I suppose most of you would have heard Stephen happily relating the story of how I asked a Muslim satayman for pork satay. The satayman was game enough to play along and told me that they were all sold out. I was feeling rather disappointed until Stephen pointedly reminded me of my faux pas.
Oops!
Well, I've gone and done it again! *grimace*
I was at the supermarket and wanted to buy ham for breakfast. I couldn't decide between the Danish ham or the smoked leg ham so without much thought, I asked the Malay dude in English which one tastes better. He just gave me a blank look. I figured he didn't quite understand me so I repeated the question but this time in Bahasa Indonesia. He thought for a moment, looked at the prices and pointed to the more expensive one. I can totally imagine that he was mentally rolling his eyes at me. Well, at least he was nice enough to play along as well.
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