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Mum and Dad are back from Turkey as of Friday :D So I went up for my traditional night of footy (HOLY SHIT BOYS DON'T DO THAT AGAIN, SERIOUSLY) and claiming of souvenirs and yakking and all that fun stuff. Being the first person to see them since they got back Friday morning I got the best retelling of everything, too, rather than when they become jaded telling everything to everyone. Favourite anecdote, ironically, comes from the one-day stopover in Singapore on the way back:
Menu at high-class Chinese restaurant: Bullfrog soup! :D
Mum: OOH. Do you have the bullfrog today?
Waitress: *blinku* Do we have ... ?
Mum: This one *points, repeats 'bullfrog' in Indonesian just in case her Bahasa is better than her English*
Waitress: OH! Yes! Bullflog! :D
Mum and Dad: ... *quietly packing it*
Oh, tiny Asian waitress, why must you be so stereotypical? <3
Meanwhile! I've activated my Citibank Visa debit card they just sent me in the mail without my asking for it. This only pisses me off because it makes my awesome old debit card defunct =( This thing has an expiry of December 2049. I'm not even kidding. I've had that bit of plastic since I was about 16 and they haven't sent me a replacement, so it's clearly got 2049 in their system, too. I will miss that card. I mean, I'll keep it for prosperity, but I can't use it anymore, sadness.
And then I hung out my washing and it started raining not five minutes later. Screw you, bomsite.
Menu at high-class Chinese restaurant: Bullfrog soup! :D
Mum: OOH. Do you have the bullfrog today?
Waitress: *blinku* Do we have ... ?
Mum: This one *points, repeats 'bullfrog' in Indonesian just in case her Bahasa is better than her English*
Waitress: OH! Yes! Bullflog! :D
Mum and Dad: ... *quietly packing it*
Oh, tiny Asian waitress, why must you be so stereotypical? <3
Meanwhile! I've activated my Citibank Visa debit card they just sent me in the mail without my asking for it. This only pisses me off because it makes my awesome old debit card defunct =( This thing has an expiry of December 2049. I'm not even kidding. I've had that bit of plastic since I was about 16 and they haven't sent me a replacement, so it's clearly got 2049 in their system, too. I will miss that card. I mean, I'll keep it for prosperity, but I can't use it anymore, sadness.
And then I hung out my washing and it started raining not five minutes later. Screw you, bomsite.