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i am a someone's else catalyst for love !
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I feel so immensely proud of myself for playing the accidental cupid today while at work.

I was serving this lady who is obviously from China , her heavily accented mandarin confusing me with every curl of her tongue as she spoke.

It wasn't very hard to decipher what she wanted because beyond the barriers of language ( not that i couldn't speak mandarin , but hers was too cheem for me to comphrehend ) , fingers come in handy.

She pointed to the Chocolate fudge cake on display, i did the same , she nodded and we both understood each other perfectly without uttering a word.

Then came the difficult part.

I tried to speak to her in what i perceive to be standard mandarin

"Xiao jie , qin wen ni yao he she me ?" ( Miss , what would you like to drink ? )

She gave me a puzzled look and hesitated for a while before replying

"Wo yao Xue Bi" ( I want Xue Bi )

My immediate reaction was ..

WTF IS XUE BI !?

I did a direct translation in my mind and i figured that "Xue" is Ice and so i came to the conclusion that she wanted an ice-blended drink

"Ni yao Ice-Blended shi ma ?" ( You want ice-blended drink is it ? )

I could almost see question marks oozing out from her hair follicles and floating away in puffs.

"Bu bu , wo yao Xue Bi" ( No no , i want Xue Bi )

Nabei , i don't know what the fuck is Xue Bi lah !!

I turned to ask my collegue and decided that he won't be much help since he is a malay.

I decided to try asking her again

"Xue bi shi bu shi ice blended ? Na ge shi you bing de ka fei" ( Is Xue Bi an ice blended drink ? An ice blended drink is coffee with ice )

She was visibly pissed and shook her head violently

"Bu bu bu wo yao de shi yi ping Xue Bi"

Cockanathan lah !!

A queue was already forming behind her yet we're still at square one .

Then came Mr.Suave who was standing behind her in the queue

"Xue bi is Sprite"

WHAT THE HELL?!

I retrieved a can of Sprite from the fridge and dangled it in front of her and she nodded happily.

Phew.

As i keyed in her order , i heard Mr.Suave saying

"Which part of China are you from ?"

I was thinking .. "Wah lao , what a lame pick up line.."

heh.

They were so caught up in their own little conversation that i had to wave her change in front of her before she noticed that the cashier ( ME ) was still alive.

She went away, he ordered his stuff from me and i couldn't help but notice that HE JOINED HER AT HER TABLE AFTER THAT !

They were still chatting happily together after i knocked off from work and i certainly hope that they have exchanged numbers.

You see ah , without my timely intervention they prolly wouldn't have met !!

Without my extremely poor command of good chinese ( or rather , my poor commend of Mainland lingo ) , he wouldn't have the chance to play nosey parker and impress her :D

Just call me the Cupid Barista :D

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listening to :

the cure - tainted love

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Joke of the day :

Priest lost his chicken and asked during mass: Anyone got a cock?

All men rose.

Priest : I meant anyone seen a cock?

All women rose.

Priest : I mean anyone seen my cock?

All nuns rose.