An Imagined Coffee Shop Conversation

Ah Beng met Ah Seng for breakfast this morning. One of the things spoken about was the failure of the U.S. House of Representatives to adopt a financial bailout plan and the crashing Asian stock markets.


Ah Beng: Ah Seng ar, got see the news or not? The USD 700-billion plan finished leow. They reject leh.

Ah Seng: Ya lah. The kanninah Republicans purposely one lah.

Ah Beng: Izzit?!

Ah Seng: You never read meh? The McCain say the Obama and Democrats dunno what shit ‘putting politics ahead of country’ . Say what this lao chabor Nancy Pelosi kong jiao wey then make the Republicans angry and voted against.

Ah Beng: Nancy Bo-loh-si? No screw? Tiang lai eh?!

Ah Seng: Simi no screw? Screw your backside then you know! Ask you read more papers never read. She the Democrat’s Speaker in the U.S. House of Representatives lor.

Ah Beng: Orh. Like that also can? Simi lan man, country going to die leow still like that? What she said man?

Ah Seng: Ya lor. This Republican assholes do asshole thing leow then say ‘I do lang jiao thing because all you lang jiao lang make me do one’ . Anyway, the Bo-loh-si say ‘this is the costs of the Bush administration’s failed economic policies’ lor.

Ah Beng: Diew.. that’s the facts what! Money anyhow spent go fight all these lan sai war in Iraq and simi ah-foo-han until bankrupt.

Ah Seng: Ya lor.. I also say.

Ah Beng: But Ah Seng ar… they doing good for their own people what. If not they vote for it then end up American people pay money to save the world. You ask me take my money save my neighbour I already don’t want already!

Ah Seng: Lan jiao, understand?! All along the rest of the world subsi-die the Ang-mo-ni-kans one. All these other countries like China and Japan buy their debts so they can enjoy life. Now got some of their people after enjoy life don’t wanna pay… like that you agree or not? Don’t let the chow angmoh bluff you man. If they don’t pay up you and I may also kenna because hor, some of our unit trust investments dunno got buy their stupid debt or not.

Ah Beng: Nabeh.. macam like eat leow don’t wanna pay!

Ah Seng: Ya lor. But this is actually called raising debt to pay debt.

Ah Beng: Har? Liak boh kiew leh.

Ah Seng: Nabeh… I explain to you. For example, I borrow $1000 from you at interest $50 a month for 10 years. Then as long as I pay the $50 interest a month to service the loan will always remain $1000 mah. But half way I no more money even to service the loan… so I go and borrow $3000 now from Ah Lian to pay the interest. Later 10 years up leow, I go and borrow from Ah Hway to pay your $1000 at another interest rate. You say like that can pay finish or not?

Ah Beng: Jialat man… $1000 debt become… wah I math fail bway hel lah… But then where all that money go?

Ah Seng: Wah lan eh! Why other chow ah beng so smart you so kamlan one? Use your blain lah. Because I spend all the money go tour, buy car buy house, chiong KTV and kio kway and enjoy life lor. Sometimes I buy new parang go bia jwee with Hussein, go and kaypoh in Ah Tiong’s family business, or purposely make other people family quarrel and break up also need money what. All that F-22 and aircraft carriers you think no need money to pay? Go everywhere beat people up and how lian show off also need money what!

Ah Beng: Ya lor these kanna sai Ang-mo-ni-kan, always go everywhere kaypoh and ya ya papaya. Now then I know they take our backside as face skin go and show off.

Ah Seng: But the Ang-mo-ni-kan people dunno lah. They will be not happy because they think they are using their money to save the world when their country already so much problem.

Ah Beng: Diew man. Clinton balanced the budget… but almost kenna impeached for a BJ. Hopefully he got a BBBJ man. Anyway why this ceebai Bush screw up big time kenna nothing? Should impeach him man.

Ah Seng: I also like that say. After impeach leow should also trial him for war crimes at the Hague too. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis boh dai boh zee die because of this.

Ah Beng: * looks at watch * Ya… hey man I gotta go for work leow. Tomorrow same time same place, ok?

Ah Seng: Ok man. I better rush too… our MRT more and more world class. World class packed. Bye!