QUOTE(Gene_89 @ Sep 21 2017, 01:13 PM)
Yup, mostly when HK people saw us, they will speak Mandarin 1st. Then we said we are Malaysian and know Canto only they started talking Cantonese to us. And yes, there were a lot of Mainland Chinese tourist. Mostly very rough too.
I remember i went to 7 eleven i wanna buy tissue coz hv minor flu. I said I wan 'face handkerchief' something like that in Canto. The girl just said what you want again with shock expression. Ended i just said tissue. Dun worry just say English jek if u dunno hw to use Canto.
And their Mcd pork very nice too. Miss it so much.
BACK! It's super hot in HK. By super it's literally burning. Felt like i burn more than put on weight, despite eating no less.
You're right on the language, it's 50-50. Half of the people I encountered spoke Mandarin with me and another half spoke Cantonese straight away. Had 2 interesting encounters.
Day 1 : Friend and I sat down in Kam Wah (love their polo bun!) and a lady sat to "dap toi". I ordered the french toast and was a little awkward with it coz dunno it's sweet or needed sugar. The lady seemed to know and pointed at the bottle of syrup. She asked me to pour them on the toast and to smear the butter (on top of the toast). Did exactly it and tasted so awesome. Since then we started having some small talk and then the chat became a pretty lengthy one with asking for recommendations, talking about locals, the typhoon etc.
It's very interesting to have a decent conversation with locals. While I have had some fair share of rude encounter (when asking for directions) or bargaining, chatting with this lady offset the negative experience
Day 4 : Went to Sha Tin Racecourse! It was amazing. Signed up for a "English speaking tour" - there are 2 guides who will bring you around the racecourse and explain to you how to bet. We opted for English-speaking tour coz my friend is a banana, but can understand Cantonese (although cannot speak). So the 2 young guide (a lady and a guy) brought us around (only me and friend, no one else signed up for it hahaha).
While they spoke well, I can see a little struggle with some part of the explanation, and generally I know that they will explain/ talk more if it's in Cantonese. So ended up started speaking Cantonese to them and they were surprised, but happy to comply. It was mix English and Cantonese tour and the lady expressed divine happiness to be able to conduct the "tour" in Cantonese
had a good session and we spoke about Malaysia/ KL too.
I bumped into some local stars filming for a show (not drama) - it was Derek Wong with 3 other co-stars (they're not very popular stars). But on 3rd day, think you can say I hit jackpot by bumping into famous star Shek Sau at Mak's Noodle in Wellington Street. I was having late lunch when he walked in with his wife and sat at the back. Waited for him outside the restaurant to take a photo ^____^
QUOTE(Gene_89 @ Sep 24 2017, 12:29 PM)
Oh you can speak Japanese? Learn frm online kah? Yeah it is fun speaking Japanese to them. hehe...
A little
very basic ones. I'm learning in a Japanese language institute, but it's part of the fun. While it's hard to strike a lengthy conversation or talk more, I can make do with some basic communication such as asking for directions, food etc. It's funny when the ojiisan and obaasan still try to talk more even though they know you won't be able to understand more than basic stuffs hahaha. It's all part of learning, and the locals are very courteous - a flip side to HK.
QUOTE(hihihehe @ Sep 24 2017, 02:40 PM)
There is no pork burger available now except the egg muffin.
Only Angus beef available for now
Yes no pork burger now except the brekkie ones. Just because it's HK, it's not very common to see pork; it's more common in Japan.
This post has been edited by sweet_pez: Sep 27 2017, 10:05 AM