Left Out
Do any of you gwai lo feel out of place when going to a Chinese mall or restaurant? Tonight Vin and I went to Congee Wong for dinner, had juuuuust enough cash to pay for dinner, so we paid and ran out like the place was on fire.
Afterwards, I went to teach.
"AGGGH! there's an earwig!" screamed my student.
"Well, go get rid of it." said I.
"No!"
"Fine, get me a Kleenex."
I then crawled under her grand piano and caught the bugger then gave it a burial at sea.
"That's not in my job description."
Comments
Yeah, of course. A couple of years ago when I went to Vancouver to go for some dimsum with my buddy and his grandpa, I didn't know what the fuck to do. To make matters worse the waiter made fun of me because I drank my tea too fast. "Too strong for you?", he smirked. Never had that experience going out for bubble tea, tho'.
Gwai lo? I thought that it was bak gwai.
Posted by: Rob | August 2, 2003 08:15 PM
I suppose 'bak gwai' would work, but gwai lo is definitely the more commonly used phrase.
Posted by: Zorbs | August 3, 2003 02:34 PM