`weekiat*
`geraldine*
`huixian*
`virginia*
`erina*
'royston*
`benjamin*
`jasmine*
`jenny jie*
`val jiejie*
`tiffany*
`melody*
`iris*
`rachel*
'yuen leng*
'geraldine11*
'joel*
'sherry*
'terry*
`huikoon*
`tasneem*
`jocelyn*
`khinewa*
`sherman*
`sheryl*
`thiamkee*
`justin*
`bernard*
`kevin.caleb*
`tingzhang*
`inez*
`xiangting*
`luther*
`genevis*

the taugay story.

Lead Actor: taugay and frens
Lead Actress: Old lady in her 80s
Auntie in her 50s
Scene Shot at: Eunos

auntie started looking at mr taugay and friends in her spoon, nono, i meant "examine". then there goes a spoonful into her mouth. munch munch munch.

then auntie started a conversation with old lady. it was just a normal over the dining table conversation. but this conversation set me thinking...

*in mixture of hokkien and canto*
auntie: "today tau-gay very "thin" and "neng-neng" ahor??

old lady: "an-loh..."
auntie: " hai-loh, that's why eat liao not that nice leh. must buy those fatter and shorter kind. more crunchy, sweeter, cook liao also taste better...."

old lady: "haiya, miam kong liao... that day went to the market.... kiet se yan..."
*paused*

old lady: " i went to the market to buy groceries and also the tau-gays. then the stall i usually goes, didnt open, so i went to patronise another stall. then, i told the stall holder i want some tau-gays... but those with husks one..."

auntie: "ah-huh..."

old lady: "she so buay song, told me tau-gays with husks is more expensive because the weight is heavier due to the black husks. she asked why want to buy more expensive one. just get those which are "sieved-from-the-husks" larrrrr...."

old lady: "but i am not cooking tau-gays that day mah. if buy those without husks, the tau-gays are already "injured" by her liao loh..."

auntie: " si loh.... then the tau-gays chorchor bo ho jiat liao.... wah liew, mian kar yi buay liao lar..." (yar agreed, the tau-gays after sieving will become rough, then wont be that delicious when they are cooked. Since it is like this, dun buy from that stall already...)

old lady: "she kept wanting to sell me those tau-gays without husks. kept explaining to her i am not cooking the taugays today... then she said why i want to undergo the trouble to pek the tau-gays...."

auntie: "miam guan yi lar, next time buy from another stalll..." (dont bother about her... next time buy from another stall)

*story on repeat mode. 5 times....*

mich was very amazed.

women can really talk about anything under the sun. simply everything. chatting about tau-gays and friends are ok. but... talking about the thin-ness of the tau-gays?
talking about the chor chor surface of tau-gays?
talking about the tau-gays being injured thus their taste powers were decreased significantly....

mich didnt know there was so much to mr tau-gays. only know they are called bean sprouts. and they are like almost the cheapest vegetable around and mich likes them in noodles.

actually i dun really consider them as a vegetable because they looked like almost have no nutritional value, maybe when u eat a bagful of them, then u might gain like 0.000000000000005g of fats. and they have no leaves. ok. can u all dun be so scientific. mich's definition of no leaves is....they are not under my catergory of LEAFY VEGE lar.

i wondered... if i will be like that in a few more years down the road?

come'on, really, it is just tau-gays. must so jiang jiu arh?????

i took a spoonful of mr tau-gays, looked at them... and their wimpy bodies stared back. i didnt bother...they slided down my throat. *BURP!* i am full...






`scribbled at-
Friday, November 17, 2006