Hello, Is That Shimu?
Published by simon on September 25, 2005The other day I got a called from this sales girl with a thick Cantonese accent,
“Hello, who that aa?”
Whoa, her England not so good aa?
Usually, anytime I get calls like this, I’ll give them a super hard time just for interrupting my day. But that day, I was in quite a good mood, so I cut her some slack.
So I replied: “Who do you want to speak to?!”
“Is that Shimu?” (No, I’m sorry, Shimu just stepped outside for a fag)
What the…? Did she mistake me for some manga character?! Shimu the evil twin brother of Garaa who returned to the land of Eternal Twilight to exact revenge on the… oh, never mind.
“Who are you?!”
“No, lah. I’m from XXX company… and you came to our shop that day…” (I’m using XXX to hide the name of the company. Not that it’s a p0rn0 company.)
OK, I got it. They made me fill a registration form in the shop, and I purposely scribbled my name on it so that they couldn’t read it. Because I know they call me up and pester me. Looks like it didn’t work. They finally could read my writing as “Shimu”.
So explained to ‘Miss Queen’s English’ on the other end of the phone that I wasn’t interested in their products, although it utterly fascinating and any other sane human would go and buy it immediately. Except I was lying through my nose, I was in the shop to research their prices and they had to harass me.
They wouldn’t give up a potential sale, no way, man. So they made a big deal about their product and … blah blah blah.
At that point in time, I really felt that Shimu would wield Lumina, his mystical sword, to silence his twin sister Garaa, the white witch of the land of Eternal Twilight…
Anyway, I managed to end the call.
Shimu shall return when the next full moon appears…
I love taking calls from tele sales people.
I can drive them nuts!
Hello, is this Shimutalks ah?
Lol, hey i’m interesting in that manga about Shimu and his evil twin Garaa.
shimu… hahahaha. i should try writing something like that sometime. i’m too nice to all sales people. even if i’m not interested, i let them talk and talk and talk, and then i say ok takpelah, thanks anyway.
ghost - if got time i also can talk with them long, but no time… so….
lilian - “no aa, shimu go to toilet aa? this twin sister garaa, anything aa?”
zero - one day must write about that one!
mudslinging - sometimes when in a hurry, i’ll just cut them off immediately BEFORE they launch their 5-minute sales pitch. saves both of us time…
Hehehe.. Shimu sounds real cute. Even cuter when the person saying it is a girl with a thick Cantonese accent.
shimu…sounds like some african warrior name.
Shimu, siapa itu shimu
Ah Lian ada kutu
Kerana dadanya berbulu
Bila gatal, dia suka garu
Orang ramai tengok terharu
Lihat galaknya begitu
It’s utter nonsense, but at least it rhymes
coppersnare - not when your name is SIMON!!!!
yuin - yes, shimu was an african warrior, but also appears in a trashy japanese manga…
anjali - aiyo, i think the mountain air in KK has done weird thing to you la…
Shimu… miniature cousin of Shamu.
shimuuuuu…..o shimuuuuuuu
damn, that sounds good!
oh my gawd anjali damn bloody free lol
my friend put on his tamil accent (mind you he’s chinese) and answered his hp call in tamil ‘hello’.
next thing you know, the other person started yapping in tamil allll the way and my friend was caught off guard.
so funny!!!
reta - ok, remeind never to pull that trick when answering phones…!
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