Old Film Buddy Rears Not So Ugly Head

Yesterday we did a live show on RTHK with ah-Sa shivering with fear as usual – what would I say this time? Last time I said “screw you” about the evil students castigating our dear leader for his bad imperialist mando-ese, and this time I had the chance to say “shit” – with impunity you see, because SHIT (屎 si) is part of the word 鼻屎，bei si, ‘nose shit’ or snot. So life’s not bad!

Yesterday’s episode was mostly about flowers, about which I know nothing, so learnt something there. And the guy needing to know flowery language was none other than my old mate David from Sydney and star of the only film in my series Cantonese – The Movie that has a sequel.

I proudly present both of them here. Watch them in the same sequence, otherwise you won’t understand a thing. David plays Forceful Hag.

More about NOT to be

Summer has come to Pui O beach and with it a slew of … I think they call them ‘pseudo-models’? and their entourages of dozens of photographers and light-reflector-holders, all men, for some reason. Referring →

To 係 or 唔係 – is that the question?

Cantonese 101: There is no yes and no! This can create confusion. Of course, many people want there to be a yes (at least) and so they have created a thing where 係 (hai) means →

Caught Napkin

I discovered a new Canto word this week! And I won’t forget it, because I learnt it in a situation and from a live person, not a dictionary or app. So I do this Sichuan →

Priorities

I remember when I first came to hong Kong in 1989. The 垃圾蟲 (lap sap chung, litter bug) campaign had just started. Now people would be made to feel bad about littering. Woo-hoo! Nothing seemed →

The Day After

It’s difficult for me when holidays suddenly pop up in the middle of the week. Yesterday I felt it was Sunday （禮拜日，lai bai yat) all day although it was Wednesday (禮拜三 lai bai saam), and →

Thank You, Norwegian Writer

Today I want to publicly thank a Norwegian writer named Are Kalvø who in the year 2007 had a brilliant idea which inspired me no end. He would travel all around Norway and eat in →

My First Foray into Solo Podcasting – Outcasting

Here is the first podcast I ever made without the soothing, nay, dulcet tones of Ah-Sa hovering in the back-and-foreground. Podcasts will be a regular occurrence from now on; I welcome ideas, locations and of →

So Many Ways To Learn Canto!

As imperial-Mando encroaches on our linguistic liberties, it goes without saying that more and more people who don’t like to be dictated to, want to learn Cantonese. But many are concerned about time, commitment, pain, →

Cantonese Forever!

Wah! So exciting! Here is the true story of what went down in old Guangzhou that fateful day in July.

WEI! Everybody everywhere! I’m off to the motherland for a long but not long enough weekend, to make programmes about … oh, I can’t talk about it. OK, Mandarin. Anyway, when I get back next →

Another One Down: Ploughing Through the Theme Parks of Shenzhen

深圳 (Sam Jan – Deep Drain/Shenzhen)
世界之窗 (Sai gai chi cheung – World’s Window)
百佳 (Baak gai – Park’n’Shop)

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