All were busy preparing for the school's official opening ceremony in a week's time. The teacher in charge of training the emcees, let's call her V, asks a HOD about a certain guest-of-honour...

V: Hey, how do we pronounce his name ah?

HOD: His name is C-H-A-N-G what....

V: Yah la! HOw to pronounce?? Is it 'chairng' or is it 'charng'?

HOD: Charng lah! Charng as in 'BAH-CHARNG' (rice dumpling) LAH!

V: ????

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Another group of teachers were busy preparing for another aspect of the school's opening ceremony. One was worried the landscaping of the school wouldn't be done in time...

T: eh! How long the cement take to dry ah?

S: How i know??

T: (asks another)eh bro! How long the cement take to dry ah?

R: I dunno man bro, but i know how long semen takes to dry...

(Mad laughter...)

Such is the environment i work in...sigh