Harroh-where-you-fraaam-veh-bootifaaahl. You buy somesiiing, bracelaah?
Bananaaa? Soowineer? Poscaaah?
No thank you.
Pleeeease, come oooon. Poscaaah?
No thanks, oh, wait, those post cards are quite nice. How
much are they?
How many you buuuy?
How much for these four?
150 000 dong
Sorry, that’s too much.
Okay, you buy five, 150 000 dong.
But I only want four.
Okay, four 140 000 dong. OR.. five, 150 000 dong.
You buy five you very lucky you have baby.
Haha, well in that case… I’ll definitely just have four.
Noooo. You have boyfwaaan?
No, I don’t.
Mmm, Hoi An, buy boyfriend, 1 hour, very cheap, very GOOOD,
haha, yes, very gooood.
Hahah, you’re funny.
Yes, funny okay five postcard 150 000, happy hour.
Happy hour cheap price.
Happy hour? Haha. Only four. For 100 000.
NOOOO (*pinches my arm and pulls a sad face*), come on
150 000, you cheeky monkeeeeey.
Hahaha, YOU’RE a cheeky monkey. 100 000
No, YOU cheeky monkey (*pinches again) come oooon cheeky
monkey, buy postcard, make very lucky. I’m have baby. Okay 500 000.
Hahaha, 500 000 now?
Hehe, I’m just jowwwk okay 5 for 150 000. Okay good
price. 150 000, for you.
But that’s what you’ve been saying all along, that’s not good
price.
Kirsten: okay, if she buys the postcards, and your baby is a
girl, you have to call it Cary.
Yeeees, I call Cary. Okaay.
Okay, here’s 100 000 dong.
Okay yes, somesing eeeelse somesing you buuuy, bananaaa?
No thanks, cheeky monkey.
Okay hahaha okay sheaky monkaai (that’s how she actually
said it)
*Comes back to the restaurant where we’re sitting and places
a handful of seeds on the table.
For happy new year. Watermelon seed. Eat like this (shows us
how to eat them, spits the shells onto the floor, makes sure she knows we KNOW
how to eat them)
Okay byee.
*walks away, turns around, sheaky monkaai
What a funny lady.
