Does anyone around here speako englisho? Cause no one seems to understand what im trying to say. 1 boy zooms by my table, making absolutely no eye contact, number two takes another route making sure he doesnt have to be the next victim, when two waiters dragging another helpless one over to my tables.
He speaks up,”I don’t speak english” ( in bahasa, haha
! ) now you know its not right that im understanding him and he isnt understanding me. So i break things down, poor boy, the look in his eyes was almost saying ” dont eat me miss”.
“Pine” “Apple”
“huh?”
“drink”
“drink?”
“no english”
“Menu?”
“huh”
At this point I might as well be speaking french to the boy. Boy number 3 waltz over all smiles. So im thinking ok, this boy has to know some English, he doesn’t seem afraid of me.
” Do you have Pine Apple juice?”
“Makanan?”
Now, what part of my sentence did i say eat? I want to drink!” Thank goodness i was not dying of thirst.
I was drawn back to a moment when I was having dinner by myself in Pizza Hut when I realised that i didn’t have any napkins/tissue, so i thought simple thing to ask for, i shout the closest waiter close to me, who seem to be very young ( probably a high school kid working a summer job).
So i ask very slowly, remembering that some people insist that we have accents, haha.
” Can I have a napkin please?”
Strike 1
He seemed so confused. hummm..Maybe not the word they use.
“Can i have some Tissue?”
Strike 2
” I don’t know miss”, hold on miss”
He walks away with a smile, and I knew that meant i was not getting that tissue/napkin that night.
Strike 3
“Here miss”
Ok, Im glad i’m a very patient person and being a woman, we always have some napkin/tissue/hand sanitizer in our back chucked some where.
Bet you can’t guess what the lovely waiter brought for me.
Cheeze
Anyway, where was I?. Let me get out of this flash back.
PINE APPLE JUICE
Finally, one of the brave boys, came over and brought me a menu, at this time, my bus was getting ready to leave and I hadn’t even ordered a thing. Would i even get to the prat where i ordered something to eat.
Looking at the menu, I reviewed it and thought back to my Bahasa class, and thought maybe Nenas is Pine Apple Juice.
So being brave i said, just give me Nenas, if it wasnt Pine Apple, i was gona drink it anyway!
Just to make sure, after ordering I texted my friend Aiza to ask what I had just ordered. Yep! I got my Pine Apple Juice and had 5mins to spare to laugh to myself about the ordeal.
All in a days journey in Malaysia. Never a dull moment!