sunday is the annual lab barbecue, which does not involve roasted rodents or pigeons (though the latter might be nice). the main lecturer is supplying the roastables, but has subcontracted snacks and desserts to the rest of us.
my mother has volunteered to donate a cake, after all she will be making a mango cake and a tiramisu this weekend. naturally, i asked her whether a mango cake would be yit hei.
“no lah! mango where got yit hei? anyway guai lou don’t have yit hei one lah…”
surely, i replied, they too would experience the detriments of excessive yit hei (bbq, mind you) without having to be aware of the concept.
“no lah, if you scared yit hei then you don’t eat lah!”
so, does this mean that yit hei and associated concepts exist in the mind only?
“you go and bring bak gor yee mai lah, then nobody will eat.”
