talking in arabic

while waiting for 10 o'clock (hoping the 'suq' will open)
plus, something reminded me of this incident - english lectures crisis...hehe

it was our 4th day or in the second week of attachment in HKL..i dun recall it precisely~
we visited the psychiatry department and requested to visit the wards...
the head department allowed us to enter...

so we went to the 'gurls' ward...it was lunch time, patients were lining up for their food...we approached them, suddenly a patient came to us

"owh, you guys nk interview i ea?...kejap ea...i nk makan dulu...hurm, u pakai braces, i pon pakai braces...u boleyla interview i!"...she pointed to me...

erk...haha...this really caught me...very friendly patient.

we continued inside and the matron showed us around
"skarang time makan, so patient tak de dlm ward...kat situ file patient kalau nk bace...." she continued explaining us around

at the same time, there was a women in patient's outfit standing beside her...looking at us drowsily (i guess, ptosis eyelid)

"...by the way, korang ni dari mane?" the matron asked
"Cairo University" we answered together...
suddenly..

"enti minal kaherah?" the women asked
"aa!" i replied astounded..."enti bitakallim arabi?" i asked her back
"na'am...ana darastu allughatul al arabiah fil jamiah" she replied...

phew~

"a aa...dy nie pandai cakap arab..." said the matron..."aa, boleyla korg borak ngan dy!"

"lau antunna uridina an atakallam ma'aya, saufa najlis awwalan!"... said the patient

seriously we were really taken aback by her...

"mashi!" i said...

and we continued chatting, talking about each other...but more to how she end up in the psychiatry ward...fully in arabic fushah!...(never imagine i'd meet someone like this)...frankly speaking, she talks more fluent than i do...and she corrects her verb every now and then...

*some people really strive to learn arabic...realizing how precious is that language...

#this incident happened to me and shae~one more sweet memory there