You can do it. Hang in there for 10 minutes
Potty Mouth! Open the door, Potty Mouth
Where's your father, Meimei?
He's gone out
Where has he gone?
Take your brother and Jeremy to the fifth ﬂoor
Your mummy wants to jump off the building
You're their big sister
Don't be scared. Be calm
Get your brother to convince your mummy not to leave you
Understand?
Vegetables are getting so expensive
Auntie Tau Kwa wouldn't sell me the bean sprouts at 30 cents
What's not expensive these days?
I wanted a pair of shoes
The shoe seller wanted to charge me $20
I asked for a $5 discount
He said, "Fat chance"
A shoe dropped from the sky?
Don't jump
I've thought of killing myself, too
You...
Have you seen my TV dramas before?
I first acted in Love At Last
I was only 22 years old
I was clueless when I was asked to act
I didn't expect my debut to bring me fame
In hindsight,
if I hadn't had a meteoric rise,
it'd have been better
Fame came too easily to me
I thought! was really good
I was always late for filming
I became increasingly arrogant
My Mandarin was poor
I wasn't cultured
I never thought of improving myself
I thought as an actor,
I could just rely on my appearance
I acted in fewer TV dramas over time
Viewers also grew lukewarm in response
I failed to become one of the top 10 artistes one year
I threw a fit, made a fuss...
and refused to heed any advice
Enough! Who cares about your past?
I have enough problems of my own
You think you're the only one with problems...
and the only one who wants to kill yourself?
Have you ever fallen from grace before?
Do you know how it feels...
when all your loved ones abandon you?
After I quit showbiz,
I went into business with some people
I was rich once
I was successful once
I made $500,000 a year
However, I spent it all in one night
I gambled it all away
I was heavily in debt
I used to have a family
I had a wife and a child
Then they left me
I used to have a successful career
However, look at me now
Who will hire me to be an actor?
I have nothing left
The bank has auctioned off my house
Friends shun me
I have nowhere to live
I can only turn to my mother for help
You should know my mother
It's Granny Cardboard
Granny Cardboard is your mother?
Yes
I haven't called her "Mum" for years
I haven't visited her for ages either
When my father died,
I didn't even pay my last respects...
or ask him to rest in peace
I didn't want people to know...
my father was a rag-and-bone man
I wanted to get away from my past
However...
When I had nowhere to go,
I could only think of coming back here
You fool
Why did you come back?
You should have killed yourself
Just like me
Dying will solve everything
- Jiao... - Wait...
Leave me alone
You're still drinking here, Potty Mouth
Your wife wants to jump off the building
Are you learning a new song?
No, I was telling myself,
"Don't gamble
"Save the money for my wife"
Did you borrow money...
from the loan sharks?
I had the urge to...
but seeing Potty Mouth's plight,
I wouldn't dare
What happened to Potty Mouth?
His wife wanted to jump off the building
Ye Xiaoying, the jerk, said...
taking the Rinpoche-blessedi...
cosmos beads home with me...
would make my dreams come true
I'd strike lottery and Toto,
and hit the jackpot at casinos
Listening to him has landed me in this state
I must find him
I'll hack him to pieces
That's sheer nonsense
- Blame yourself for gambling - That's the trouble with you
You always blame others for everything
Weren't you at fault, too?
- Well said, tough woman - Were you brainless?
You actually believed his words?
How could you win all the time...
without losing?
Even a moron knows that's impossible
You're telling me you had no idea?
Granny Swordswoman,
Ye Xiaoying is your nephew
Of course you'll defend him
You should know I'm an impartial person
He was wrong to rave about...
the cosmos beads
You actually believed his words...
and gambled away all your money,
your wife's trousseau and your baby's...
one-month-old red packets
That was your own fault
Ye Xiaoying encouraged me...
to keep gambling
I won $500,000 initially
Honey, I really won $500,000...
but it wasn't enough to pay for a condo
So, I bought more cosmos beads...
from Ye Xaoying...
in hopes of winning millions of dollars
Honey...
- How naive - Who said I was naive?
It was him, Dad
Who are you? Where are you from?
Never mind who I am
You were plain naive
You're asking for it
I was once naive, just like you
You're full of it
Okay, I'm full of it
- Don't get agitated. Come down - Leave me alone
Granny Swordswoman was right
You wanted to gamble
Don't blame others for it
Since I married you,
you've vowed to quit gambling...
but you never did
Honey, I'll really quit this time
Call your mummy
Mummy
I don't mean to abandon you
I can't deal with it anymore
Jiao, no matter how tough life is,
you must carry on
Don't take it so hard
Do you know he borrowed money...
from three to four loan sharks?
Jiao, I told you not to worry about it
I'll clear my debts
You keep crying...
and kicking up a fuss about it
Maybe she has post-natal depression
- Have you taken her to the doctor's? - She refused to go
What a lame excuse
You had gambled away her trousseau
I bought everything for her
It belonged to her, then
Stop talking. Look
- Jiao... - Mummy...
- Honey... - Go away
Leave me alone
Honey...
Oh, no
Where is it?
- Don't come near me - Okay
What are you looking for?
I'm looking for money, Granny Swordswoman
What a jerk
My wife is attempting suicide. and you're looking for money?
You still have the cheek to say that
I ran around looking for you...
and dropped the slip accidentally
I know it's a matter of life and death...
but money is also very important
I'm sorry, Jiao
Please don't jump yet
Give me some time
I've really lost a 4D slip for the first prize
I bought 20 big and 20 small
What's the first prize?
$100,000
Oh, no! There goes my $100,000
Good grist. Could everyone help me?
Help me find the slip
If you can find it,
I'll give you half my winnings. Okay?
Look for it. Hurry up
Stay away from me
Q kaY
I'm sorry, Jiao
- What's he doing? - There's something beside your stool
Is it the 4D slip holding my first prize?
Could you pick it up for me?
Please check it for me
It's a 4D slip
It's mine. Give it to me
This is the one
Thank you, Jiao
Jiao found it for me
I'm a man of my word
You found the receipt for me
Half the winnings will be yours
It'll be $50,000 out of $100,000
I'll give it to you once I get it
You'd better keep your word
Of course, I'm not you
You spew hot air
I'm a man of my word
Listen, you're all my witnesses
If I don't give her $50,000.
I'll stink more than Potty Mouth
You'll really give me $50,000?
Of course
You can use the money to see a doctor...
to cure you of post-natal depression,
and buy New Year clothes for your kids
Let Potty Mouth settle his own debts...
with the loan sharks
He deserves it if they hack him to death
Your kids will be doomed under his care
They'll at least be fine with you
Right, Potty Mouth?
You jerk
Yes
What are you waiting for?
Take your wife and children home
Come on
Mummy
Mummy, our little brother wants milk
Jeremy
Everything is fine now
You may all go home
Everything is fine now
Good thing Potty Mouth's wife is fine
Yes
You were right
She may have post-natal depression
Probably
I was also like that...
after giving birth to my daughters
I cried and got agitated easily
It's not easy
Come again?
It's not easy to be a woman
The lift is taking forever
That's the way it is
These HDB flats are 50 to 60 years old
Once the nearby MRT station is ready,
we'll be forced to move
How's your mother?
She's slightly better but a little weak
She still insists on collecting cardboard
Old people tend to be a bit stubborn
I've urged her...
to seek assistance from the MP...
but she refused
She said she could work...
and would never beg for money
Granny Cardboard really puts...
able-bodied but lazy people to shame
I wasn't talking about you
Nonetheless, you should pick yourself up...
and find a job
You can't go on like this
It won't get you anywhere
I hope you don't mind me...
being blunt about this
It's okay. You're right
Aren't you coming in?
I'll do nothing at home
I'll see if I can find a job
You're selling pau, granny?
Are you selling char siew pau,
red bean pau or big pau?
I know you wanted to save her...
but you shouldn't have lied to her
If I hadn't done that,
the police, the civil defence,
the ambulance...
and even the hearse would have shown up
No doubt she kept saying...
"Don't come over, or I'll jump"...
but she suffered from depression
She could have jumped down
If Jiao finds out you didn't win $100,000,
she may attempt suicide again
Potty Mouth will blame you for it
I didn't strike 4D but my uncle did
He'll return the money to Potty Mouth
He said there was $70,000 to $80,000 left
He took Jinxuan out yesterday...
and probably spent $10,000 to $20,000
There'd be $50,000 left
At least he's kind enough to return...
half of what he conned out of Potty Mouth
I must return the $10,000 he gave me, then
Don't do that, granny
Keep the $10,000 for yourself
Keep, my foot
Jiao wanted to kill herself
I won't feel at peace
Have a good rest later
Okay, I love you, Youme
Youme...
Whom are you saying "I love you" to?
Youme
She again? I thought she spat on you?
You spluttered saliva all over me
She couldn't wait to kiss me
I have a bad feeling about this
- Where's the money? - What money?
Money to return to Potty Mouth
When did I say I'd return it to him?
Stop
Quit being so rough. You're so rude
The money is gone
What?
There's no more money
You said there was $70,000 to $80,000 left
I spent it on a diamond ring
You must be joking
Do I look like I'm joking? No, right?
- See for yourself - What?
- What is it? - A receipt
A receipt? Are you out of your mind?
You're downright inhuman
You're human but downright inhuman
What are you talking about?
You're plain beastly
I thought you'd spent only $10,000 to $20,000...
and return the rest to Potty Mouth
You actually spent all the money on a diamond ring
You wouldn't understand
It was a situation...
whereby you couldn't say no
You couldn't say no...
when you were buying a diamond ring?
Must you come so near?
What would you understand?
With Youme looking so miserable,
I'd not only give her a diamond...
but also my life
You won't get it. You don't have a lover
Lover, my foot
For a woman, you...
A woman?
Listen, she's my woman now
Yesterday...
It's really gorgeous
It's nowhere as gorgeous...
as Youme, my sweetheart
Thank you, Brother Ying
You called me Brother Ying
Of course
You're so sweet to me
How can I still call you...
something as awful as "Ajussi"?
- Right? - Yes
Brother Ying, I'm so sorry
I used to mock you
Now, I know you're the only person...
in the world who's really kind to me
Don't say that
You pushed me to work hard
You didn't belittle me
You wanted me to be successful
That's right. You know me best
Let's have a toast. Here
Cheers
You can really drink
We drank and drank
After all the booze, I had to take her home...
but she didn't want to go home
What could she mean by that?
She wanted to sleep with you
Stop talking rot
The diamond ring was our pledge of love
Therefore, we could have...
some action in our love story
Ou Jinxuan is so snobbish
She'd get lovey-dovey with you?
I bet you got her drunk
Stop uttering rubbish or I'll get nasty
I'll get nasty, too
I've promised to give $50,000 to Jiao
What should I do?
You promised her. I didn't
It's none of my business
You're still so full of it
You agreed to give $50,000 to Potty Mouth
Between Potty Mouth and Youme,
of course I had to help Youme
It concerned my lifelong happiness
I couldn't care less about Potty Mouth
It's his wife and three children I care about
Do you want his wife to kill herself...
and leave her children without a mother?
I don't want that to happen either
This is...
What do you want me to do?
Get the diamond ring back from Ou Jinxuan
Sell it
Sell the diamond ring?
She'll crush me to bits
Don't worry, I'll pay him back in instalments
instalments?
You'll never clear the debt
Don't look down on me
Someone wants me...
to be their company president
President?
President, my foot. What a braggart
Braggart? An investment company...
wants me to be their president
Auntie Teochew
Guang, you're here
Good morning. What would you like?
Pork porridge. Please add an egg for me
You're so thrifty
No wonder you can't find a wife
I'm saving money to get married
Do you have a girlfriend?
Shall I play Cupid for you?
Okay
I assume you're serious
These people won't even come and get their food
I'll deliver it for you
The man in a blue shirt
Thank you, Guang
Uncle, it's a self-service porridge stall
$3, Auntie Teochew
This $3 is for my porridge
Get the 50-cent change yourself
There's no need
You brought your own egg
You always give me more pork
Come more often since you like my porridge
You won't get the chance in future
Why?
I'm old and can't cope anymore
I'm going to shut the stall
You must be kidding
How old can you be?
I'm over 60 years old
I have to admit I'm old
I can't stand for too long
My children urge me to stop working
What will I have for breakfast in future?
I'll teach you to cook
You can take over my stall
I can't
Why not?
It's better to be your own boss...
than man your father's shop
Guang...
Do you know why you can never...
swat any flies?
It's because I keep our shop...
spick and span
No, it's because even the ﬂies...
can't bother to enter our shop
We haven't got a single customer all day
We'll have to shut up shop
Good morning, Guang
- Fangfang - Good morning, Boss
Good morning. You're so courteous
Your name is Fann Wong?
It's Fan Fangfang, not Fann Wong
What a pity
You're that close to being a celebrity
You're so humorous, boss
I have to keep cheerful
Buy whatever you want now
We'll shut up shop soon
Really?
Traditional provision shops like ours...
can no longer survive in Singapore
Don't worry, many of our items...
are cheaper than those at the supermarkets
Look around
I'm going upstairs for a shower
You always complain...
that a $50 monthly allowance is too little
It'll be reduced to $5 soon
Better go find a job
Don't rot away here
I'm so useless
Don't put yourself down, Guang
You merely haven't found your break
My break?
Auntie Teochew wants me...
to take over her porridge stall
Is that my break?
Guang?
You're taking instant noodles...
and canned food again?
Yes, it's more convenient since I live alone
How much is it?
$6.5... $6
- Have porridge - Pardon?
I'll buy you porridge
Thank you
Guang, you were so sly
You wanted me to play Cupid for you,
yet you showed up with your girlfriend
She's not my girlfriend
Yet she's having porridge with you?
Auntie Teochew, please don't...
make speculative remarks
She has a boyfriend
I take this porridge all the time
Try it
Looks delish
It'll taste even better with pepper
Guang, why did you suddenly think of...
buying me porridge?
Try it
I'll tell you if you think it's scrumptious
It's delicious
You think so, too?
Maybe I'll really get my break
Auntie Teochew said she was getting on...
and had leg problems
She's thinking of shutting her stall
She knows I like her porridge
She wants to impart all her skills to me...
and let me take over her stall
That's terrific
You think so, too?
Absolutely
Everyone needs to have some skills
I don't know if I can do it
Don't doubt your own ability
I'm sure you can do it
I know it's easier said than done
But you never know...
if you can do it till you try
Right?
I think about it but don't know what to do
That's why I'm still clueless
If you really take over the stall,
I'll be your first customer
I'll talk to Auntie Teochew right away
Her name is Fan Fangfang
She's from China
I'll make her an honorary director
I've also scouted three candidates
I'll leave you in charge...
of the personnel arrangement
Ye...
Ye Xiaoying
What's his background?
He likes to talk big...
but lacks substance
He's a clod
He can be bought...
to do our bidding
Chen, I can see...
that you have great potential
Work hard for me
I guarantee you'll become rich and successful
Thank you, Mr Liu. Thank you
You altered two big bags of clothes for $20
You were shortchanged
That's the market rate
That's the market rate?
Altering the hem of a pair of pants...
costs at least $5
She charged the customer $5..
but paid you $2 to do the alteration
She made a profit of $3 easily...
by making you do all the work
Only a halfwit like you...
would let her exploit you
Juan has to pay the rent. Mum...
Let's grab a bite
I'm sick of the food here
Let's go to Chinatown
I haven't gone there for food for ages
I also want to buy some New Year clothes
You're reluctant to go with me?
No
I was thinking of going back to collect...
some clothes after we'd eaten
Some clothes need alteration urgently
She's not paying you millions of dollars
Why must you work so hard for her?
I haven't come out for ages
Can't you go with me?
It's not that, Mum
I'm not familiar with Chinatown
What places are you familiar with?
Orchard Road?
That's worse. That won't do
You never ever go out
I simply can't rely on you
I'm very familiar with Chinatown
Chinatown has changed so much
I don't recognise it anymore
How long have you not been here, Mum?
Since your father-in-law passed away
It's been about 15 years
Fifteen years?
Time flies
It's no longer around
What are you looking for?
A coffee shop
Your father-in-law loved...
the Hainanese coffee there
Do you know the place?
I haven't been here for over 20 years
You're even more of a hillbilly than me
Go ask around instead of standing here
Mum...
They said the coffee shop no longer exists
I dreamt about your father-in-law last night
He said he craved Hainanese coffee
I wanted to buy a cup as an offering to him
Let's go to People's Park Food Centre
Your father-in-law liked the coffee...
at a stall there
Looks like the coffee stall is gone, too
My legs are aching
Order some food
What would you like?
Since we seldom come here,
let's order some roast duck,
roast pork, char siew
some dim sum and yong tau foo
Keep it simple
Boss, I'd like char siew
roast pork and roast duck
- How much is it for two? - $18
Just give me a set
Mum, I had glutinous rice this morning
I'm still full
I just need a bit of your rice
You just couldn't bear to spend the money
You don't have to spend much...
on me at my age
I don't have many years left
I'm really not hungry
These few years,
you've cleared a fair bit of my mahjong debt
Has it made you broke?
Other people are big-time gamblers
They win or lose hundreds...
of thousands of dollars in gambling
I'm merely an old mahjong lady
I win or lose only tens of dollars
Must you be so stingy?
Tens of dollars add up to a big sum
You believe what Fada said about me?
That I was a spendthrift?
None of you would pay for...
Weikang to go to university
I had to pay for his enrolment
Who will be my beneficiaries...
once I kick the bucket?
I can't take everything to my grave
You and Ming are...
my son and daughter-in-law,
yet you're so upset about...
having to clear my mahjong debt
I was giving you guys a chance to be filial
Mum... Enough, Mum
Dig in
I told you to keep it simple,
yet you bought so much
You want me to die from overeating?
This place has changed,
so has the food here
Everything tastes different from before
I'll never come again
Where did you go?
To make some enquiries
Mum, they said there was a coffee stall
An old Hainanese man...
makes the coffee there
Want to give it a try?
Forget it. Everything has changed here
Let's go home
Mum, you haven't bought any clothes
I'm in no mood now. Let's go home
Mum, let's give it a try since we're here
Sit down and wait for me here
- Boss... - What would you like?
Boss...
I heard an old Hainanese man...
make the coffee here
He's passed away
He died last week
Mum, the old Hainanese man has gone...
Where has he gone?
Hainan, on holiday
His apprentice made the coffee today
How is it, Mum?
It has the old flavour
After shopping for clothes,
we'll buy a cup from this stall for Dad...
before we go home
Driving along this most beautiful country
Through the bellowing smoke
to find happiness
Time will help me...
I'll complain about you singing...
while cleaning the toilet
Why aren't you singing?
Why do you always barge in...
when I'm cleaning the toilet?
I'll come in any time I want
Fine, but...
But it'll bring you trouble. Right?
It's not right for you to keep doing this
What am I doing?
You're running away from your problems
Hiding in the toilet won't solve anything
Your superior will still reprimand you
Guan Meimei...
You haven't answered my question
What question?
Why aren't you singing while you're...
cleaning the toilet like you always do?
It's because of you
Me? Did I stop you from singing?
Aren't you going to complain about me?
You took me seriously?
You never know people's true intentions
What do you mean?
You don't understand that?
I was poor in Chinese as a student
I got F9 in exams
At least I got C6 for it
You were that brilliant?
Only for the Chinese subject
In other subjects such as English,
Maths, Science,
I failed all of them
Some people are very wicked
They'll stab you in the back
I'm not like that
I won't stab you in the back
I wouldn't know for sure
Okay, I believe you
What time do you knock off, Guan Meimei?
Why d you ask?
I want to date you
What are you doing?
You think I'm a pushover?
I'm just a toilet cleaner
You think you can bully me?
I just want to date you
You call that bullying?
Stop joking. Go back to work
- Otherwise, I'll... - What will you do?
- I'll sweep you out... - What are you doing?
You think I'm rubbish?
Yes, if you don't take your work seriously
Not everyone can work in a big company
You can't get in without a degree
It's merely a degree
You make it sound so simple
No matter how hard some people try,
they can't go to university
Even polytechnics and junior colleges...
are beyond their reach
Why don't you cherish what you have?
You sure know how to lecture people
Stop talking rot
Go back to work
Otherwise, I'll chase you out
The thought of facing...
those boring people and issues,
I feel lethargic
What are you doing?
Get out
- Get lost. Get out of my sight - Okay
What are you doing, Meimei?
Yin...
I...
Don't reproach her. I got in her way
Don't tell her who I am
Did he do anything to you?
No
Be careful
We can't afford to offend some people
Do you like what I've picked for you, Mum?
This looks good...
but the price looks even "better"
Just buy it if you like it
I didn't bring much money
I'll just buy this
An old hag looks the same whatever she wears
You're not an old hag, Mum
If you wear this,
you'll probably look only 50 years old
Stop brown-nosing me
I don't have any valuables to leave to you
Does it really look good?
You've piqued my interest
If you like it, I'll go and withdraw...
some money
You're buying it for me?
Error. Please enter your PIN again
The wrong PIN? Error. Please enter your PIN again
The wrong PIN?
Error. Please enter your PIN again
Wrong again?
Why is she taking so long...
to get the money?
Mum
Where did you go? You were taking ages
I forgot the way back...
and took some time to find it
You have no sense of direction at all
Go pay for it
Can we buy it another day, Mum?
Why?
The machine confiscated my ATM card
I forgot my PIN
The machine confiscated my card...
after I pressed the buttons several times
Forget it if you're reluctant to pay for it
Forgot your PIN?
Either you're a fool or you think I'm a fool
Mum...
Are you deaf?
Can't you hear someone is at the door?
Auntie Hui
- Is Teddy home? - Yes. Come in
Granny Mahjong
You look so grouchy
You're deprived of mahjong?
You still dare talk about it
Darn you for telling everyone...
I won't pay up when I lose money
Nobody will play mahjong with me now
You might as well just relax
Must you be so grouchy?
I think I smell charred fish
Auntie Hui
What's wrong?
We can still salvage the charred fish
Let me help you
"Cabbage, a type of vegetable
"The leaves of which are eaten"
"A native person..."
What are you doing?
It's you again
Why do you seem afraid to see me?
Did your supervisor speak ill of me?
Don't utter rubbish
Yin is not so mean
You seem afraid to see me
I'm not afraid
You're still denying it
You were startled at the sight of me
Were you reading a banned book?
What's a banned book?
Books that have been banned...
such as books with pornographic content
I'm not so shameless
You don't believe me? Look
A dictionary?
Surely not, Guan Meimei?
You were reading a dictionary?
You know nothing
We must constantly improve ourselves
What are you doing?
I'm checking for wrinkles
You're full of nonsense
Instead of working, you came here...
to make idle chatter
You're also skiving off
That's not true. I've knocked off
I've also knocked off
You're lying. You knock off at 5 pm
Most people leave at 6.30 pm
All right, I did sneak out of the office
How could you shirk your duty?
Work is a pain
Let's sing karaoke
You said you'd never sung karaoke before
Let's go
No, I'm waiting to go home with my mummy
Guan Meimei, don't you find it...
boring and meaningless to live like this?
Work, go home, eat and sleep
Is that your daily routine?
Doesn't everyone do that?
Why must it be the case?
Why can't we be carefree?
Life is short
You can't even go and sing karaoke
That's no fun
In that case...
Let's go
Let go
I'll kiss you if you protest again
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