Eat Drink Man Woman Page #2

It was an old-fashioned war

that ended only when Mom died!

How would you know?

You were a kid when she died.

I was old enough to know her better!

Stop it, you two.

Try it.

This is how it's done.

Jim-Rong is here!

You're all here. Where's Uncle Chu...?

Something came up at the restaurant.

He went to help.

Jia-Chien is busy in her room.

Have you eaten?

It's 8 p.m.! Of course we ate.

Today, Mom burned the fish.

I didn't bring you along to complain?

I'll give you some of

Grandpa Chu's crab dumplings

to take home.

You got a haircut!

Yes.

I run around like crazy every day.

I don't have time to care for it.

It's easier short.

You look younger.

Really?

I wanted to look professional.

Can we go draw now?

Can we draw Grandpa Chu today?

Was it really that bad?

Who knows?

They were both crying and fussing.

Mother said

Jin-Feng wasn't being filial.

Jin-Feng said if Mom stayed with them,

she'd end up divorced.

If Jin-Feng got a divorce, too,

my mother really couldn't take it.

I still feel that

Jin-Feng should care for her.

With your current situation.

You have a job, take care of a child,

...take care of an elder person,

and deal with your divorce.

Which just got worse.

He hired a private investigator

to have me followed!

Really?

He'll do anything

to take Shan-Shan away from me.

I can't wait for the final decree.

Why don't you tell her

to come back later?

Forget it.

You and Jin-Feng were old schoolmates.

You know her.

Mother always wanted

to be with me instead of her.

Same thing here.

Father wants to live with me.

It's not the same.

Uncle Chu is much stronger

than my mom.

He takes care of himself and others.

Unlike my mother,

who needs constant attention.

My dad needs attention, too.

How many more

Sunday dinners can we have?

Jia-Ning is young,

Jia-Chien is independent...

...so I'll have to take care

of Dad for the rest of my life.

I'm sure he doesn't want that.

Mom, look!

Auntie's drawing of Grandpa Chu.

It's time to go home.

Wait, I'll get the dumplings.

Please don't.

We're always taking food home...

Don't worry,

you're like

another daughter in this family...

So you really are like

Dad's grand daughter.

I want to show this to Grandpa Chu!

Don't, Shan-Shan!

I want to show this to Grandpa Chu!

Stop running!

Okay! I lied I lied!

Those dumplings are fresh.

Take them home to your kids.

Do you want this to go?

Old Chu,

don't get upset.

Girls eventually leave home.

It was bound to happen.

I'm not upset.

I hope they all move out,

so I can have a quiet life.

Quiet life?

I know you.

What you want, you can't get.

What you don't want,

you can't get rid of.

You're as repressed as a turtle.

That old maid of yours Jia-Jen

will stick to you for life...

...unless you marry her off!

Marry who?

Since she lost

her a**hole college boyfriend...

...she's never looked at another man.

You know that.

And now she has the perfect boyfriend:

Jesus Christ...

Don't make fun of her religion!

How is it that for thirty years...

I have put up

with this kind of talk from you?

The truth is...

you should be thankful

someone's around

to tell you the truth.

That Jia-Chien's temper...

she was spoiled as a child.

...I can't take it anymore.

That girl just

didn't come from nowhere.

Jia-Chien's perfect blend

of you and her mother...

Her mother's

stubbornness and willfulness.

And the pickiness and pomposity

come straight from you!

I think I know her better than you do.

I don't understand any of them,

and I don't want to know.

Let them grow up and leave.

It's like cooking.

Your appetite's gone

when the dish is done.

That's not the worst thing.

At least people like your cooking.

Honestly, I'd have to give that up

if it hadn't been for you lately.

My sense of taste

is getting worse and worse.

My food is only as good as

the expression on your face.

Don't be silly!

You rely on

your feelings when you cook,

not your taste buds.

Like that Western deaf composer,

called Bay...

Beethoven.

Beethoven. That's right...

...good sound is not in the ear...

good taste is not in the mouth

and good sex...

...God knows where...

You're drunk.

Eat, drink, man, woman.

Basic human desires.

Can't avoid them!

All my life, every day,

that's all I've done.

It pisses me off.

Is that all there is to life?

We should be thankful that

we're still alive and cooking.

By the way,

when will you have

your recipes written up?

What recipes?

Didn't you say that

you wanted to write down

the great recipes

from your memory?

I'm just afraid that one day,

you'll...

God damn you!

Are you counting the days to

take advantage of the opportunity?

Here,

taste this!

Little daughter?

Little daughter?

It's six o'clock!

Get up, lazy-bones!

Jia-Chien, get up!

How many times have I told you

not to fall asleep at your desk?

It's bad for your posture.

And didn't the doctor tell you

that jogging was bad for your back?

Shan-Shan.

Good morning Grandpa Chu!

Morning! Off to school?

Why are you eating

your breakfast here?

I don't have time for breakfast.

Look! Your dumplings from yesterday.

But Mom squeezed the juice out,

So I wouldn't get my hands all greasy.

Come to my house at noon.

I'll make lunch for you.

I have school all day.

All day?

Then where's your lunch box?

The bus is here!

Don't push!

The valence electron

of a typical element...

...is equal to its groups

and its valence electron in turn...

...is equal to its groups.

Understood?

Okay, let's look at the periodic table

of the elements again.

The Group A elements:

1A, 2A, 3A...

Pay attention!

...4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A.

Okay, let's use

the color red for Group 1A.

Let's take a look.

Who will return the ball?

I'll go!

Very well, I'll do it.

Hey, where'd it go?

Give it back!

Sorry!

Sorry! We missed!

It's okay.

I'll come up and get it.

I can throw it down.

She's throwing the bouquet!

Let's continue!

What's going on?

What's in your hand?

Nothing, Teacher.

Bring it here, let me see it.

There's nothing to see.

Bring it here!

Sit down!

Give it to me!

Writing love letters

in chemistry class!

Love letters are

a kind of chemical catalyst.

Someone wrote it to me!

So what?

What is this doing in class!

Showing off?

Who hasn't

received love letters before?

A la fin tu es las de ce monde ancien

Bergre tour Eiffel,

Le troupeau des ponts ble ce matin

The American airline industry

is going through a recession.

This is a golden opportunity

for us to bid

for the Sydney to Bangkok routes...

which the British are also eyeing.

They will be our toughest competition...

And the fight will be fierce.

I'll be able to put a price...

on these routes within two weeks...

...but I feel that there is

significant potential in all of them.

Good.

Thank you Deputy Director Chu,

for that report.

Obviously,

this plan poses real opportunities...

...for the growth of our company...

The question is,

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