i was having zichar dinner at a heartlander hawker centre with mum on sunday and suddenly a "kaboomz" roared in the background! there was a head-to-head collision some 50m away. everyone around me stood up to look at the crash, and a few rushed to the site to take a closer look (aka kaypoh). and for those heartlander ah sohs and ah cheks (aunts and uncles) around me, here's a sample of conversation amongst them (all words in local singlish and hokkien):
ah soh1: kar meh kar meh... kio lum-ber! kio lum-ber! eh sai buay beh peo! (quick quick, go get the car number! can buy lottery!)
ah chek1: siow la! tia tio si jiu hu kia! jiak hoon kee bo kua chia, luan luan long! chin see eh! (crazy! must be one of those kids from johor! engrossed in smoking and not concentrating on driving! terrible!)
ah soh2: aiyah, tak pai poon langgar... kua kar sian liow! (wtf! always have such accidents... so sick of it already)
ah chek2: wah! ann cua oo ambulern eh?! pian lang eh la. ambulern lai kua kua nia la... (wow! how come there's an ambulance?! must be fake. ambulance only come and take a look...)
hmmm... what do you make of the responses? years ago, when such accidents occur, people around would rush to the site to help the injured... this time round, to hear such responses was, i must say, quite shocking (but also quite funny...). then again, i hope it does not reflect the general value degradation of our heartlanders over the years...
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