LEPRACEMEN KIRRERS

I find the accents of Michelle Yeoh in Tomorrow Never Dies, Chow Yuen Fat in The Replacement Killers (and just about all his English speaking roles) extremely excruciating. Toss in Samo Hung in his TV series Martial Law, the whole oriental cast in Memoirs of a Geisha, we have a migraine-inducing bunch of over-rated stars. It's the HongKee accent. Mandarin style english I can take. Even Japanese type. But not the Cantonese twang.

I always wonder why the Chinese can Kung Fu. Whenever any Mat Salleh tries it, they look so stiff and ungraceful. Even the overseas Chinese, like the future Mrs Todt, does it ever so well. What is it in their genetic make-up that makes them different from others? I think maybe it's got someting to do with their food too. Not the Yong Tau Foo but perhaps the Bak Kut Teh! Was told there is a halal version of Bak Kut Teh called Chik Kut Teh. Chicken replacing pork. It's not the same I suppose. Never tasted pork before but have tried lard. It's yummy.

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