Tuesday, November 17, 2009

It Meows #63




***Karang guni, siu gu poh zhua, gu sa kor, pai leh lio…dian si ki…*** [Malay, Hokkien]

This is what a rag and bone man usually shout out when visiting housing estates in Singapore to collect (siu) old (gu) newspapers (poh zhua), old (gu) clothes (sa kor), malfunctioned (pai) radio (leh lio), television (dian si ki) and etc...




16 comments:

DIGITAL WORLD PAGES ARCHIVE said...

Interesting...

Anya said...

A little silly today ...... LOL

(Kareltje loves it to sleep in a box, when he was little he slept in a shoebox but he is now to f..
:-)

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BK said...

The familiar call of the Karang guni. :)

Food For Tots said...

Do you think the Karang guni man will pay the cat in food or cash? ;)

TorAa said...

Fantastic.
We like.
Puurrrr - puurrr

tigerfish said...

Pa Pi Pa Pi Pa Pi (call of the karang guni) need to convert to cat language.

Unknown said...

Kitty looks content though, lol.

jams o donnell said...

Haha you can#t fool a cat!

SandyCarlson said...

That was fun and interesting, Dora!

Liza said...

Hehe, Is that his favorite place?

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Maria said...

Wise kitty!

annalarssonphotography said...

Always fun to visit you Dora! :)
Have a great day!


Anna

Little Inbox said...

The man will shoo away the cat nia, pity cat.

LifeRamblings said...

hehe, looks like you can't cheat a cat. MEOW!

Jama said...

Poor cat, what you get won't even buy you a can of cat food!! lol

Ellen Whyte said...

Anyone who takes Au's boxes away is in TROUBLE! But we manage to sneak out old papers every now and again.