on "deo lao bei mair"*...

Was just about to come online to surf net after dinner, when my father asked me aside. Took out his handphone and asked me about an sms I sent him this morning:

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"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my way," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

Isaiah 55:8-9

Will you go your way, or go Lim Peh's** way?

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My dad asked me who is "Lim Peh". I stare at him for a while, and told him Lim Peh is "your Father" la. He exclaimed "'Wa lao'! That so rude!^ How can you call God "Lim Peh"? It should be "Siong Dei" or "Ti Bei" mah. "...

Haha, i think this kinda conversation can only happen in my family

 

 

*loosely translated as "being scolded by my dad" in Hokkien :p Sorli la, phonetics "bway zhun"*, my Hokkien not so powerful...

** "Your Father's" en hokkien, s'il vous plait

*not accurate

^ Irony upon irony... XD

 

P.S. A few of my friends sms me back after I sent them this verse:

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"I've never quite heard of God referred to like that before, but I guess it works, still  thanks for the verse, bro! It's a good reminder

2.

Ha ha.. Lim peh's way! LOL

To those who replied, thanks for your understanding :p To those who were offended, please note I am duly chastised by "wa lao bei"...