PAI KAM!!

ORANGE!!

As the title says! (is that getting old?!)
Okaay... so my church went for pai kam.. and I went to the place near Sarah's house..which is if you didn't know, USJ 1. And Chris..sorry that we didn't go your house..we went to USJ 1 ,2 and Putra Heights this year.
So..what have I learnt?
1. That Chinese people living in USJ 1 are very paranoid.
2. That we (the church people) look like we're selling oranges, not giving oranges.
3. That Layered Milk tea is AWESOME.
4. That I have to stop eating at the mamak store for my cough and flu to recover.
5. Me, Grace and Alvin have to learn Cantonese to pass the language barrier.
Our experiences?
Refer to no. 1.
PARANOIA!!
When I and Uncle Andrew (let's just call him Andrew 'cos that's what we call him) went from house to house.. there was this particular house..
Okaay... How about I give the *instructions* *ahem* *details* first?
I just said a short speech (can I call it speech?)
Which was..
'Hi! /Hey! We're from a church nearby, and we would like to bless you with some Mandarin oranges for Chinese New Year!'

So when I went to one of the houses..
This old uncle was hearing what I said..
And after I said my speech..
He asked..
'I KNOW YOU PEOPLE. YOU WANT TO SELL STUFF.'
So then Andrew..seeing I was in a crisis, (crisis?) helped me out by saying it was free in Cantonese.
Thanks man!

And others were just plain..
Blur.
Here we were..standing under the hot sun, repeating to them what we were saying..
And all they could do is stare?!
I mean..come on!
You could use this time to give oranges to other houses..
But instead you're waiting for this...person's brain synapses to fire up or at least connect long enough to understand the message.

Others were just plain money-minded.(explained by Grace and Alvin)
They kept telling them they wanted to bless them..
But the people didn't respond.
Then when they shouted out.. 'Free!'
Then only the person came.
FISHSTICKS!!!!
Yeah.. this blog is a bad-language-free blog so I 'censored' it. :)

Del said the Putra Heights people were really paranoid.
One guy asked her for her number.
Poor Del! Haha..
They saw lots of people peeking out of the windows..but when they rang the bell..no-one came out.
Two people were hanging the clothes, but whey they saw us approaching, they hid behind the pillars.
It's so obvious, for goodness' sake.
One lady even asked if there was a bomb inside the mandarins.
SAY WHAT?!
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO PARANOID THESE DAYS?!

And Danny..you'll laugh at his dilemma. (Dilemma? Lemmings?)
His hair is partially dyed brown and he wore the 'Passion And Fire' T-shirt, which is black. Well..in short, he looks like a gangster.
So..when he rang the bell and told the lady about the pai kam, the lady was opening her door.
Then when she saw Dan combing his hair with his fingers..like what junior gangsters normally do.. she slammed the door. SLAMMED.
Hey..don't make my church friends sad!
He was kind of heartbroken.

Lots of similar stories happened to us.

It would take me too long to explain.
Thank God it didn't rain..like Anton said..God! Even if it rains.. I am NOT GOING BACK INSIDE THE CAR!!

And 'cos we finished early.. we went to the mamak store. Well..we went there many times..they practically know us already. Best customers much?
And Grace told Andrew to order Layered Milk Tea. At least..that's what I think it's called..
And now he's addicted to it. Or more like..loves it.
Next week..we're going to try Layered Milk Coffee!
It's similar to the tea except they use coffee.
It's really nice.. you should try it!
Made up of..
1/3 of brown sugar syrup
1/3 of milk
1/3 of tea

Nothing else!
And yes.. I owe Grace a drink..
But Andrew ended up paying.
So now I owe 2 people.
AARGH!
There were some leftover oranges.. so I took some back.
TOO MANY ORANGES!!!
And after we finished the Pai Kam.. it started raining!
Praise The Lord! :)