今天打电话去医院做个预约，接线的人说明天下午有空位，我就说能不能early morning. 于是她说，OK，you can come at eight past ten. 她大概讲了两三次。
但我觉得eraly morning不可能啊。 于是我问：is it ten past eight ? 我怕我自己英文搞错了，又问：eight ten am, right ? ten minutes past eight, is it correct ?
她不说话了，世界安静了几秒，然后她阴阳怪气地说，I have told you many times and you keep on asking me, 然后突然开始哈哈笑, ha ha ha ha ha, what do you want me to answer ? I told you it is eight past ten.
我只好语气生硬地说：Sorry, but I need to confirm.
过后，我告诉我的新加坡同事, 她平时就是很热心又有很多经验的。她自己分析过后很生气，帮我打过去，发现那女的确实又说eight past ten. 然后同事说 I don't understand! 然后那女的才说：oh, eight ten.
