HISAP SUA
as not many of you may know... i am the creator of a very affectionate term called 'hisap sua'... let me give a not so brief history or technically, an etymology of that phrase...
'hisap' as many Malay-Indo speaking people means, to suck... and 'sua' is a slang developed in certain parts of Malay speaking Singaporeans, namely the Mat and Minah Roks, from the word, 'sudah'... why, cos it sounds cool you idiot!!!
in 1994 (o dear! that was 10 years ago!) when i was in doing my National Service, this buddy of mine, who goes by the name of Ganesh, wanted to go for a smoke... so Mr Ganesh... said, 'NAK HISAP TAK (literal trans.: do you want to suck) '... though i knew what he exactly meant, it did sound a bit awkward... well that word, HISAP, stuck inside my head for a very long time...
then in 1998, while having ciggies and teh tarik and kopi KOW at a Merdeka Coffeeshop (the building is Merdeka Building aka the birth place of UMNO, would you believe it?)... after Friday prayers... this is how the conversation went...
Characters: Sufian, Iman, Irawan
Sufian: aku rasa dia nak test aku ( i think she is testing me)
Iman: test apa? ( what test?)
Sufian: entah ( idont know)
pause
Sufian: kau pernah korek juboh? ( have you ever put your finger in a woman's arse)
Iman: pernah (yes)
irawan chuckles
pause
Sufian: macam mana kau tahu dia suka? (so how do you know she likes it...)
Iman: muka dia gini macam (o she will give this look....)
iman clenches his lips and enlarges his eyes, and blinks it a couple more times....
laughter
Sufian: itu bukan suka (that's not a sign)
Iman: ya (it is) ...
Sufian: taklah (no)...
Iman: it is...
Sufian: no
Iman: it is...
Irawan: OK OK... hisap sua...
offers some cigarettes to the both of them... something like a peace pipe
Sufian: hah! hisap sua...
Iman: Hisap sua!
so there it is, the christening of 'hisap sua' on a holy friday...
'hisap' as many Malay-Indo speaking people means, to suck... and 'sua' is a slang developed in certain parts of Malay speaking Singaporeans, namely the Mat and Minah Roks, from the word, 'sudah'... why, cos it sounds cool you idiot!!!
in 1994 (o dear! that was 10 years ago!) when i was in doing my National Service, this buddy of mine, who goes by the name of Ganesh, wanted to go for a smoke... so Mr Ganesh... said, 'NAK HISAP TAK (literal trans.: do you want to suck) '... though i knew what he exactly meant, it did sound a bit awkward... well that word, HISAP, stuck inside my head for a very long time...
then in 1998, while having ciggies and teh tarik and kopi KOW at a Merdeka Coffeeshop (the building is Merdeka Building aka the birth place of UMNO, would you believe it?)... after Friday prayers... this is how the conversation went...
Characters: Sufian, Iman, Irawan
Sufian: aku rasa dia nak test aku ( i think she is testing me)
Iman: test apa? ( what test?)
Sufian: entah ( idont know)
pause
Sufian: kau pernah korek juboh? ( have you ever put your finger in a woman's arse)
Iman: pernah (yes)
irawan chuckles
pause
Sufian: macam mana kau tahu dia suka? (so how do you know she likes it...)
Iman: muka dia gini macam (o she will give this look....)
iman clenches his lips and enlarges his eyes, and blinks it a couple more times....
laughter
Sufian: itu bukan suka (that's not a sign)
Iman: ya (it is) ...
Sufian: taklah (no)...
Iman: it is...
Sufian: no
Iman: it is...
Irawan: OK OK... hisap sua...
offers some cigarettes to the both of them... something like a peace pipe
Sufian: hah! hisap sua...
Iman: Hisap sua!
so there it is, the christening of 'hisap sua' on a holy friday...
Finger Acrobatics Performed
On Saturday, January 08, 2005 at 5:06 pm.
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