little perks in life

me: jem, ask for another plate...
bro: err... what is plate in chinese ah?
me: pan2!

(bro comes back with a bowl)

haha, told ya the chinese is worse back where i come from

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bro: my guitar string snapped.
mum: you bought your guitar just recently, and your string snapped so fast?
bro: for many months already.
sis to mum: you're supposed to change the guitar strings when...(pauses to think)
mum: when what?
sis: .......when the string snaps.

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sis: (singing the wondergirls) i want nobody, nobody but tew...
bro: who is tew? new boyfriend ah?

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sis: (singing) ponyo ponyo...............
bro: ahhh... shut up!!!!
sis: (continues singing) ponyo ponyo...............
(bro hides mischievously around the corner)
(bro lashes out his black-tee-shirt-of-a-weapon)
(sis screams)
(bro lashes out his black-tee-shirt-of-a-weapon again)
(sis grabs bro's black-tee-shirt-of-a-weapon)
bro: ahh!! my shirt!
(they end up running around the house playing tug of war)

my eighteen-year-old sis and seventeen-year-old bro, for you.

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and if you think you're having a serious miscommunication with someone, check out this one...

sis: ah, i farted.
mum: what you want for breakfast tomorrow?
sis: wah, my fart stinks!
mum: what you want for breakfast tomorrow? there's pau, bread.......
sis: i farted there. can smell?
mum: (adamant in getting an answer, with index finger below her nose) what you want for breakfast tomorrow?!
sis: not smelly anymore la...