Hey I also faced problem communicating with his mum..but just a little..his mum spoke and learnt chinese till she was 7 years old..Since then it has been about 40+ yrs since she last spoke chinese..as she is also not english educated..we communicate thru the basic chinese that she remembered back from 40+ year ago...wow
The both of us laughed alot whenever we think about it...He speaks in Bahasa to my mum..I speak in chinese to his mum..but he cannot speak bahasa to me me..as I dun understand and I cant speak to him in mandarin lolol..Hmmm in september there will be a chance for our mums to meet...what would they communicate in ? Ohh..they can communicate in a mixture of malay + chinese...coool !
He bought over 3 tubs of Ben & Jerrys ice cream...COOL I love them ...preserved fruits & some dried mushrooms..(ps: on his first visit he bought a 3 cans of abalone..the smartie ass)
Its natural for ben dan to buy gifts for my parents...But wats unnatural is...Dad came home from work with a carrier in his hands and he passed it to Ben Dan before he left...WTF he bought ben dan chocolates...I dun get..But I'm gonna finish them !