and drink all the sugar stuff and blah blah


ya lah so but then because <mandarin>那时我是在:na shi wo shi zai</mandarin> fasting mah so like, so it's easier cause I know is for a a cause for a reason is not because like <mandarin>我要减肥因为如果真的只那个:wo yao jian fei yin wei ru guo zhen de zhi na ge</mandarin> reasons <mandarin>我要减肥:wo yao jian fei</mandarin> then then forget it I think you will never work lor


ya ya actually it's true cause like <mandarin>都没有人帮你:dou mei you ren bang ni</mandarin> prepare mah then then <mandarin>不要:bu yao</mandarin> prepare then <mandarin>就哎呀随便啊不用经不用吃这里随便吃一些饼干还是:jiu ai ya sui bian a bu yong jing bu yong chi zhe li sui bian chi yi xie bing gan hai shi</mandarin> whatever


[orh] ya but then like for example <mandarin>那时:na shi</mandarin> like <mandarin>你做:ni zuo</mandarin> ban mian right like but it's because like there's other people there then you will feel motivated like okay maybe <mandarin>我应该:wo ying gai</mandarin> try something new but


ya lor like just <mandarin>随便煮面啊还是:sui bian zhu mian a hai shi</mandarin> like [orh] okay <mandarin>喝:he</mandarin> maybe like mushroom soup with <mandarin>面包:mian bao</mandarin> whatever


nice, ya lah actually <mandarin>这世界真的很大:zhe shi jie zhen de hen da</mandarin> so like there's so many places that like with like can go et cetera but then like but <mandarin>现在那个:xian zai na ge</mandarin> COVID happen


COVID so like everybody the travel plans <mandarin>都:dou</mandarin> being put on pause Liao, ya


ya ya in a way in a sense is true and also for the environment also like <mandarin>那时姐姐也是讲:na shi jie jie ye shi jiang</mandarin> like <mandarin>你不觉得:ni bu jue de</mandarin> like <mandarin>那个地球:na ge di qiu</mandarin> like <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> air is like nicer like cleaner and everything I don't know maybe it's just a


I don't know it may not be true but it's just subconsciously you think that oh it is like the air is better because there is lesser traffic and blah blah


ya it's like it's like cause and effect ya so like how do I say but then again cause and effect but then again right like <mandarin>我们:wo men</mandarin> believe in a god what so like


like what the bible say lah everything that we sow we will reap like everything that we do will have consequences lor and because of that I guess like it will it will it will somehow come to pass lah according to <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> bible prophecy


like everybody talk about like err ya so like I will receive this revelation from god or like I receive this dream this vision et cetera so ya actually is like okay


exaggerate


ya


so it's not exactly that they know that okay no it's gone like his end time and time but then I guess is more like it's how we discern the time and the season right now


ya lah, actually you <mandarin>不觉得很:bu jue de hen</mandarin> scary meh like <mandarin>我觉得很:wo jue de hen</mandarin> scary leh like like do I really want to know that tomorrow the world is ending like do you want to know or you rather that you are just living your life I don't know


!aiya! because I feel like if we already know like when we're gonna die we obviously like what you say we will live our life very differently like we will really maximise our time and really to


what we want to do lah despite like [orh] so so right now because we don't know when we're gonna die so sometimes you ask yourself lah like are you really living your life to the fullest


ya lor because honestly in if you okay so right now right we will think that okay money is very important because like if you don't have money then you cannot do a lot of things, but then again like if you know that you are gonna die tomorrow then honestly what's money to you right like it's nothing already because no matter how much money you have is not gonna save your life and ya and it's like <mandarin>生不带来死不带去:sheng bu dai lai si bu dai qu</mandarin> what so like you will


what however much money that you have it's like not gonna be important anymore lor


ya lah this is life what, ya !hais! how to I put it so recently I think was it wednesday wednesday when I was reading the bible right then like so I was reading timothy then timothy <mandarin>不是有个:bu shi you ge</mandarin> verse like godliness with contentment is great game godliness with contentment is great game


ya so like so is like money is not evil lah is the love of money that is evil but like as human beings like it's very hard not to like love money ah right


isn't that what everyone wants to do if not <mandarin>的话:de hua</mandarin> like then before <mandarin>我去:wo qu</mandarin> mission <mandarin>我也不用存这么多钱:wo ye bu yong cun zhe me duo qian</mandarin> Liao what


ya [loh], but I guess I don't know like so I think I think for me like because because of the way we are brought up right so our security is place in this lah with


but instead even though we know that we should place our security in god


ya but it's better late than never lah but cause cause maybe like <mandarin>我比你早出来做工:wo bi ni zao chu lai zuo gong</mandarin> so to me ah I understand it maybe better or earlier than you ya because for <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> lah it's just like


you've been schooling for a for quite some time what so like you so as a student right you can try keep your expenses as low as possible or like there won't be like expectation from you lah but then, when you are working then there will be expectation expectation that you need to provide for these provide for that et cetera so when the expectation comes in that's where like you feel that you also need to carry part of the responsibility lor


but are you sure <mandarin>我觉得我觉得:wo jue de wo jue de</mandarin> for <mandarin>你:ni</mandarin> maybe it won't work this case eh because <mandarin>你看啊:ni kan a</mandarin> if really that is the case right no matter whether you started working or you never start working but you will still be able to like


accumulate a sum already you get what I mean it's not it's not based on whether <mandarin>你先出来做工或者你还没有出来做工:ni xian chu lai zuo gong huo zhe ni hai mei you chu lai zuo gong</mandarin> cause like I think poly like for example poly <mandarin>我也是:wo ye shi</mandarin> ya like <mandarin>一半做工一半:yi ban zuo gong yi ban</mandarin> like


ya actually hor when <mandarin>这个:zhe ge</mandarin> COVID happens right <mandarin>觉得突然间觉得:jue de tu ran jian jue de</mandarin> healthcare actually is very important right <mandarin>而且:er qie</mandarin> it's a very good skill leh, ya lah


true lah cause there's always pros and cons to every side of the coin I guess so like you always see the glamorous side like oh ya like you know like <mandarin>他们可以救人:ta men ke yi jiu ren</mandarin> and then like can earn a lot of money but actually there's also like a lot of flip side to it


like when this kind of emergency and is a pandemic that happen then like actually their family will also suffer lah


ya, ya it's quite funny cause like the other time during CG right <mandarin>很像:hen xiang</mandarin> like somebody have a pain somewhere <mandarin>他们也是讲:ta men ye shi jiang</mandarin> like <mandarin>可以帮我看一下:ke yi bang wo kan yi xia</mandarin> like so <mandarin>我这里痛是什么意思:wo zhe li tong shi shen me yi si</mandarin> ah like you know so funny


but so <mandarin>你有没有讲等一下:ni you mei you jiang deng yi xia</mandarin> I'll come back to you we need to rush like she expect the answer now ah


so <mandarin>你会做:ni hui zuo</mandarin> lah, but is it very difficult, but <mandarin>他不会做:ta bu hui zuo</mandarin> meh


oh, but then <mandarin>是:shi</mandarin> like what kind of math <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> more than less than


[orh] <mandarin>那种:na zhong</mandarin> three


[orh] err


not bad <mandarin>你还:ni hai</mandarin> at least at the spot like can figure out


oh is it


[orh], oh because now poly very competitive right, !wah! thank god we are not born in <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> era sia


!huh! <mandarin>都不可以:dou bu ke yi</mandarin> minus then <mandarin>怎样:zhe yang</mandarin> get three


you six subject <mandarin>要:yao</mandarin> take eh


but then <mandarin>现在也很少人:xian zai ye hen shao ren</mandarin> right like very little kids


true so <mandarin>更:geng</mandarin> competitive Liao lor


knowledge lah


so what do you think like but the but the environment also contribute to it right like the employer the working force because people ultimately they still see your cert what


ya stigma right <mandarin>那个:na ge</mandarin> stigma


do the same thing, and and you can just convert the campuses


ya they don't have to be wearing a uniform, but then but then what do you think about their learning speed does it affect


learning speed, for example cause okay okay I'm I'm not saying that like people in ITE means they they learn slower okay but then like, but then the foundation


so okay so do you think okay so for example if you are a working adult so you could be also taking the same class as these people lah [orh] okay so then there I guess it make sense lor because there will be a diverse


diverse like crowd it's not just still everybody the same kind of people inside then, then it defeats the purpose but then if it's like a diverse crowd where working adults can also sign up for the same certification then then that's where they get to interact with like other adults and like different people from different walks then then I I feel like that makes more sense


is gonna survive, oh ya so I remember right during one of our outreach right so we met this !wah! this girl <mandarin>那个我买那个:na ge wo mai na ge</mandarin> webuy by <mandarin>的那个:de na ge</mandarin> girl so how we met is like


what we're doing like door to door then after that then ya so she very friendly and everything ah so we invited her to the outreach right then she was like sharing with us about her education so she's a malaysian that grew up in hong-kong


ya so she only came back err in secondary school lah like secondary school <mandarin>她去我忘记:ta qu wo wang ji</mandarin> like <mandarin>是哪个学校的名字:shi na ge xue xiao de ming zi</mandarin> lah then so but she say is very horrible for her that but the the secondary school is close down already


ya so what happened was when she was in hong-kong when she was growing up in hong-kong she was in a international school so in the international school right the way they teach right is very very different from like singapore education


it's very more discussion base and it's not like <mandarin>那种读死书:na zhong du si shu</mandarin> that kind you know ya so like, so she was giving me one example is like that time where the <mandarin>九一一:jiu yao yao</mandarin> thing happen right so like in the class like the the teacher teach them about terrorism