Would you believe that SAA-TEEN was SHATIAN 沙田 hehe. I cannot believe it, I think that the sooner I learn how to speak Cantonese the better. About a month ago, I went to see Uncle Anaru and was fortunate enough to be invited to lunch with his cousin, on his Mum's side, for lunch. Meeting Aunty Huhana, her sister and one of her eight children, Karaitiana was awesome. And so was lunch. :) Unfortunately, she spoke only a little English and I spoke no Cantonese. What I found out was that my grandfather came from a really large family, and didn't have only 2 (or3) brothers as we thought, but had about 12 or so siblings. Wow.
Anyway, Aunty Huhana said Zhongshan and then wrote in Cantonese 中山 (I wrote Zhongshan), then Aunt said Shiqi and wrote 石岐 (I wrote Set-Key), Aunt said Dachong and wrote 大涌(I wrote Die-kong/Daa-kong) and finally Aunt said Shatian and wrote 沙田whilst I wrote Saa-teen!!!
So I have been searching and searching AND searching for Set-Key, Die-kong/Daa-kong and Saa-teen :( With my mis-spelling and then trying to read the Cantonese language. I was sooo rapt when I found 中山,石岐,大涌,and沙田. Guangzhou Highway, 105, just past Dachong, still more looking 2 do...
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