Monday, January 21, 2008

I Cannot Trust You Anymore

It’s been far too long (couple months already) since I’ve told you anything about my beloved Carrefour (Jialefu)!!

Well it appears that Mr Marketing or whoever handles translation made a mistake when they designed the sign with the name Jia Le Fu in Chinese characters.

Here’s how JiaLeFu looks like when written in Chinese Characters:


Here’s the JiaLeFu sign:


Well I bet you don’t see any differences… but my eagle eye saw (with just a tiny tiny little help) that it’s missing a little leg. Just here:


Thankfully it doesn’t change the meaning from “happiness and prosperity for the family” to something nastier but it will never be the same now between me and Mr Carrefour…. I don’t think I can blindly trust him anymore.