Ah Nya is in Hokkien. Translation:
Bahasa Malaysia – Cik adik
Tamil – Minachi
Cantonese – Siew mui mui
English – Little girl
So, I have a message for women who grumbled being called ‘auntie’. Take it and take comfort.
‘Cos I has just been called ‘Ah Nya’. And I feel like puking. Oh my goodness!
I went out to lunch with my four kids. Whenever we go anywhere, we are a spectacle because the eldest would act cool, the middle two would fight and the fourth would scream if he cannot get his way. So, I have a choice of wearing like an Ah Soh and be the harrassed housewife or put one some make-up and wear proper clothes.
There is this 70 yrs old nice, friendly old man who sells fruits. And the conversation went something like this:
5xmom : Give me two pieces Bali pineapple and two agar-agar (jellies). Put in separate plastic bags. (meant for my kids and I)
Ah Pek : Wah….your sons ah, Ah Nya?
5xmom hair stands. Nod a bit.
5xmom : Pineapple put white salt. Don’t want plum salt.
Ah Pek : Wah….Ah Nya, your bebe (baby) very ’sui’. You also very sui.
5xmom : Give me the white (colourless) jelly. Don’t want colour (pink) one.
Ah Pek : That one your eldest son ah? Wah…he very ‘kuan tua’ (tall and big). Just like you. *grins his toothless grin, eyes sparkling with white hairs eyebrows*
5xmom : -_-” (cold sweats)
Ah Pek : *packing pineapple* Mai chiak ong lai cheh-cheh hor?
(Don’t eat too much pineapple, ok? Chinese have this joke that if you missed a period, eat pineapple. It is not a very flattering joke. Boh lai chiak ong lai.)
And here is what I wanted to say to Ah Pek but dare not.
Ah Pek ah, you so old until got glaucoma liao. Why you still want to be fresh like your fruits hor? I take the papaya and smash them on your head baru tau. Then, I take the banana and stuff your mouth. You are such an adorable grandfather and I do love your fruits because they are so fresh and sweet. But when you start telling a 40 yrs old auntie she is ’sui’ and repeatedly call her Ah Nya and got that humsup look on your face, then you are a certified DOM!
So, call me auntie anytime.
*sigh* Out to park again. Hope don’t get harrassed by monkeys again.
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3:25 pm on September 16th, 2005 1
piang eh.. hahahahha its ok… its ok… ah nya is a respectful term… i’ll call you AH NYA from now on…
wahahaha…
(i have a button on my site that calls myself auntie minishorts, dannyfoo’s fault).
3:42 pm on September 16th, 2005 2
better not. Can i call u cheh cheh then ? cant call u auntie. *chuckle*
3:44 pm on September 16th, 2005 3
Ah Pek is hamsup one mah…
3:58 pm on September 16th, 2005 4
boh lai chiak ong lai
hahahahaha!
aih call u lilian better la hor.
4:02 pm on September 16th, 2005 5
sometimes i can’t stand shopkeepers or stallkeepers who talk too much when you stand there waiting for them to bungkus your order!
hahaha boh lai chiak ong lai.
i love the chinese language, always rhyming here and there.
4:03 pm on September 16th, 2005 6
wah… tat old bugger “got eyes but cannot see tarzan 5xmom” wor!
LOL
4:06 pm on September 16th, 2005 7
Ah Eah not mean ‘kakak’ ar?
Wah, Lau Ah Pek got the hots for 5xMom! If Lau Ah Peks are judging a beauty contest then habisla, 5xMom win hands down!
‘Cause maybe, just maybe, 5xMom really is sui.
*sings*
>Isn’t she lovely? Isn’t she won-der-ful?
4:35 pm on September 16th, 2005 8
ah nya = xiao jie = miss = young lady
since he is ~ 70+yo, to him you are considered young mah… 30 years younger wor!!!
4:41 pm on September 16th, 2005 9
nya = siew mui mui?
yameh
nya here mean auntie lah…short form for nyoNYA
normally malay guy call chinese aunty nya….not sure in penang though
hahahahahahahahahha
pity the ahpek..was just trying to be friendly….mana tau itu lilian thought he hamsap
4:45 pm on September 16th, 2005 10
Auntie! Auntie!
5:35 pm on September 16th, 2005 11
I’m so gonna make this statement;
“Lilian just became the victim of age old…no, OLD AGE Flirting!”
5:48 pm on September 16th, 2005 12
Hahaahaaaa… Lilian ah, I bet you are very sui also… agree with the apek… so, post lah one pic…
6:15 pm on September 16th, 2005 13
aye aye auntie “salutes”
wah u always go youth park ah ? Me Dec 3-4 oso will be there worrr
going for Penang MTB jamboreeeeeeeee….
MTB = mari tolak basikal…
6:18 pm on September 16th, 2005 14
Oh, my God!
6:43 pm on September 16th, 2005 15
:p DOM??
9:03 pm on September 16th, 2005 16
aiyah, ah nya… how to complain.. old man likes you, monkeys also go for you, must be very lovable -lah. Enjoy the attention lor or next time 80 years old complain no-one notice you.hahahaha
10:39 pm on September 16th, 2005 17
Ah Pek just want to sell more fruits wat… And marketing strategy ends up fails
2:34 am on September 17th, 2005 18
Wei…
Lu chai all Ah Peks are generally hamsap. So we cannot do anything about it lor. Haih.
But this post damn funny lar. My ass nearly dropped off cause I am laughing too hard.
Damn hardcore.
2:07 pm on September 17th, 2005 19
Hey.. Lilian,
My mom used to say that ah pek so hamsup one..! and then hor.. when we were kids.. we think .. my mom so mountain tortoise one.. ppl be nice also say hamsup.. !! hahahha!! so now i know.. true one.. got hamsup old man around..
Sorry mom.. we all thought you a little senile then.. hahaha!!
6:37 pm on September 18th, 2005 20
must send ah pek to Robert Lam english lesson. poor ah pek sell ong lai also kena…
1:26 pm on September 19th, 2005 21
I thought it’s when you have your period you cannot eat ong lai, since it’s supposed to be very cooling???
8:55 am on September 5th, 2006 22
Edify me: What is DOM ah?
3:42 pm on May 10th, 2009 23
LOL~ *laughed til stomach cramped dy*
This is hilarious and I have repeatly read but still find it farny ler…
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