Motivation
I found out something about myself during the holidays...
I can rarely work up enough motivation to do the stuff I have to do
Took me a while to realize this huh?
By the way... I forgot to write something that I should've written a while ago
I was going to my weekly Monday uni acc class and I was at South Yarra station, waiting for the Cranbourne train to arrive.
There weren't a lot of people, coz the pakenham train just left taking all the passengers with it
So, I was sitting there on the bench, with my mp3 on, reading articles on MX
And this old lady (not quite old actually) sat next to me
And there weren't anything going on for a while, until she started calling me 'xiao cie, xiao cie' (which means 'young lady')
And I turned to her... and she started talking in Chinese... And I mean... Native chinese in a very fast pace...
I was like... sitting there... with my face blank... thinking 'what the hell is this woman talking about'
I mean... I can speak a little Chinese... Coz of my background and stuff... Sometimes I understand what people are talking about and stuff... But only if they don't speak really fast like lightning
And I said 'sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about'
And believe it or not, she kept on going... speaking in Chinese... and not even trying to use some body language to try to explain what it was that she tried to tell/ask me...
So, again, I was like... What the heck!?
And then, after a while... after some time trying to explain to her that I don't understand what she was talking about... by shaking my head (feels like it's gonna flip 180 degrees), she grab her bag, took a train line map out... and pointed out something... and said "Ka Lan Bu Lun?"
I was like... "Huh!?!?"
And I looked carefully at the map... and I said "Oohh... You mean Cranbourne! Yes, yes, this train goes to Cranbourne"
And finally... She stopped buggin me
I actually know how to say 'I don't understand' in Chinese... but then I figured, if I said it in Chinese... she would've kept on talking to me... and on... and on...
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