I often say, I get mistaken as foreigner in my hometown.
And when I'm abroad, people think I'm from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong. When I'm in China, the locals think I am from the North because girls in the North are tall.
OK, it must be my look then.
Due to Covid 19 outbreak, we need to wear masks when we are outside. One Sunday morning, my mum said she wanted to eat kolomee. So being a filial daughter, i drove out and found a stall selling kolomee. With my mask on, I told the boss "boss, dabao two noodles" （老板，打包两包面）, to which he replied or should i say, asked, "You are not local?" ( 你不是本地人吗？) He didn't even look up!
I told him i'm local leh. He said my accent is different so he thinks I'm not local. OH..... so it's not only my look that makes people think i'm a foreigner, but also my accent? Umm.. oh.. ok... doesn't matter. I'm used to it liao hahaha
see see, "liao" is very local right?
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in china, it's very obvious that i'm foreigner (wai guo ren)... when i first moved to singapore, once i took a taxi from hotel to office, the driver was very fierce to me... and he asked me if i'm from China.. i said, no.. then he asked.. then u are from Taiwan? i said no.. then he got frustrated and asked me.. then where are u from???
so i said malaysia.. then he became very friendly to me.
this is my 困扰。哈哈哈
hahahaha.. as long as they mistake me as ....y, i am happy haha
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