Hokkien Group's Visit On 9/9

We had our 2nd regular visit last saturday since LBFD. After that visit, LB will rest for 2 weeks before we have our MAF celebration for the elderly, a la LBFD style, on 30 Sep.

It was a gruelling 2 hours, cos me tokked the most hokkien in the 2hrs with respect to my whole life. I wondered if I was making a fool of myself with my broken hokkien with an singlish-accent. waha!!!

me led the hokkien speaking group to visit 1st the Blind Sisters before we proceeded to Uncle Lee. The 'younger' sister was at home alone (we saw the elder sis at the void deck, tho), so we guys had a nice talk with her. Weijian then was super helpful as he helped keep the conversation alive while Mingwei was my translator when 1) me couldn't find a hokkien word for what me wanted to say 2) when the Lderly slurred.

We talked about various stuff like the weather, her sis going to see 'god' at level 2 for her rheumatic leg (I couldn't understand this part where she said the 'god' helped massage her leg), her sis being lost in the new market cos it was too big and Weijian's career after he graduates. lol

Something to share (which may be old news to alot of ppl), is that the Blind Sisters are not sisters actually. According to the Elder Sis (and my 'half-a-bucket' of hokkien), they stayed together and she was actually taking care to the 'younger sis' cos she had no one willing to take care of her despite her being blind. While the flat belonged to the younger sis and the older sis paid for the rent and misc fees cos her children gave her some money every now and then.

But still, we learnt NOT to talk abt her children in front of her, cos the elder sis would go into a string of expletives regarding her 'unfilial' daughter-in-law.

In some way, they depended on each other.

The visit to Uncle Lee was the usual fare, except this time round, me was doing most of the talking, not that me talked a lot too.

He was much better this week, cos his son broght him to see a new doctor whose medicine was more effective than those he had in the past.

He then tokked abt his woking life as bus conductor, which well, me heard for a few times le. He also complained abt mdm lau... haha...

With that, we ended our visit. me left with a question in mind which the others had no answer to: Where is Rumah Tinggi?

Both the Blind Sisters and Uncle Lee mentioned Rumah Tinggi. The younger sis said the market was so big it led to Rumah Tinggi and Uncle Lee said his bus service used to go there.

lol