Lost Horizons

Having a laugh...

Every week I go for my Mandarin lesson on a Thursday, after work. I have only had five lessons, so don't expect to have a conversation with me, yet.

The people at the place I go to are very polite, and always offer me a drink when I go in; on the third lesson I went there, I asked for "pijiu", which caused a great deal of consternation, because they didn't have any beer. I explained that I was joking, and only showing off my newly learned vocabulary, and that a cup of cold water would be very pleasant indeed.

The following week, and Peanut was back in town, and I explained to her that I would be in late, as I had to go for a Chinese lesson. When I arrived at the lesson my teacher handed me a chilled can of Heineken, and said they had bought it for me specially. I was surprised and happy, but it didn't help with my concentration during the lesson. Of course as soon as I got home and Peanut smelled my breath, it was: "You drink beer, you not go Chinese lesson!". I explained the situation to her, but I could see she still had doubts.

This weeks Chinese lesson, I drank tea, and when I got home Peanut couldn't smell the beer so she accuses me of seeing a "mia noi"! So I told her where I had been, I could still see some doubt in her eyes; she just laughs when I try and speak Chinese (mind you she laughs even louder when I try and speak Thai!)

Say to her "nihao", and she will tell you she is not a dog, and she laughs and says I am "ting tong".

Oh well its Friday today, and she wants to go dancing tonight - watching me dance make her laugh even more. There has got to be something in daddy-dancing, after all!

posted by Luke @ 1:51 PM