Ok, here goes...
Me: So you like SS3?
(Silence...)
Me: That place very good?
She: You know ah, that Indonesian maid steal my towel.
Me: (No longer attempting to hold a conversation) Ah, ya. Really? Why?
She: Last time I come ah, all my towel, all got so much, now only so little left.
Me: Tsk. tsk. Really, so bad!
She:And then ah, got mouse ah... STARE at me when I sleeping, then ah, very clever you know!
Me: (I feel this is where I should offer a comment)
Oh, Wah.
She: And then, he see me open my eyes, it run away ah!
Me: Wah, so clever
She: Yah, you know ah, at night I go toilet-
Me: Oh, wah (I think I'm simply slotting expressions now)
She: Then ah, got something POOSH me ah! Then I fall down! The devil poosh me one!
Me: Hmmm... Wah...
She: Yea, and ah-
Caretaker returned.
Ah... help at last! I abandoned the old lady while she was distractedly playing with her arm and flew to introduce ourselves. Oh, before this, I caught another delightdful old lady to talk to.
Me: Hi!
She: (Ignores me)
Me: HULLO!
She: (Garbled something in cantonese)
Me: Oh Rachel... come translate
And in bounced Rachel.
Me: Hi Aunty, wat's your name?
She: *cantonese stuff*
Rachel: She asked if you moved house.
Me: (Errr... no, I didn't and if I did, and she knows... well....) No, Aunty
She: *summore cantonese*
Rachel: She asked if you moved to nearby.
Me: (When will I ever learn?) Yes aunty.
She: *more cantonese* (I think she's actually muttering profanity)
Rachel: She asked you why you never tell her you moved.
(How should I know? It's not often that I announce imaginary house moving to random old folks' homes)
Me: Err... I forgot?
As I was standing aroung talking to the caretaker, another old lady limped out from her room. I made way for her as I went "old-lady-hopping" (which consisted of talking, or attempting to talk, to old ladies). I went up to another old lady on a chair, Aunty Eva. She is very sane, and would have been delightful to talk to, if she could hear. As I was asking the caretaker about her, the caretaker turned to her
Caretaker: WOI, AUNTY EVA!
Aunty Eva: Ya?
Caretaker: WOI, VALERIE WAS TALKING TO YOU!
Me: No, I wa-
Caretaker: SHE WAS TALKING TO YOU AND YOU IGNORED HER!
Aunty Eva: Oh, er, sorry ah...
Me: But I wasn't talking to her.
Caretaker: I know.
I think it's a conspiracy to turn them into a circus. After watching first-hand, the process of dementing old ladies, I hopped to the next lady, the one who hobbled in just now, Aunty Marie.
Hehe... To be continued...
