Jokes

The summer sun is not merciful here in Hong Kong; I am running away for three weeks.

Going to three countries where hopefully, in one of them I can practice my hopeless Italian. For the other two, I am going to use sign language.

I have been reading some jokes about these countries as the starter of my journey.

Belgium:

How do you drive a Belgian crazy?

Lock him in a circular room and tell him there's frites at the next corner.

Germany:

Do you know why Germans build such high-quality products?

So they won't have to go around being nice while they fix them.

Italy:

How do you shut up an Italian?

Tie their hands behind their backs.

I hope they didn't offend you, but made you laugh...but just to be fair, here is a Chinese one:

Why would the world have been a better place if Adam and Eve were Chinese?

Because they would have eaten the snake instead of the apple.

Funny Cantonese Animal Slangs

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about funny animal names. This time, I am quite interested in looking into the Cantonese slang related to animals.

Before I started this post, I was writing down as many slangs as I could think of, and was quite surprised to find out I could came out with at least 10 within 1 minute...

蛇王 (C-sèh-wohng)

Snake King-call a lazy person a Snake King, because a snake likes to curl up its body and rest.

色狼 (C-sīk-lòhng)

Colour Wolf-the equivalent in English is horndog.

In Buddhist terms, "colour" refers to all sort of materialistic things that evoke desires-especially sexual desire.

Wolf symbolises evil and greed (think about the wolf in The Three Little Pigs, also the one in Red Riding Hood)

A Colour Wolf means a person has a greed for sex.

失魂魚 (C-sāt-wàhn-yú)

Terrified fish-call a panic person a terrified fish. We all know how a terrified fish acts like-it turns around and swims away like a flash of lightning.

笑面虎 (C-siu-mihn-fú)

Smile Face Tiger-call a hypocritical person a Smile Face Tiger; usually it is to describe a person who seems to be kind but is actually wicked.

扮豬吃老虎 (C-Baan-jyū-sihk-lóuh-fú)

Disguised as a pig, and eats a tiger-to describe a person plays dumb in order to manipulate other people.

What Made My Day

In the morning, Charlotte, my 8-year-old student, gave me a big hug, followed by a kiss on my face, then she told me,

" Nǐ shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de lăoshī!"

*你是我最喜欢的老师！

You are my favourite teacher!

And because I am her favourite teacher, I deserved this cute puppy that she got from Ocean Park yesterday, and I was allowed to bring it home.

This is one of my best days in my life :-)