Maybe I look un-Chinese there are these 2 chinese girls in front of me now photocopying a whole book of lecture notes. they are talking really loudly to each other in chinese. all sorts of funny topics from "shit i dont have a waist." to "i look good in pink" i guess they assume i dont understand them and am not listening cuz i appear to be attentively looking at the monitor. which i am actually. but i cant help listening to their conversation right. they r in front of me for goodness sake. anyway. they started asking each other whether the shopkeeper (ME!) is goin to count the number of pages they photocopied...or whether ive recorded down some number from the photocopier before they started photocopying. anyway they started telling each other "nvm lah...no need to count later. just anyhow take a small stack from the big stack and count...den estimate and multiply. anyhow. we will still gain. we'll definitely pay less..." [pause. they just finished copying] thank goodness for mario..im not THAT stupid and ive already checked the meter before they started copying, and den checked the meter again when they have finished. so. it was exactly 88 pages. not more. not less. i understand chinese. i almost laughed out loud. no....they didnt realise i got up from my seat almost immediately after they said "no more paper" to ea other in chinese.