-Washed everything? -Hm
I've told you this equipment is very costly
Why did you place the rag on it? It's still wet
Do it again
All of you are driving me to my grave
Stop saying 'oh' all the time. I know it's time to knock off
You have nothing to do even if you go home, right?
Clean it first, OK?
Change the bench sheet at the same time
Remove the covers of the settees at home...
and wash them with the sheet before going to bed
Oh yes, I have two more appointments at 10 and 10:30 am
Come early. Don't let my clients wait
-Tired? -It's OK
Sorry to have asked you to work OT
No problem. More work means a better sleep
-Let's go -I forgot my handbag
-Boss, I need a massage -Sorry, we've closed for today
I'm leaving the country tomorrow. I made a special trip here, you know
We won't make you come here for nothing
Customers first has always been our motto
We'll offer you the best service
Keli, it'll be eleven by the time we pack off
You think you're somebody?
We're part of the service industry. How can we turn our customer back?
Peixin, give this lady a massage. I'll ask Xueliang to take you home
Miss, let it be known to all your friends
Sensualite Slimming is ready to provide the best service at all time
-Thank you -With pleasure
I'm bushed. I'll see you at home
Thank you
Try to catch some sleep. I'll wake you up when we're home
Cold?
Ma, let me give you red bean soup
They said it's very sweet
Let me do it
All right. Thanks
Granny, I spent a few hours preparing this soup
I added orange peels. It tastes nice. Try some
Shall I help you?
Nice?
My mum refused to let me feed her just now
But she nodded the moment He Wei came around
Granny, it's your birthday the day after tomorrow
Would you like anything from me?
Mian...xian.
Fine. I'll cook some for you
It's your mum's birthday?
Yes. She hasn't been celebrating it for a few years
-Why don't we give her a party? -My sentiments too
I wonder if my mum will say yes
Granny, shall we have a party for you?
Everybody, I'd like to have an urgent meeting at 10 tomorrow
I want you to come back
I'd like you to present your last week's progress report
Please get it prepared
Why didn't she tell us earlier? It's a public holiday tomorrow
I've arranged with my friends to go to Malaysia. I've even bought the tickets
She just had her break
Now she wants us to clear her backlog with her. Too much!
Come in
That's quick. Didn't I say I need the report tomorrow?
I'm afraid I can't attend the meeting tomorrow
I've presented a detailed report
Why can't you attend?
I've promised an old lady in the home to celebrate her birthday
An old lady in the home?
Yes. She's suffering from telephase cancer
This could be her last birthday
I must celebrate her birthday with her tomorrow
So you have to be there
I don't want to let her down
Tell me if your office work is more important or your community work
Can't you go after the meeting?
You're Head of Receipt and Payout. Can you justify your absence?
-But I've promised them -Who?
The old lady who is no kin of yours or Ruisheng?
Ma, have some water. Ma...
-Can we start eating? -Very soon
-My tummy's rumbling -Mine too
Kopi-O, shall we cut the cake first?
But my mum insisted that He Wei should be around
The food is getting cold. Why isn't He Wei here?
To think Keke could call a meeting on a holiday
He Wei dashed out the moment she'd delivered the 'mian xian' to my place
She hadn't had her lunch when I called her yesterday
She was rushing out the report for Keke
But she still had to attend today's meeting
Why don't you call her to find out what time she can be here?
JJ, your report was well-prepared
He Wei, any problems from your dept of late?
Sorry
I don't know
You go ahead. I'll be there as soon as the meeting's over
I'll call you again
When we're having a meeting, please don't...
Ruisheng, what's up?
We should be winding up soon. Where would you like to go?
I'm afraid it won't be so soon
We'll have to stay back to work on the reports after the meeting
Nobody is allowed to leave so long as we still have work to do
Stop calling my staff. You're disrupting our meeting
She made no allowance?
Let's not wait for her
We'll start the dinner. Please come round to this place
He Wei may not be able to make it
Everybody is hungry. Let's go ahead
Fine
Ma, let's have some food first
We'll cut the cake when He Wei is around
It's your birthday, Mum. Please wake up. Please...
All the reports are well done
I hope to set out new strategies to spur our operations
We want the new boss to have greater confidence in us
Any suggestions?
We'll have 15 mins of post-mortem at the end of our workday from now on
I can't. I have evening class
Sorry
Hello. What? I'll be right over
-Sorry, it's something urgent -You can't
I've said - nobody is allowed to leave the meeting under any circumstances
I'm going to the hospital to say goodbye to the old lady
First is her birthday, now it's the hospital. You do have many excuses
I don't care if you buy my story. I'm going
Stay there
You can sack me for all I care. I can't take it anymore
She passed away 5 minutes ago
Ruisheng!
I came specially to have dinner with you, then shopping, then the movies
Sorry, I have to attend a wake. Why don't you come with me?
The old lady He Wei was talking about?
I don't know her from Adams
But what happened yesterday...
She was waiting for He Wei to celebrate her birthday
But she died before her wish could come true
Are you saying the lady died because I asked He Wei to attend the meeting?
I didn't say that. We all lamented her death
He Wei felt doubly aggrieved
She isn't related to He Wei? Why do you get so worked up?
You can love many people other than your loved ones
There are so many people in this world
You can't possibly love every one of them and care for them
Once a boy saw a school of starfish being swept to the shore
He picked each one of them and hurled it back to the sea
Someone passed by and asked him,
"There are thousands of them. How can you save all of them?"
The boy said, "If I can save one, I'll save one"
That boy was stupid
I share the boy's aspiration. So does He Wei
So your aim is to eulogize He Wei and put me down!
So your perception is more akin to He Wei's
That explains why you have to go to the home every Sunday
You want to see her
What does your silence represent? Acquiescence?
You're getting more and more irrational
In that case, say nothing!
See you later, Miss Li. Bye-bye
-Keli! -It's you, Sis?
I came to visit you
Please don't sit here. You'll spoil our image
Sorry, I've forgotten
Go on in and ask Peixin to make skin-care tea for you
Hello, can I help you?
I don't have an appointment. Can I have a massage?
No problem. First get changed. I'll ask my beautician to attend to you
-Peixin, dinner so early? -This is my lunch
Lunch at 5 plus? You may harm your tummy, you know
Can't help it. It's been a busy day
Are you done? I don't want my client to wait too long
She took so long to eat
She'd just started eating when I came in
She can only manage a dozen of customers a day
Of course it's eating into her lunchtime
You're open for 10 hours daily
Even if Peixin doesn't go to toilet and take her meals,
she can only handle 10 customers every day
Come on, this is how we operate in our line of business
We can be very busy, but we can also be idling if there are few customers
But whenever there aren't customers,
she has to wash the towels and clean up the place
There isn't any moment for her to idle about
By the way, what brings you here?
I wonder if I should go to class
Why not?
I'm scared...I will see him
You're here, Sis?
-Did you top up the slimming cream? -Steven said he had no more stocks
-Why didn't you try other suppliers? -You said theirs was the cheapest
Yes, but we're running short of it
Go get a few bottles and ask Peixin to scrimp
He can't even use his brains. Dumbbell!
What did you say? You were afraid of...
Mum wants me to be her informer. I'm afraid...
What's there to be afraid of?
I used to ask my hubby to keep an eye on the beauticians too
Fear not. Just do it!
Forget it. I'm going to class
-Are you all right, Sis? -I'm fine
Come on, I'm not here waiting for you. My scooter's broken down
It's all right. Bye-bye!
Kelian, I have something to tell you
But I'm tongue-tied
You needn't fill me in. I know everything
You do?
You wanted to tell me you never liked me
Yuzhu was cracking a joke and my mum wronged you, right?
My bus is here
Yuzhu was right. Fat Mama wasn't wrong either
It's been a long time. You're as pretty as ever
What are you doing here? Don't tell me you want me to scan your teeth?
-What about having lunch with me? -So early?
I see...!
You must be the new dentist. Why didn't you tell me?
How do you plan to welcome this new colleague of yours?
I'll check your teeth like what I did when we were under training
You did it so badly that I almost lost my tooth
I regretted being your partner for a whole month
Fortunately, you came to your senses,
or we wouldn't have graduated with the best partnership and results
Okay, what can I buy for this best partner of mine?
I'm going to be very busy. You get it sorted out
Why are you sitting here?
-Toothache -Go to a dentist
Why should I go to her?
Mr Du Zhengyu, Room 1 please
Be seated. The doctor won't be a minute
Mr Du, toothache?
Relax and rest your back
I'd like to have Dr Lim
She is on leave. I have your records
Please rest your back
Open your mouth
I had a bad toothache. You weren't around when I came yesterday
I had something on. I took half-day leave
Your colleague was pretty rough
He did two fillings for me. It was so painful. It still hurts
Come back after lunch. I have a full morning
Okay
You didn't turn up last night. Shall I make a copy of the notes for you?
Fine. Thank you
Here is your 'zhu chang fen' with lots of chilli
Thanks
Are your teeth still painful?
See you
Remember to come back at two
Forget it. I almost forgot I have a meeting after lunch
Pick a time when you're free and call the nurse to make an appointment
This patient of yours is a little weird
When I was treating him yesterday,
he stared at me with dilated eyes as if I was his arch-enemy
He could be very nervous
He hardly opened his eyes when I did a filling for him
Did you hear what I said at the bus stop?
Zhen-jie
-Why did you take so long? -Sorry
I couldn't let them know I was keeping an eye on them
It was very tough
Still you must continue. Keep a closer eye on them
Zhen-jie, you promised not to sack me if there is any retrenchment
They you must do a good job of telling me what they're doing and talking about
If you do it well, not only will I not sack you, I will give you a raise
Thank you
Why did they ask us to come to the toilet of all places?
-Not so loud -I'm not afraid of her
Is this counted as a visit to the toilet?
-Is everybody here? -Yue isn't around
Forget about her
Hua-shen, do you recall...
visiting the toilet 3 times between 8 and 9 in the morning yesterday?
But you only wrote once in the book
My mum had the runs after eating unhygienic food
I didn't ask you to cut in
-I had mine in the book -Very loud indeed
You might have gone to the loo once today
But you were in there for 10 mins, whereas your record states only 3 mins
I was having my menstrual cramps
I don't care which auntie of yours
You must be punished if you go against the rule
I will ask Lan-jie to take away your bonus for 2 months!
Two months?
What's wrong?
They were caught making false entries. Their bonus will be docked for 2 months
Fatty Zhen, are you sure?
It's written in black and white
Wrong-doing will result in bonuses being taken away
You're so heartless
You caused them to lose 2 months of bonus!
You people are wrong about Kelian
This is a female toilet. What are you doing here?
Tell them what you told me earlier on
-What did she tell you? -Ask her
What's there to tell? Shut up!
Whose hand-writing is this?
Your daughter's been wrong. Why aren't you doing something?
Stop it. I'm sorry. I've double-crossed you people
I didn't mean to do it. But Fatty...
Zhen-jie said about retrenchment. I was scared...
So you're the spy
So you know you've accused the wrong person, eh?
For you, with added ingredients
No longer angry with me?
Am I so petty-minded?
Half each
You go ahead. I bought it just for you
We must thank Lion King for what has happened
If he hadn't caught the culprit,
everybody would still think you were behind it
I've got used to it
Let's forget about unpleasant things
When are you coming with me to do line dance?
I look awful when I dance
You don't
I came to know a guy when I was there
He was very nice to me. And he is such a good dancer
What are you waiting for? Accept him
I will consider
What about you?
What about me?
See
-I told you Lion King is fond of you -Come on, stop spouting nonsense
You may not want to believe it and he may never want to admit it
But I can see he is serious about you
Are you all right?
-Cut it out. I'm scared -Scared of what?
Keep this to yourself
I'm scared men will cheat me
I'm scared my mother will scold me
But what matters most is that... I'm scared of him
You're scared of almost everything. Tell me if you want to get married
I've never thought of getting married
Everybody has to get married. Do it first
It's nothing wrong being single like you
What's good about it?
I'm single because my husband is dead
It applies to me
My boyfriend cheated me, so I decided to...
Get this clear, OK?
Shijian is Shijian; Lion King, Lion King. They aren't the same person
I can assure you Lion King is a gentleman
You once said Shijian was no problem too
If you don't give Lion King a chance, how will you know he isn't serious?
One dares to love but doesn't dare to be open about it
The other is so scared that she doesn't even dare to love
I can't stand you two
I'm going to the loo
Looks like it's going to rain. I'll take you home
I can go home on my own
Yes?
It isn't safe for you to be here alone. I'll keep you company
Why are you so scared of me?
I'm serious about you
I'm truly fond of you
I know I'm not pretty. But that doesn't constitute a crime
-You shouldn't make fun of me -What are you talking about?
-Kelian, listen to me -Cut it out
You people like to make fun of me and cheat me
If I were a cheat, I wouldn't remain single at the age of 40
You're cheating me. You're cheating me...
I never cheat you
Do you know that...
I felt aggrieved when I came to know Shijian pulled a fast one on you
I thought I had no chance anymore. Do you get it?
I don't. I don't...
Listen to me. Look at me
Look at me!
Look at me...!
It's over. Don't be afraid
Hey! Are you playing with the water?
I don't want to be late, you know. Start cooking, quick!
Keke, did I speak too loudly and wake you up?
I'm thirsty
What would you like to eat tonight? I'll cook for you
Has Ruisheng been calling of late?
Are you talking to me?
Is there another person around? Could I be talking to myself?
No calls from him. I wonder if he calls her in office
You dumbbell. Keke wouldn't be like that if he'd called her in office
It's been like this since I was retrenched last August
I've written over 100 letters applying for a job
Only one replied and said I wasn't suitable
The others couldn't even bother to reply
I made many calls
One of them had been very positive
But the moment they came to know my age, the phone hung up
I've read your CV
You only have O levels -
were promoted to assistant manager after working in a bank for 25 years
You became unemployed after the merger
It shows you're a capable employee. What you lack is qualifications
I know of a company which needs people like you
But you must first attend a course
We'll recommend you only after you've attained the certificate
I'm already 52. Will they consider me?
So long as you satisfy their requirements plus our recommendation,
the chances are quite good
During the first 6 months into your new job,
the Manpower Ministry will pay half your salary
This is an incentive for employers to engage older workers
Thank you. Thank you
My wife has been chiding me ever since I was retrenched
I had thought of taking the plunge a few times
If you need counselling during this period, come and see me
-Thank you -Not at all
Ruisheng!
Auntie, what are you doing here?
I happened to be in this area. I came up just to see you
I've brought some snacks for you too
So many?
I got them from the workplace, free of charge
Give them to your colleagues if you can't finish them
Thank you
Ruisheng, it's been sometime since you came to have dinner at our place
I've been very busy
Still you need to eat. When will you be free?
This evening. I will cook for you
All right
Settled. I'll see you this evening
You must be there, OK?
Bring me some rice wine
-I thought I placed it here -Hurry up!
-Where are you off to? -Get the door
You slice the ginger. I need it for my fish
Keke...! Get the door!
Coming!
What are you doing here?
Is it Ruisheng? Come on in
-Where are you off to? -I have work to do
Ruisheng's here. Sit down
-What would you like to drink? -No need. Thank you
How can you talk when you're so far away?
For you
Carol's getting married next month. Have you received the invitation card?
I have but I won't be able to make it
Dinner's ready. Come over, Ruisheng
Come, let's tuck in
Ruisheng, eat more food
Keke, soup for Ruisheng
-Let me -Mind your own business!
Thanks
-Nice? -Nice
Do come more often if you like it. We're family, after all
Let's eat
-Enough? -I'm full
Don't bother
Go take a walk with Keke. It helps digestion
Go on
-See you, Auntie -Come and have soup when you're free
-Kelian-jie, see you -Bye-bye
Why don't we have apple strudel?
Look at you. You look like a dirty piggy
You always say that about me
It's been sometime. I said it only when you treated me to apple strudel
Once you were eating lots of popcorns while watching the movies
Your mouth carried a few flowers when you left the cinema
It's been a while since we sent to a cinema
Why don't we go to one tomorrow?
I'm going to the home tomorrow
I'll go with you
Followed by the movies
All right
Subtitles: H Yap