I have been catching the latest mediacorp 9pm chinese drama which centres on the lives of heartlanders living in a 1 room flat estate . A memorable dialogue in the drama deserves mention. Oh,before i get to the dialogue, here is the brief story plot: This elderly couple has lived in the 1 room estate all their lives. They worked hard to raise their daughter and to give her an education. Finally their daughter gets a good career and is happily married. The daugher stays in a condo and has for a while tried to persuade her parents to stay with her. But her Dad always declined her tactfully by explaining that they like the old estate way of life.
As the story progresses, the daughter fired her errant indonesian maid. Then a few days later, the daughter visited her parents again. She broached the topic of moving in with her again and told her mum, "why you 老到有福不会享?" The mum was seemingly pleased with her daughter's filial piety. When the daugher left, here is the noteworthy dialogue between the elderly couple:
Naive Mum: "老的，有没有听到？我们的女儿如此孝顺，还说我们有福不会享。我们就搬吧 "
Cynnical Dad: "说你笨，就是笨. 你如果搬进去了，你不就成为了他们的新“FOC MAID”。 哪才真是有福不会享!!!!"
The above scenario is so realistic and i am sure it happens in our daily lives. Now what is the TRUTH? Is the daughter genuinely filial? or she indeed has ulterior motives? (i.e. She just fired her maid and urgently needs a foc maid to clean up the big household and babysit her young son.). lol. an interesting brain teaser exercise to think about.....
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