Artoo vs Stormtrooper

A: Hello Aunty, how're you?
B: ADELINE, you're here! Come in.
A: Is Justin back?



B: He took half-day leave and came home by noon. When the postman came with that BIG parcel, he just went ape. He carted it into his room and hasn't come out since.
A: I'll look for him in his room.











Translation: It's tough to fathom the behaviour of youngsters these days. That one will make a fine daughter-in-law!

Witches

My 'bumper issue'. An email correspondence with a reader unlocked potential material in my head for an interesting entry. Thanks, Amizadai. Hope you enjoy this entry.

The Comic With Hainanese Dialogue

This is a comic with two women talking about the most mundane things during lunch time. But I thought it would be interesting to present the dialogue in a romanised version of the Hainanese dialect. If you're totally clueless, mouse-over each frame for 'subtitles' (if you're using Internet Explorer). For FireFox and Netscape users, right-click on each image, select 'Properties' and view the alternate text.

P.S. Ay, Wu Siang Gkai Tah Bou Gkia Sum Gkai Jiao Nong ah :)

Update:
Click here to read all my comics featuring the Hainanese language.

In The Mood For Drawing

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Chinese New Year Special

Well, it's time to visit the relatives again. But even that can be an adventure sometimes. Ol'Dan sees material for some comic relief and has conjured something to entertain the folks. I present my 5-page comic with a lame title, IT'S CHINESE NEW YEAR YET AGAIN:



Have fun and Gong Xi Fa Cai.

Romance Is A Strange Thing - Expansion Pack

(Any resemblance to persons living or otherwise is purely coincidental)

"Man proposes, God disposes"

Christmas Special - Stomped

I'm not talking about the the U.K. percussion sensation. I'm referring to FOOT-STOMPING. Nope, it's not about children throwing tantrums and stomping their feet. I'm talking about guys getting their feet stomped by girls.

On some occasions, I've witnessed such displays of 'playful (may I even add, infantile) violence'. The younger the couple, the more 'violent' it gets. When words cannot express her exasperation, stomping the guy's foot seems the way for the girl to get her message across. Let me illustrate a scenario.

A couple on a bus and they argue about something. The girl cannot out-talk the guy and she goes silent for awhile and also distances herself 1 foot away to 'disassociate herself' from the guy. All of a sudden, she stomps his foot.



The guy ignores her. She becomes annoyed and inches towards him now and glares at him.



Once again, she distances herself from the guy and promptly stomps his foot again. This time, the guy acknowledges that his foot is getting stomped and he's a little annoyed.



Seeing the guy isn't giving her the 'desired reaction', she inches towards him again and glares at him (notice the fiesty look).



Then as though by divine intervention, the bus brakes suddenly at the traffic light and the girl loses her balance. The guy immediately grabs hold of her.



The two look at each other with unnerving silence and tension seems to build up. However, instead of fuelling the tension, the incident defused the tension. The two start laughing sheepishly about the incident and 'patch-up'.



That's when she stomps his foot for a proper closure.



When witnessing such situations, I don't know whether to be envious or not.

p.s. Merry Christmas to all.

Romance Is A Strange Thing

(Any resemblance to persons living or otherwise is purely coincidental)

"It's just a matter of acquired taste"

Scenario A




Scenario B




"Getting home becomes complicated"







"You learn to care to listen to his/her opinions at a cost of cramping your style"

Scenario A




Scenario B

Imperial Duties

It has been awhile since the last entry. Returned from a trip to Penang, Langkawi and Phuket with a bunch of friends. Soon after, I joined the folks from Movie Mania for 'Imperial Duties' at the Singapore Science Centre from 18-19 Nov to promote the ART OF STAR WARS exhibition.

32

Yo Prof, Happy Birthday to you too! And not forgetting a big Happy Birthday to actress Lin Ching Hsia (aka 'Asia The Invincible') also.

After 32 years, still none the wiser.



Like that lor.

Cheers.