"In 1982, 38, 100 babies were born in Singapore" "Among them, Little Papaya and Big Papaya" "Little Papaya was premature and only weighed 1 kg" "Big Papaya's weight was normal, 2.5kg" "Big Papaya loved the stars" "While Little Papaya loved the moon" "So they were the happiest during flag-raising" "At age 9" "Little Papaya's mum got leukaemia" "At 10 her dad got liver cancer" "At 25 she herself would die of cancer" "When Big Papaya was 9" "Her mum changed husband" "At 10, her mum changed another" "In the same year she remarried the first one" "Big Papaya was good at studies, went to college becoming president of the culture club" "Little Papaya failed all subjects" "Ended up selling papayas" "Papayas, one for $3!" "My favorite time of the year is the lunar seventh month" "In the seventh month, the Gates of Hell open and ghosts roam the streets" "During this time, Singapore is full of life" "Audiences fill the streets seen and unseen" ""Getai" (song stage) shows are staged to entertain the spirits" "Originally, there were only" "Hokkien and Teochew opera" "Getai evolved during the 60's into popular entertainment shows" "This is "Getai"(song stage)" "To entertain the spirits once a year" "The best-Ioved of these Getai singers must surely be "Hokkien Star", Chen Jin Lang" "On the seventh month of that year" "Big papaya and Little papaya met by chance, at a Chen Jin Lang concert they became sworn sisters" "This is how the Papaya Sisters' story begins" "Oh how sad how pitiful my life isl" "There is work but I refuse to do" "I just laze on my bed the whole day" "I roam the streets at night" "Just like a crazy sleaze" "I am penniless, yet I have no worries" "Every woman I see looks good to me" "Regardless of age" "I want to carry them to the park for some fun" "But I had better think things through and turn over a new leaf soon" "If I get charged" "I may eventually end up in jail" "This is Wang Lei a star in the local Getai scene" "Karen is the Princess in the Getai scene" "These three ladies are HIV, Holy Innocent Virgins" "This is the blind ranger, Chen Wei Lian" "How was it?" "How was it?" "I'm talking about my son wearing his dad's clothes constantly playing with that cock" "He's always quiet" "Are you all dumb like him too?" "Talk!" "Ah, this is bad singing!" "Singing?" "You call this singing?" "Quiet!" "One by one!" "You first!" "They're great!" "Such nice figures if they were whores, I would drop my pants now!" "Those clothes!" "Too outdated!" "It won't work!" "Ok, let's be fair" "Their sound is good" "Now there's too much techno" "Old fashioned is better for them!" "To be unique, they can't be techno!" "Techno?" "What is techno?" "What?" "You don't know techno?" "Techno is tech-no" "If there's tech, there's no" "If there's no, there's tech" "That is techno" "You go out and look at the sky techno, please let me strike lottery!" "You see a man you say techno, have you eaten?" "Aunty techno how are you?" "You don't even know this techno?" "Tech, tech you to your death!" "You're a "techno sleaze"" "You know nothing, buzz off!" "Your combined age is over a hundred" "I'm just asking you old guard to help and to provide some suggestions" "And you just yak yak yak!" "These two can't make it" "And with you two strips of BBQ pork, and a chunk of lard!" "Too fatty!" "You should go back to sewing!" "Ok!" "Stop fighting!" "They're OK!" "The market lacks Hokkien singers now" "They just need chemistry like glasses without eyes, cows without milk..." "Quiet!" "No English!" "Wei Lian, you are fairer." "Speak!" "I feel the singing and dancing is secondary" "The main thing is to have a sincere voice" "They just lack "feel"" "Feel?" "Hey, get someone to go buy feel" "Where's it sold?" "Buy it all back!" "You don't even know "feel"?" "I can't help you" "Only the deaf wants to hear them sing" "Find some other expert" "I am out of ideas!" "The only way is to see your twin sister the "Getai Goddess"!" "She can make you fly, and go underground" "Aunt Ling, you have a twin sis known as the "Getai Goddess"?" "Tell us!" "How come you've never mentioned her?" "I haven't seen her for twenty years" "We quarreled and lost touch since" "Maybe this is fate!" "My twin sister, didn't you say if you return to see me, you'd be useless?" "Yes, I'm useless that's why I'm here" "For years I wondered were you dead?" "I saw in the papers a dead person who looked just like you so I came to check!" "Aunt Ling!" "Goddess" "O transcendent one" "You are kind and helpful that is why we are here" "Goddess they say we lack "feel"" "We don't know what "feel" is!" "And the other Getai Sisters have their own song but we don't have, we don't know what to sing" "Please guide us!" "Yet another Sisters group" "Forget it!" "You haven't changed!" "Even NTUC mart has had a makeover but not you." "Let's go!" "Aunty Ling!" "Goddess!" "Relax, she won't die so easily" "If you want my help listen carefully" "Is singing so important to you?" "I am willing to go through anything!" "We just want to sing well!" "More than the one you love?" "More than life itself?" "Without music, our lives have no meaning" "Goddess if we don't sing, we'd be so sad" "A thousand reasons we can't voice" "You don't know my heart, cuts like a knife" "I only want you, words are all I have" "Goddess" "Who knows our torment?" "We only want to be divas, singing sad songs" "Please let us light up your life so that we are the champions!" "Goddess we are all sisters" "I only want to fly to the heavens and see heaven and earth from there" "Free me from this darkness let me find happiness" "Goddess" "I dreamt of you last night, lady in red" "Angeleyes, heal the world!" "Goddess, without you we tear drenched flowers wander homeless" "Please understand our hearts!" "Goddess, time is running out" "We are right here waiting" "We love you like mice love rice" "Please help us!" "Goddess?" "You will achieve your dreams but for a high price" "We'll pay any price" "I have five rules you must obey 1." "Respect all spirits 2." "Be kind to people 3." "Watch your words 4." "Obey the rules of each Getai 5." "Stay pure, and no man love" "Can you do it?" "Can you do it?" "Have I made myself clear?" "Good, I give you divine feathers and the voices of the Mingzhu Sisters!" "Thank you Goddess!" "The first chapter of my pitiful life:" "Born into a red-light district, and life is hard" "Life is terrible and I am in a bad state" "I have to slog hard to eke out a living" "The second chapter of my pitiful life:" "My life is hard and my heart hurts" "My stepmother did not take me into consideration" "She only wanted to marry for a meal ticket!" "Oh how sad, how pitiful my life is!" "The Papaya sisters have blossomed and unknowingly became the Durian Sisters' biggest enemies" "With the glittering lights and thunderous music they find fulfillment not just from the live audience but more so from the audience that they cannot "see"" "The Papaya sisters loved each other" "It is a love that will keep them together" "They were quickest moving from stage to stage" "Big Papaya runs from her family" "Little Papaya is singing against time" "To fulfill her dreams" "Mum, I'm going out" "Stop there!" "What's this?" "Didn't I say, no more singing?" "I..." "You love to sing so much?" "Then go sing!" "Go, and never return!" "Mum!" "Go, and never return!" "Mum!" "Alright, don't cry!" "Don't worry, you can live here" "Just watch out for my son" "He may be deaf mute but he's just like his father a sex maniac!" "Can cock droppings wipe away tears?" "Which outfit did your mother not like?" "The green, white, red, black, or chocolate?" "Aunty Ling, you're thinking too much!" "My mum is fine with your clothes she just doesn't like me singing at Getai" "Get it away!" "Can't you understand?" "Your mother is too old-school" "Problems are temporary they are not unsolvable forever!" "The only thing for now is to wait" "Time will tell" "The vicious tiger does not bite its own child" "So you must wait, and things will work out" "Life is just like a show" "Our fortunes are destined by heaven" "Do not blame your parents for a bad life" "Do not complain that society is unfair" "Our fate is destined the moment we are born" "Good or bad, it is all in the birth characters" "Some are born with a silver spoon" "Some have to beg for their entire lives" "Life is like a flowing river" "When youth runs by, it will never return" "Do not fuss about whether you are rich or poor" "Be content if you have enough to get by" "Will the owner of car SFZ4412K please move your car, you're in the way" "Those who haven't displayed your coupons please do so now" "The inspector is here!" "Thank you" "Now I'm in a jail cell regretting..." "The Papayas were loved by everyone" "My car was always there for them" "$20 per song four songs and we would move on to the next Getai" "Their happiness that was my reward for driving them" "When you have no dreams you dream for others" "Hi, boss?" "This is 881, we're rushing over now" "How many ahead of us?" "Quarrelling in the car was common" "Due to the pressure" "If we miss one stage tonight we would be fired" "I was like an F1 driver" "An endless race" "From Chua Chu Kang to Sengkang" "From Woodland to Holland" "Stage to stage" "Tearing the house down?" "So noisy!" "You love noise so much why don't you play at the funerals?" "At least you can make some money!" "I smell love on you" "Nowadays you carry your cock differently!" "As your mum, I gave birth to you" "How?" "Which of the two girls do you like?" "If you like the bigger one you scratch twice fast" "If you like the small one you scratch once slowly... ok?" "You sex maniac!" "Secrets have no answers" "Quiet ones have the most secrets" "I live on the stage" "I am willing to live for the stage and die for the stage" "Even though things are difficult today and I may die here after singing" "I will die without regrets" "This is because my greatest solace in life is having so many supporters" "Thank you for your encouragement!" "When the sisters saw Chen Jin Lang performing on his wheelchair their silence was more deafening than the applause they received" "What are you thinking about?" "Thinking about you" "I don't believe that" "It's the seventh month now there are spirits everywhere!" "There's one right next to you!" "Rubbish!" "Here" "No point taking so much medication" "Thinking of Chen Jin Lang?" "You're beautiful enough!" "Look more and the mirror will crack!" "The mirror's cracked, nobody wants me" "Who would pick a wild flower?" "You're not a wild flower" "You're a snow lotus on a high mountain!" "There's no snow, just a crass girl" "Don't curse me like that the snow lotus wilts quickly" "Just humouring you, don't kick up a fuss!" "How can a wild chicken become a Phoenix?" "Moreover I'm a sick chicken!" "That fits Guan Yin" "He loves playing with that cock!" "My status is lower than that cock of his!" "Goddess said we can't be touched by men" "Better be careful!" "Why don't we take that cock and..." "You hit my breast!" "Painful!" "Dear God please bless Jin Lang with good health so that he can recover soon" "Thank you!" "Generous and rich men sirs, please take pity" "Take pity on me and my hard life" "Kind-hearted madams, please kindly donate" "Please donate to help me unable to work for a living" ""The Beggar's Song" was" "Jin Lang's trademark song" "After hearing Wei Lian sing, the sisters devoted their efforts towards" "Chen Jin Lang's medical treatment" "Little Papaya's body was failing" "But she said nothing" "She was constantly on stage saying" ""Boss, Lady." "Please!" "Sympathize with this orphan beggar" "Please donate generously" "May you prosper."" "Thank you everyone your kindness is greatly appreciated!" "Thank You!" "These are funds we raised in his name" "Thank you!" "Hello!" "Meow" "Hello!" "Techno cat!" "The flowers are more beautiful than me today!" "Ah Kun, is the meat fresh today?" "Yes!" "I heard one of the Papaya sisters is ill here's some pig liver" "For free?" "Now I don't have to buy!" "Give me all your freebies!" "I heard they're running many stages?" "I had better not say otherwise people may think I'm boastful" "Over a hundred Getai!" "Quick give me the freebies!" "Sure!" "Here you go!" "Lucky me!" "Techno" "Hello!" "You're sitting so high, wanna die?" "Techno!" "Hello techno!" "Is there a Getai here today?" "Queuing up so early?" "Take it out!" "Show it to her!" "All right." "We have no choice" "It's just the newspaper!" "KING OF GETAI CHEN JIN LANG DIES" "I don't know if this happens to every Getai singer" "During a performance the songs are irresistibly powerful but in real life, there is only silence" "For Little Papaya, she could see herself suffering the same fate as her idol" "For Big Papaya, it seems like another loved one has forsaken her" "It was a big blow to her" "Since you stepped out of the door" "I can neither eat nor sleep and my limbs feel weak" "Faced with the demon of my past in an empty room" "But there has been no news of you and you did not return" "I don't know if it is fate or coincidence but this kiss of mine seems to have changed the fate of the Papaya Sisters" "The Getai of next year have started a major makeover" "I am only in my 40s this year" "But I am tortured by this disease" "I am on the brink of death, yet I am still alive" "Struggling with what remains of my life" "I pray to heaven and Buddha" "To end my misery soon" "I call out to my late parents to take me to the other world to keep you company" "Mum and I are equally strong" "But I'm vulnerable when no one's around" "O Spirits, please bless us let them have a successful year" "Bless that they attend every single Getai" "No traffic jams, all the cars stay at home!" "Bless them with good health and let my son not play with that cock" "And bless me with good complexion so I'll always be so beautiful" "Prosperity!" "I've engaged all the Getai for you this year" "Although the doctor says you're getting better you still have to take care of yourself!" "You, stop smoking so much!" "The smoke from the incense is suffocating enough" "This has been blessed, eat it and you'll prosper!" "Prosper!" "Prosper!" "How do I eat such a big chunk?" "Good, let me have a chance to serve you" "I can cut a piece for you everyday" "Put this in the fridge and serve it to the guests on my funeral" "Hey, silly child!" "Touch wood!" "How can you say such inauspicious things in the seventh month?" "You can only say:" "Shi Hwa Hwa" "Shi Hwa Hwa" "Louder!" "Shi Hwa Hwa" "Louder!" "Shi Hwa Hwa" "Louder!" "Shi Hwa Hwa" "We'll each take half and our love won't fall apart" "We'll each take a little and our love will last long" "Different people have different relationships how can they be compared?" "We'll each take a bite and we'll never split" "Everyone has dreams of their own" "Why am I so obsessed with you?" "I long for you, my heart hurts for you" "And yet you ditched me heartlessly" "The more I think, the more confused I get" "Because of you, I feel lost, and my heart feels heavy" "You have your pursuits, you have your dreams" "How would you possibly think of me as your love?" "We'll each take half and our love won't fall apart" "We'll each take a bite and we'll never split" "Ong Bok Kwa" "Are you still on your medication?" "You know about the side effects of steroids right?" "The doctor said I'm much better" "So, I can continue singing this year" "He didn't prescribe any medicine today" "Little Papaya said nothing" "Just stayed silent" "We'll each take half and our love won't fall apart" "We'll each take a little and our love will last long" "Stop singing, stop singing" "We've made up and you're still singing" "How shameful!" "Sister!" "Sister!" "You can never sing better than me" "Give it up!" "All right, we'll not sing this year" "We're going on strike!" "And not sing?" "I almost forgot to tell you" "I have engaged many Getai for you!" "Yes, I must tell you the rules of Getai singing" "What rules?" ""Waiting for Nobody" can't be sung it means waiting for ghosts!" ""I Laugh when I See You" also can't be sung" "It's too short, and bosses don't like it" "Either he goes crazy or you go crazy!" ""Raining non-stop" can't be sung" "The Gods don't like it when it rains" "And also, "You'll come back" can't be sung" "You're asking the spirits to come for you!" "It's ok if the God of Hell shows up" "Better than a sex maniac" "Yes every time we change peeping toms spy on us!" "And even grope us!" "You've struck gold!" "If you meet someone like that again give him my number" "I'll give him love because I need love too!" "But I'm afraid when he opens my can he'll cover it back" "Aunty Ling, not the old sex maniacs!" "You've met even that big sex maniac what else are you afraid of?" "In my heyday his father kept grabbing my butt and it got bigger!" "Sex maniac techno!" "No response" "Guan Yin!" "Sex Maniac techno!" "My mum loves to nurture the strays" "Here, we are all strays" "It's come loose!" "Has it come loose?" "Move a little" "Don't forget to shave!" "It's loosened by that much?" "Can't be!" "I'm always accurate why is it not accurate this time?" "Guan Yin!" "Its badly distorted" "Guan Yin!" "Look!" "It's distorted by so much!" "Yeah I think so too" "Hey be professional, not personal!" "Stupid cock!" "Who takes measurements this way?" "Your eyes can look only one way, not both!" "How can you be accurate like this?" "Be more professional, concentrate harder think harder" "You can only eat a bowl of rice at once if you eat too fast you'll break the bowl" "You'll choke trying to eat two bowls at once?" "Just like your father!" "I'll help him" "The sun is already up, you're still sleeping?" "Even the cock has risen and you're still sleeping?" "There are many stages tonight if you miss out on any you're in trouble!" "I reserved this seat, this is my seat!" "What, your seat?" "Is your name written on it?" "Why did you throw my stuff there?" "Didn't you see my stuff here just now?" "What?" "Those were your stuff?" "I thought those were rubbish!" "Didn't you see my clothes hanging here?" "Get them to sing then!" "Get your clothes to sing!" "But I was here much earlier!" "If I didn't see you, it doesn't count!" "You think I'm afraid of you?" "Auntie, you see, she is so unreasonable!" "If you are not seen in person in the queue it doesn't count!" "What do you want?" "You want a fight?" "You stupid bamboo pole..." "As mum says, to each his own" "Getai works on a "first come first serve" basis even if you have a mountain backing you" "In January women come out for a stroll with their husbands" "Traffic is congested, and the streets are noisy" "Godfather!" "Relax!" "I don't want!" "Relax!" "Her husband passed away when she was 17 or 18" "Her eyes are red and she weeps" "When will her son grow up?" "Godfather, look at Papaya!" "Disgusting!" "Act Cute!" "Don't worry, Durians are the best!" "Thank you, Godfather!" "XueMei feels a lump in her throat whenever she sees her son" "It has been drizzling the entire night" "XueMei does not weave nor do embroidery" "She sits by the memorial table the entire day" "Hey, look!" "What are Getai singers most afraid of?" "Missing out on Getai!" "Let's mess them up!" "So clever!" "In March it is the Qing Ming Festival" "Families go and pay respects to the dead" "The next stage, go!" "Guan Yin, let's go!" "You..." "That's too much!" "Do you know the rules?" "You two hog one side each" "You sure she can make it here in time?" "You want to queue?" "Sure, we'll queue here too!" "What if she doesn't show up?" "Whatever!" "Hey what are you doing?" "Get out!" "Go..." "Thank you Godfather!" "Hello?" "I can't hear you!" "I can't hear you!" "Aunty Ling, can you come down now?" "Those spoof singers are picking on us" "Wherever we go, they will be there to block us" "We will miss out on a show tonight" "What do we do?" "What?" "Curse them!" "Wait for me!" "My shoe is loose!" "Guan Yin shut the door!" "Hurry up!" "Wait for me!" "In May, the Dragon Boat Festival has arrived" "Drums and gongs make a din in the lake" "Women come in and join the festivities with their husbands and children" "Only XueMei stays in her empty bedroom" "A pair of lovebirds has been torn apart" "A loving couple has been ruthlessly separated" "My son is still young" "How long must I wait before he grows up?" "We got here first!" "We were queuing here much earlier on!" "Don't jump the queue!" "Which eye of yours saw us cutting queue?" "Everyone is out to perform on the Getai circuit" "Why are you always hassling us?" "Do we?" "No?" "You stole so many of our shows" "What more do you want?" "Yeah?" "Techno Bitch!" "Tech your head!" "No boobs, yet you call yourselves "Papaya"" "Relax" "Better than you brainless durians!" "Rotten Spoof Singers!" "How dare you snatch our magic feathers?" "What lousy Goddess?" "Just a retired old fart!" "Better than you two Durians!" "You can't even lip-sync properly!" "Sluts!" "Go kill yourself!" "Don't Fight!" "Quiet!" "What are you doing?" "You're Getai singers not hooligans who cause trouble" "What happened!" "Talk!" "What is there to say?" "If I say the Durian sisters sing, they sing" "What do you say?" "What?" "My friend, there are rules at the Getai" "You don't get to call the shots!" "Rules?" "What rules?" "Their shoe is already on stage." "What rules?" "Shoe on stage?" "My clothes have been hanging here since yesterday does that count?" "What are you talking about?" "You're not happy?" "You're a woman, otherwise I'll punch you in the face!" "Excuse me, how are you related to them?" "I am their Godfather!" "Yes!" "With money you are Godfather without money you cry for Daddy" "What?" "Let me tell you" "Singing at Getai is not about fighting" "This is Xian Yin Getai's biggest boss" "Boss what do you say?" "Getai is only for the seventh month" "If you want to squabble here let's decide by the divination chips" "Sounds reasonable" "Let's throw the divination chips!" "Go ahead!" "You might not win!" "That you don't know!" "We'll see!" "Alright, let's throw the chips" "Let's throw!" "O Spirits, please..." "The holy combination!" "We win!" "Yes you've won" "But we know your every move" "Beware of retribution!" "Those rotten spoof singers!" "Does it hurt?" "I just want to complete this year's singing well!" "Not only this year" "We will sing on for many years!" "I just want to finish singing this year" "We are the fearless Papaya Sisters!" "I just want to finish singing this year" "Don't be afraid" "Even if we lose everything we still have Aunty Ling, we still have Guan Yin we still have many years!" "I just want to complete this year's singing!" "We have plenty of time..." "I just want to complete this year's singing!" "We have plenty of time..." "We have plenty of time..." "I just want to complete this year's singing!" "Please bless the Papaya Sisters so that they will gain popularity and their popularity will last!" "Also, let those two durians run into trouble every time let them rot and stink so that they won't trample on others!" "Guan Yin, the weapon!" "Is this the weapon?" "Hurry up, you're always so slow!" "Just like your father" "What's there to see?" "Can you recite this?" "Go back and play with the cock" "Techno!" "Don't you understand?" "I'll hit you till you can't stick your head out" "I'll hit your head" "Aunty Ling, they're not Cantonese" "Simple!" "I'll hit your head... hit you till you can't stick your head out..." "Aunty Ling, they speak English!" "English!" "They know, I know too!" "Hit the little man's head, hit him until he's dizzy" "Hit the little man's mouth, hit..." "Aren't we vicious doing this?" "We can't do this not us religious people!" "We must conquer them using moral force" "Mine is damaged, can't be used any more" "You hit!" "Hit!" "What are you waiting for?" "Touch your durian head so that good fortune will fall on your head" "Touch your durian face so that you have a good network" "Touch your durian hand so that you will have good co-ordination" "Touch your durian heart so that you'll be happy every dayl" "Sisters, let's do itl" "Touch your durian head so that good fortune will fall on your head" "Touch your durian face so that you have a good network" "Touch your durian hand so that you will have good co-ordination" "Touch your durian heart so that you'll be happy every dayl" "Dad!" "You're back!" "Come on in!" "Where's mum?" "She went out, and will be back soon" "Have a seat" "Dad, this money..." "No." "Having you back is good enough" "Why don't you give it to her when she comes back" "How are things?" "Everything fine?" "Aunty Ling is a little crazy but she loves me" "That puts my mind at ease" "She's back!" "Mum, this money is for you" "I..." "She's like that, don't take it to heart" "Are you crazy?" "She came back to visit you and even gave you money" "How could you do that?" "I know she sings at Getai but what's wrong with that?" "Weren't you a Getai singer as well?" "Mother, mother, my dearest mother" "You've had such a pitiful life" "I'm kneeling in front of you calling out to you but you can't respond anymore" "Even your soul seems to have dissipated" "The worst good-for-nothing is someone like me" "Able-bodied, but lazy and refusing to work" "I've caused my family great financial trouble" "Now I'm in prison lamenting my past" "It is well-known even if nobody says it" "But times are really hard nowl" "It's them again!" "Stinking spoof singers!" "How can you bring your family overseas?" "It is well-known even if nobody says it" "But times are really hard now!" "Do not spend lavishly" "When the economy is bad, you will get it!" "Get me my medicine" "I advise that you be pragmatic" "Do not act arbitrarily" "The various different lotteries" "Buy some with the hope of striking it rich" "Everyone says this, ;" "Everyone knows this, ;" "Times are really hard nowl" "Guan Yin!" "Only women with no substance need to rely on a man" "Shameless!" "Only women with no substance backstab others!" "You came looking for a duel?" "Any time!" "You can't speak Mandarin properly yet you try to sing on Getai!" "The 30th night of this month!" "Location?" "Li Xing Show!" "Losers to retire for ever!" "We're on!" "Whatever" "Bye bye!" "Little Papaya!" "Hold her quick!" "BATTLE OF THE FRUITY SISTERS" "Do not complain that society is unfair" "Our fate is destined the moment we are born" "Good or bad, it is all in the birth characters" "Some are born with a silver spoon" "Some have to beg for their entire lives" "The newspapers have nothing better to do" "Such a trivial matter they make such a big fuss!" "Your health is worsening!" "The doctor tells me you have to do doctherapy." "No, it's chemotherapy!" "And you're still worried about Getai matters?" "Those Durians they're pretty and rich they lead an easier life you can't fight with them!" "Stop thinking about Getai matters!" "Also your mother told me to take good care of you" "If something goes wrong how am I going to face her in the nether world?" "Aunty Ling didn't you say that if we wait long enough problems will be solved" "Can those with little time left, wait?" "You..." "You're crazy!" "I'll tell your mother later!" "Those who fight will win!" "Start work!" "Prosper!" "Little Papaya insisted on checking out of the hospital" "Everyone came to support her because we all knew this might be her last performance" "Karen!" "Come!" "Here are the costumes I used to wear see if you need them?" "I'll go spy on the Durian sisters to see what they're singing" "Quick!" "I'll go undercover!" "You're in a mess!" "Rehearse properly!" "Walk, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8" "Turn, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8..." "Qiu Li, Hello!" "Little Papaya!" "Qiu Li!" "Hello" "Thanks for helping Jin Lang in the past" "Here's some money to help" "Wish you every success" "Thank you!" "Come support us Durian sisters!" "We're giving away Free CDs!" "Come support us Durian sisters!" "We're giving away Free CDs!" "Come support us!" "Thank you!" "Come support us Durian sisters!" "We're giving away Free CDs!" "Thank you!" "Papaya, Good bye!" "They think they're running for elections so elaborate!" "We have our supporters too!" "Come!" "One, Two, Three, Four!" "881, Swing and Swing!" "Hello?" "Aunty Ling?" "I know what they're singing" "The first song is "Spring Breeze"" "the second song is "Can't Resist"" "Hello?" "Did her phone get wet?" "Put that down!" "Listen to the Durian if you don't want your father to get hurt!" "Thankfully there are only the two of you" "If there are another two it would be the death of me!" "Am I that old?" "How can you talk about your mother like that?" "I'm so pitiful!" "An assassin!" "Message on the feather!" "Goddess sends an edict for me!" "You'd better not go in" "You can't talk anyway" "I'm afraid you would offend her" "I'll go in myself" "I've been on the Getai Circuit for so many years but I've never seen such tyranny and monopoly" "The Durian sisters are the worst, I've seen!" "They throw darts at singers and they curse them as well" "This time, they're out in full force to get you!" "Aunty Ling has suffered the most" "We're not rich and she has to borrow from everyone beg for costumes from everyone and sew day and night!" "You are the roots of the Papaya you are the leaves" "I am the Papaya tree" "If a tree has no roots and no leaves it will die" "Goddess, please guide us again!" "I 'm already calling you "Goddess"" "I beg you to help them please give them a way out" "Please help!" "Seems like it is fated that we've met" "Let me give you a word of advice:" "For every effect, there's a cause" "No matter how good there is better" "You mean..." "Let me protect you" "However, there is a limit to the protection" "Everything else will depend on your karma" "Sister, step back!" "I'll cast my spells" "You!" "Alright!" "Later when you get home remember to call Wang Lei ask him to bring bicycles, the police car bulldozer, and the hearse" "Everything!" "Go!" "Thank you Goddess!" "Go!" "Although we were born together but you are still smarter and more powerful!" "Although we were born together but he chose you eventually!" "The boy who hit the Durian sisters" "Who is he?" "He is... the son of Ah Long and I" "Cause and effect runs in an endless cycle" "Guan Yin, you shouldn't have..." "The battle is tomorrow and you're still smoking?" "Still not sleeping?" "Go sleep!" "A round of applause for the host" "Singapore's King of Comedy" "Lin Li" "Dear audience, good evening!" "Thank you so much for being here to support our Li Xing show" "Tonight is the duel between the Papaya sisters and the Durian Sisters" "The losers will have to quit the Getai circuit forever!" "I would like to know a show of hands supporters of the Papaya Sisters?" "And the Durian sisters?" "The applause seems evenly matched!" "Seems like it will be a close battle" "You be the judges!" "Li Xing Show presents the duel of the fruits!" "Sitting at Clifford Pier" "The cold sea breeze is blowing" "I am lonely and heart-broken" "Can't help but think of my first love" "We were so sweet and loving" "And we were always together" "My love, why have you had a change of heart" "And forsaken me?" "Sitting at Clifford Pier" "The cold sea breeze is blowing" "I am lonely and heart-broken" "Can't help but think of my first love" "We were so sweet and loving" "And we were always together" "My love, why have you had a change of heart" "And forsaken me?" "A round of applause for the Durian Sisters!" "Thank You!" "Excellent!" "Coming up next is the second group the Papaya Sisters!" "Still not here yet?" "Then let's call the Banana Brothers?" "Also not here?" "What about the Duku Fruit team?" "What are we going to do?" "Everyone knows that for this match whoever loses has to quit the Getai scene forever!" "Maybe they don't have the guts to show up?" "Since I'm the host today let me make a decision" "In the seventh month the most popular thing is shouting for bids" "If within 3 calls they do not show up we'll take it that they quit" "I will call for it" "So now let me introduce the Papaya Sisters calling once!" "The Papaya Sisters calling twice!" "The Papaya Sisters!" "Calling thrice..." "Wait!" "Massive traffic jam!" "Hurry up!" "Sisters, you ok?" "Yes!" "I am OK!" "Let's do it!" "Hurry, fashion show!" "Please work harder!" "Be serious!" "881!" "Prosper!" "881!" "Prosper!" "Musician, E-flat please!" "Let us welcome the Papaya Sisters!" "I used to be a dance hostess" "Now I am a mama-san" "Sashaying around the dance floor, smiling at customers" "Dance hostesses and the mama-san must support each other" "If customers are looking for the mama-san just let me know" "I will make arrangements for them to dance with the girls or bring them out" "Robert Lee, Robert Lee you can have the Mama-san if you wantl" "When the place is filled with customers we can barely manage" "Lily is here, Nancy is there, all sashaying around" "The girls beam when they are tipped by customers" "You can fly, but we can fly to the sky!" "There is always someone better!" "The audience is our stage!" "We have Karen, your good friend" "Karen!" "No wonder!" "After her call that day" "I never saw her again" "She was waylaid by these two durians!" "No Fear!" "Change!" "I know I can't wait any more" "I want to come embrace you immediately" "If there is true emotion in this first love" "Then I don't care about pledges or oaths" "I really want to be together with you" "Holding your hand, sweetly snuggling up to you" "How do you know I love you whole-heartedly?" "We will lead a carefree life together" "You are just like a flower" "So red in your blossom" "Emitting such fragrance" "My love for you is already so deep" "I can't stand it" "I want to hold you tight" "This love has made me disoriented" "I can't wait anymore because I'm loving you" "Get into formation!" "You stinking Spoof Singers!" "That's enough!" "We are all singers, don't push it!" "Our Durians are bursting out front and back if you have guts, take it all off" "We're sworn sisters, united at heart just like the white and green snakes!" "The Papaya sisters are the best so say the aunties and uncles" "Are we the best?" "Yes!" "Let's battle to the end!" "I'll fight you to my very last breath!" "Aunty Ling!" "Musician!" "Play "Selling Sundry Goods"!" "One Sharp!" "I've left my home town for five or six years running all over the place" "Travelled afar to start a business selling sundry goods" "It is not easy to earn even a few dollars here" "The sun hasn't risen but" "I'm already setting my stall by the street" "Shouting three times. ;" "I'm selling coffee" "No fear, change!" "Guan Yin, get the bulldozer in here!" "They are all cheap and fresh come and buy from mel" "The ladies have formed an entire row" "I'll attend to you politely" "Tell me what you want my prices are reasonable" "After you've tried my goods please come againi" "I'm calling out to the uncles and aunties to come drink my coffee" "Don't worry, the best comes last!" "Change!" "Guan Yin, get rid of the bulldozer!" "It's getting late now, I am going home" "Calling 601, 601 Over" "Ok!" "Guan Yin!" "Come here!" "Has the Lion dance troupe arrived?" "Yes!" "Musician, play "Don't pick the Wild Flowers"!" "Two sharps!" "I understand you care for me" "But please do not pick the wild flowers by the road" "Are we fated to be together?" "Just let heaven decide and accept the outcome" "If you want to force your way through you are but an oafl" "The spring breeze blows, and it blows so randomly" "The wild birds fly and where is their destination?" "Are we fated to be together?" "Just take things as they are no need to search for an answer" "There are actually so many broken-hearted people in this world" "The spring breeze blows and it blows on a young man" "The wild birds fly and where is their destination?" "Please do not pick the wild flowers by the road" "For there are but few in this world who are willing to give out their hearts" "In a lonely night, a girl waits under a lamp a light breeze blowing in her face" "She is already 17 or 18 but is still not married and she thinks of a young man" "Copy Cat!" "Techno CAT!" "Close the doors!" "881!" "Swing and swing..." "I've left my home town for five or six years running all over the place" "Travelled afar to start a business selling sundry goods" "Run!" "There's a trap!" "Little Papaya..." "Little Papaya..." "Little Papaya..." "Little Papaya..." "Little Papaya..." "Big Papaya..." "Big Papaya..." "Each... takes half... and our relationship... won't split..." "We'll each takes a little and our relationship will last..." "Little Papaya..." "PAPAYA SISTERS MOVED AUDIENCE TO TEARS" "Take me to the hospital" "Take me there!" "Big Papaya, have we won?" "Goddess, I beg of you" "Please save Little Papaya, I beg of you!" "You saw this coming didn't you?" "It is all fate!" "Goddess, this is not her fate!" "I was the one who sinned" "Goddess, I beg of you!" "Please let me take her place!" "I want to take her place" "Goddess, I beg of you!" "Aunty Ling" "I want to ask you" "if the passage of time can be reversed what would you most like to change?" "Many things!" "If you had a choice would you still give birth to Guan Yin?" "Do you still miss his father?" "I love him!" "I loved him to death!" "But I have a secret" "I never told anyone" "Actually, his father's true love was my sister" "Aunty Ling" "what does it feel like to be with a man?" "Talking about men, that's my thing!" "I can go on for days without stopping!" "Please tell me!" "If you love somebody your heart will pound when you see him" "And the feeling gets more intense and it multiplies by a hundred times" "Until you become dizzy with excitement!" "What if it is someone you truly love?" "Your soul mate?" "Then you'll be totally disoriented!" "Even Dad's name can be forgotten" "The only thing you want to do was to be together with him every day and let him see every part of you clearly" "Aunty Ling" "why do you always seem so happy?" "I am the sun, you are the moon" "Big Papaya is the stars" "The sun must be bright enough to brighten the moon and the stars" "Then you can shine!" "What happened to you?" "The seventh month is over the spirits didn't take you back with them?" "What happened to you?" "You look like a ghost!" "The God of Hell forgot to haul you back?" "I have something to tell you" "I... my phone is out of battery" "Let me go charge my phone" "I..." "Guan Yin..." "I..." "Take half each, and our relationship won't split" "Just be happy" "Tell me, was it good?" "Trust me no matter what happens" "I will sing on with you!" "I think the doctor changed my medicine" "I felt drowsy the whole night" "Last night my parents came to comfort me" "Jin Lang also came to keep me company" "He quit smoking and he looks so much better!" "He looks even more radiant than you!" "He was wearing a new shirt but it wasn't as furry as ours" "Ours are still more beautiful!" "Aunty Ling is the best!" "Before he left he sang me a song" "What song?" "Sounds nice?" "I'm in great pain due to my illness" "Constantly visiting hospital" "The injections make me lose my hair" "The drugs make me vomit" "I lie on my bed the whole day" "I pray to heaven and Buddha" "To end my misery soon" "I call out to my late parents to take me to the other world to keep you company" "Life is just like a show" "Our fortunes are destined by heaven" "Do not blame your parents for a bad life" "Do not complain that society is unfair" "Our fate is destined from birth" "Good, bad, it's all in the birth characters" "Some are born with a silver spoon.)" "Some have to beg their entire lives" "The first chapter of my pitiful life. ;" "Born into a red-light district, and life is hard" "Life is terrible and I am in a bad state" "I have to slog hard to eke out a living" "The second chapter of my pitiful life. ;" "My life is hard and my heart hurts" "Stepmother didn't care for me" "She only wanted to marry for a meal ticketl" "The third chapter of my pitiful life. ;" "Often working late into the night" "Even if I have a fever or feel dizzy" "I still have to continue working" "The fourth chapter of my pitiful life. ;" "I have to attend to customers good and bad" "I give them my best but they're unsatisfied" "They scold me, and they slap me" "The fifth chapter of my pitiful life. ;" "Some people are totally unsympathetic" "He gives me very little money" "And yet he hits me, and he scolds me" "That was the last time" "I heard them singing together" "After Little Papaya died my mother never laughed again" "Year 3" "I'm in great pain due to my illness" "Constantly visiting hospital" "The injections make me lose my hair" "The drugs make me vomit" "I lie on my bed the whole day" "I pray to heaven and Buddha" "To end my misery soon" "I call out to my late parents to take me to the other world to keep you company" "I am only in my 40s this year" "But I am tortured by this disease" "I am on the brink of death, yet I am still alive" "Struggling with what remains of my life" "I pray to heaven and Buddha" "To end my misery soon" "I call out to my late parents to take me to the other world to keep you company" "Now I look forward to the Seventh month even more" "The only time that we can be together again" "During the seventh month, Getai" "I pray to heaven and Buddha" "To end my misery soon" "I call out to my late parents to take me to the other world to keep you company" "I've had enough of the suffering here"