Overheard...

As I now take the public tranport more often, there are funny conversations that I get to overhear from time to time. Here are just a few to share:

Overhead while on the bus, on my way to work:
Girl A: Ay, so next week you want to go St James again ah?
Girl B: No lah! Next week...go Jook out lor!

The event is actually called Zoukout! But being the typical ah liens that they are, they have pronounced it in the very distinctive ah lien way.

Overhead while on the MRT, on my way home:
Auntie A: Woah! Where is this place?
Auntie B: This used to be the Ang Mo Kio Bus interchange lor!
Auntie A: OH! The bus interchange ah?? Not bad hor, now become such a big shopping centre.
Auntie B: Ya lor. Very big and very nice. Not bad, not bad..but then no more interchange.
Auntie A: Aiyo, so wasted, no more interchange.

The above conversation by the two aunties were spoken entirely in Hokkien. I almost wanted to tell them that they need not be so sad as the bus interchange has now been integrated with the shopping mall (Called the AMK hub). Air-conditioned bus interchange on one side and shopping mall under one roof.