Pidgin and Me

4 months ago, I would never have thought or believed how naturally one adapts to pidgin, but the truth is it is everywhere here.  So you better learn to cope or go back home!  How did I learn that that the ability to speak pidgin is building inside of me?  Well, today at work when I was handing my validated parking to the parking guy and he told me I needed another half hour sticker in order to avoid paying, my reply was:  "gimme the (da) thing (ting) and I go back up"--and even more remarkably, he knew exactly what I meant.