it looked like one of those tactical maneuvers on american football. it felt like one of those tactical maneuvers on american football.
first time i had dinner with citizens from china. actually, i think, i believe, i have had dinner with people from the country of china before, but it was never this tactical. maybe it was the relaxed environment, maybe it was one glass too many. very the katak di bawah tempurung, me. i watched with dizziness whilst they twist and turn around the dinner table, barely seating five seconds in their seat before jumping up again, with their wine glass in hand, to toast another victim on the dinner table. it was like a dance, almost, without the music playing in the air. they didn't toast everybody with one wave of the glass, like we do here. they didn't toast each person in turn as they make their way slowly round the table, in one smooth visit. nope. they had to toast, return to their seat, make a pretence of seating down, then jump up again to make another toast. it was quite disconcerting watching them. and very, very amusing. after 5 minutes of this continual rain dance lookalike thing, i had to bite my lips from laughing out loud and rolling on the floor.
very warm, very friendly i hasten to add. i think positively of this culture, of personally welcoming each and every guest. actually, it was the other way round, but it's not our culture. we should have went round and did the same thing to everybody, but i think i was too shell-shocked into my seat, dumbly observing the strange 'dance' before it finally sunk in. but it was very amusing.
note: next dinner with chinese nationals this week, bring sports shoe so that you can run around the table faster.
6 comments:
looks like a round of big argument in a boardroom... No?
Hahaha!!! I found your seat!
Western food? It looks like a meeting table.
Yep, I found your seat too:)
when are we having dinner together so you can toast me also ah? with a drink alright..not a toaster
dear licky: i think with arguments ppl usually don't go personally to their face. they just shout across the big boardroom table.
dear big p: really??? bet you can't really tell. one of those whose bum didn't move *grins*
dear poohbear: impossible!! no, not the one that has no arrow pointing to it. i had ppl coming to toast me....i just forgot to see who came to that poor fella with no arrows.
dear wuchy: hahahaha, can i fit u in a toaster? hv to be an incinerator. kekekekke. i'll definitely toast u; to good health, to happiness and to dreams coming true.
Them cheapskate chinamen always go around the table telling each other; "CAN'T PAY!!" "CAN'T PAY!!" like as though the host asking them to pay liddat! LOL
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