BELIEEEEVE IN GOD, BELIEEEEEVE IN GOD

Beleeeeeeve in God, can you just hear it? Lady standing on the corner, "Beleeeeve in God". Well in Chinese (Cantonese) its "Sern Yeah So, sern yeah sooooooooooooo".

This is a true story, I'm laughing already just thinking about it. My grandmother was in the hospital (Beekman Downtown Hospital) for the first time. I forget why, I think she fell, but she was in very lively spirits. I was quite upset, she'd never been in the hospital before, let alone Beekman which doesn't have a good reputation. I wasn't familiar with it, behind City Hall, David took me, its one of my first memories of dating him. I called him up and got teary-eyed, "Grandma's in the hospital", "OK, let's go, my grandparents have been there before".

We sat in the room with Grandma when we suddenly hear a missionary lady singing, "Sern Yeah Sooooo, Sern Yeah Sooooo.....". She was dressed as a Nun, visiting the patients, trying to offer comfort in Chinese I guess. She walks up to Grandma, "SEEERRN YEAH SOOOOO...", & Grandma swats her away with the Chinese old-lady hand wave. "I don't believe in God, I believe in Buddha, ha", as if to say, GO AWAY. It was hilarious. "My daughter believes in God, I don't believe in God, I'm a Buddist" she says holding up her jade as proof -- as if to ward the Christian spirits off. A stare-down of old ladies ensues and the Nun turns to me, looks me straight in the eye and says "Seern Yeah Soooo". I can't help it and burst out laughing right in her face. Not a small ha ha ha, but a gigantic A HA HA HA HA which lasts for about five minutes. She gives up hope on the Tsang family and walks to the woman in the next bed -- this woman needs saving, or at least a little hope and she continues to talk to her. I'm still hysterical and can't help it, so I pull the curtain between the patients and continue to laugh like a hyena. Grandma continues the Chinese old lady "bah" with a wave of the hand shrugs her off. She continues to trash the Nun + flashes the Grandma grin -- we share a secret smile behind the curtain (even David). Hilarious.