Some of my people are really funny. They like to cook up tales about the places they've been. Sometimes it's just based on presumptions. Other times they paint a good picture out of fear for " loss of face"
Overheard yesterday at an office here is one example.
She : " You all don't go to Istanbul. I regret going. Shouldn't have gone on tour there "
They : " Why ? What happened ?"
She : " Aiyooo, you know .... that ISIS is so near aiyoooo....can see the smoke from the bridge lah. We were all so scared "
Hellooooo....The Kurds were demonstrating against the Turks . ( No, of course she didn't know that. )
The border where ISIS can be found is still faaaaaarrrrr away.
That's 14 over hours by car.
The time we take to travel from Hatyai to Bangkok you freaking mother &£¥$ing panic monger.
If you can see smoke from Bangkok in Hatyai what does that mean ? Unless you were also travelling to Jordan. But she just singled out Istanbul . No mention of Petra in her plans.
What smoke did she see ? A nuclear explosion ?
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You should see my boss Goh. She' never formally studied English, nor has she ever lived in a foreign country. Honestly speaking she has trouble saying my name, but she insists she is saying it correctly. I think every country has it's quota of them unfortunately.
As a matter of courtesy, I would ask you how to pronounce your name first of course. Did you mention boss ? Lol, now that is another species altogether .
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