An Ending to a Sentence?

The three countries that I have lived in, and remember the most, are South Africa, Malaysia and Australia, and they all have different ways of ending a sentence.

Malaysia- This is funny, and all Malaysians know it. We make fun of it everyday. We detest it, disapprove of it, and despair over it whenever it is used in foreign countries. Yet, we somehow take a silly, nationalistic sort of pride in it as well. Yes, it is our well known 'lah', and we incorporate it into our everyday manglish language. Of course, one need not merely stick to 'lah'. 'One', 'mah', 'lor' and a dozen other words may also be used. I have used this form of ending in front of my South African friends before when talking to my mom, and all of them immediately thought I was speaking a foreign language. Funny, seeing as I can't speak anything except english. XD
Examples: Okay lah.
Where got one?
Of course LOR.

South Africa- There have been quite a few from here as well, although I have never truly gotten in the South African mood to be able to use it. The most common word used is 'hey', 'jo' also being acceptable. I do use 'hey' sometimes, my siblings have even started using it...and just aren't letting go of the word anytime soon.
Examples: I know hey!
Of course jo!

Australia- Last, but definitely not the least. There is one, and ONLY ONE word that I have ever heard expressed here at the end of the sentence. It's similar to South Africa, but with it's own slight, and, I guess, unique difference. This word, is 'aye'. And I have most definitely not gotten used to it! It's weird, and at the moment it's freaking me out a bit. =/ But I suppose this is what makes Australia unique.
Examples: How's it going aye??

Mishy <3

Whoops.

I've just realised.
An entire term of planning
A month of worrying.
A week of stressing.

And one more final week till the Year 12 Ball is here.
...

And I haven't given any thought to my hair.
How I'm going to do it.
If the style will work.
What will happen if it doesn't actually work.
=/

Uh-oh.

Mishy <3

*tick tock tick tock* "What's the time?"

This is a problem I've encountered when I moved half-way across the world.
It's not easy.
First, there's the time difference. Upon first arrival in South Africa from Malaysia, I fell asleep at 8pm and woke up at 6am. Many of my mates will know that this...is NOT me. =P
In addition to this, flying back to Malaysia was...needless to say, slightly traumatising because I fell asleep at 2am and woke up at 12pm. =/ Now I was just being a hardcore night owl.

And then there's the way people tell the time.
In Malaysia, when I asked for the time, I got something like: "2.20" for an answer, if it so happened to be 2.20pm. Or better yet: "Check your own watch." =P
In South Africa, I was greeted with a response like : "20 past."
At which point, I would think 20 past what?
Then I'd look at my watch and go: Oh, 20 past TWO...

Then, of course, if the time happened to be 2.45pm, I would get a response like: "Quarter to 3."
To which I would gaze in absolute confusion while I took all of 30 seconds to work out what a quarter to 3 was. XD
Now this isn't me being stupid, I DO know what a quarter to 3 is.
But I was so used to a straightforward '2.45' that quarter to 3 was completely out of this world for me.
It took me a complete 30 seconds if not more to process a mental image of the clock hands moving to a 'quarter to three'.

Then this is the absolute winner of it all.
Should the time have been 2.40pm, and I asked what time it was, it was incredibly likely that would get an aswer like: 'Five to quarter past.'
I have definitely gotten this response before (who from, I am no longer sure of), and it took me all of a minute to proccess the information, and convert it into a meaningful picture in my head.

So those are my times stories.
How do YOU tell the time?




Mishy <3

Why DID the Chicken Cross the Road? [A Crossfire of Viewpoints]

I got this off my dad, who found it in his inbox. I cracked up for a good half hour reading this, and I hope you will too. =)

Why did the chicken cross the road?

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems.



OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.




GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.





COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road...






DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.





GRANDPA : In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.






JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.







ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.





BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% ........ reboot.





ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?





BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?




AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.






COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?





Mishy <3