Thursday, January 24, 2008

CHRISTMAS BLUNDER

In the hospital, we often use the phrase "top up", for example, top up medication or top up haemoglobin (by means of blood transfusion). While having lunch with an old friend on X'mas Day (at a popular restaurant at Mid Valley Megamall), I asked the waitress if I could "top up" my drink. The bewildered waitress looked at me for a moment, then asked, "You mean refill?"

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