Mother hates it when we drink beverages during mealtimes… Says it’s not good for digestion… (It’s a bad thing to advocate for me, since I hardly ever drink water. And the only time i ever remember, is during mealtimes…)
She frowns at any kind of fluids, like ribena and coke and even iced water! The only things we’re allowed to drink safely, are her soups and her homemade beverages: the soyabean drink, the barley, the (icky/herbal) apple drink, etc etc. (Some are nice, but some clearly aren’t)
Much to her consternation, she has never ever successfully stopped us from drinking what we like… Which has been ice-cold ribena of late…
Today, the biggie sis had a terrible craving for ribena… She was feeling dehydrated and had chapped lips…When she made a large jar of ribena and brought to the dining table, the Mother was pretty upset and nagged her… So my sister said…
“咳呀，我åªæ˜¯åšç»™æˆ‘自己å–的啦!”
To which I quickly responded, “Can I be your 自己 too?”
The family laughed. I got my ribena. Mother was temporarily speechless…
And when my biggie sis wanted to serve the rest she asked,
“So who else wants to be 自己?”