Sanity-challenging conversations: 9 (London)

Mrs Ding said, for lunch, we could eat some of the salted duck’s egg her Hong Kong friend had made herself and given her.  It was delicious, so I said, “Next time you see her, can you ask her how she does them?”  She said, “She brings them already done.”  Huh???

(London, 2018)

Sanity-challenging conversations: 8 (London)

Mrs Ding gave me a dress from her wardrobe, as she no longer had any use for it.  She’s the old lady I’ve been visiting on Sundays to massage her bad back and aching legs, then cook and eat lunch with her.

The following week, she asked if the dress fitted.  I said, “It does, but I had a bad skin rash last year, which left some big scars on my legs.  The dress is not long enough to cover them, so I won’t be wearing it.”  She said, “In that case, you can wear it when you next go to Singapore.”  Huh?!??!

(London, 2018)

*See also Sanity-challenging conversations: 2 and Sanity-challenging conversations: 3