Tuck-Talk

Ep. 22 - A funny Cantonese that is not Cantonese? 原来不是广东话... 19.07.2022 4:03 ↓

I've always thought my Grandma was speaking old fashioned Cantonese, but she's not... it's something else. 原来我的奶奶说的不是广东话...

Ep.21 - Origin of 'fong fei kei' and 'wan kat'... 放飞机和运吉的由来... 12.07.2022 6:14 ↓

We may have used these Cantonese idioms (放飞机 / 运吉) for many years, but do you know their origin? Have a listen....

Ep.20: A missing family activity...? 个人观察消失的活动 04.07.2022 4:56 ↓

Noticed this family activity is slowly dying... is it the same with you?   P/S:- Episode record in autumn :)

Ep.19: The origin of ngau-1 (birthday) 牛一 24.06.2022 3:30 ↓

牛一 (Ngau 1), directly translated as 'cow 1', also means birthday in Cantonese, and this is the origin behind it.

Ep.18 - A Cantonese mystery solved? 广东话的弱点? 08.06.2022 3:59 ↓

A short journey sending my daughter to school revealed something in Cantonese that solved an ancient mystery?

Ep.17 - Punishing a pigeon story... 教训鸽子的故事 :) 26.05.2022 7:48 ↓

A funny journey in 'disciplining' my 鸽子.

Ep 16 - Instead of asking "How are you"? 19.05.2022 4:50 ↓

"How are you?" is probably the most lied-to question ever. Asked everyday, hardly anyone tells the absolute truth.  Maybe ask this question instead?

Ep. 15 - What a scene... 路中的表现 05.05.2022 5:10 ↓

Have you seen such 表现 before? Or maybe you have also 表现 before? :)

Epi.14 - Panic! He said... 八卦新闻 27.04.2022 4:51 ↓

有人 panic and stressed... 八卦新闻

Ep. 13 - When you are rushing... 全世界都针对你... 14.04.2022 6:55 ↓

Have you experienced a time when you feel the whole world is against you when you are rushing?  Maybe so, maybe no?

Ep.12 - Remembering this unique experience in the 90s... :) 90年代的美丽 07.04.2022 6:59 ↓

Our lives may be much more comfortable now, but this experience is gold... truly nostalgic memories.

Ep. 11 - Of Mandarin, English, Cantonese and any ways to tempt our kids? 31.03.2022 6:06 ↓

Remembering an old story and my way of trying to tempt my daughter to speak Cantonese.

Ep 10 - How is your mood today? 心情亮吗？ 23.03.2022 8:07 ↓

Mood 心情 is important in our everydays' life. Do you know how much you have been affected by it?

Ep 9 - Faulty microphone led to this parody... 一分钱, 一分货 17.03.2022 2:30 ↓

My microphone spoilt today, didn't intend to record an episode but a friend inspired me to do this... Hope you'll like it. 

Ep. 8 - Of Malaysian speaking cantonese, TVB series, and 非常难忘 character phrases 11.03.2022 5:58 ↓

Something Malaysian cantonese speaking Chinese tends to go through and some memorable times from 80s/90s TVB era. 

Ep.7 - Bluff ghost eat tofu? 呃鬼食豆腐的由来 08.03.2022 5:57 ↓

呃鬼食豆腐 - Why trick the poor ghost to eat tofu?

Episode 6 - What if I say you have special power? 01.03.2022 4:45 ↓

When you think back about this time in our past, you might realise you have superpower. 

Episode 5 - Do you know the cantonese word for this "action"? 24.02.2022 5:16 ↓

It took me more than 30 years to figured the actual cantonese word for this particular "action" that we do almost everyday, do you know what it is?

Episode 4 - Words distinctly 特别 Malaysian cantonese 16.02.2022 5:01 ↓

Malaysian cantonese 马来西亚广东话 is unique because it has imported some other local words, here are some of them.

Episode 3 - Why are we amazed at westerners 西人 speaking Chinese? 13.02.2022 6:59 ↓

A very peculiar thing about us 亚洲人 in terms of language compared to westerners 西方人.

Episode 2 - 人生 begins at 40? 09.02.2022 5:30 ↓

Is there a similar cantonese phrase for this? 人生从40岁开始?   :)

Episode 1 - Why Tuck-Talk? 08.02.2022 6:57 ↓

I really miss speaking 广东话. This episode commence my romance with 广东话 after being over-dose with English almost everyday.