Coffee Cat Mama (Mao Si Ma Ma / 貓屎媽媽)

Morning! Morning!

Eat your breakfast and I'll drop you at the airport.

OK!

Drink your Turkish coffee.

I want to consult the signs

and see if you're fit to travel today.

Superstitious!

There might be a crash or hijack!

Touch wood!

Who's being superstitious now?

Don't abandon your pets.

Before you buy one, stop and think about it.

Be careful!

Without consulting the signs, I can tell you have bad luck today.

Shut up and eat your breakfast.

The airport, please!

The airport, please.

The road ahead is blocked.

It's a bit tricky to get around it.

Let me stop and think which way to go.

Drink driving can kill.

Stop and think before you drink and drive.

Drink driving can kill. Stop and think.

So Mei, I asked Dad for help last night.

I wanted him to give me a sign about whether I should stay in med school.

Everyone has been telling me to "stop and think" all morning.

Do you think that's a sign from Dad?

I don't think so.

Subconsciously you're looking for something to support your thinking.

You do have a point.

Don't tell Marcia what I told you.

You haven't shown your stand about whether I should stay in medical school

because you don't want Mom to think you're purposely going against her.

But I really want to hear your opinion.

You're too indecisive.

You may not listen to me

I'd rather not play the devil.

No, I always listen to you.

Tell me what you think. Please!

I'm only speaking from my perspective.

What sets human beings apart from from the animals is that

we have our dreams.

A passenger has fainted.

Do we have a doctor on board?

I'm a doctor. Let me see...

We started to practise at the same time,

how come I'm not making any progress?

I'm doing this for my son, I have motivation.

You're doing it for bootlicking,

obviously it's more tiring.

Let's continue.

Wait!

Welcome! Have a seat!

Thank you!

Sorry about last time.

What would you like? My treat!

No, thanks. I'll just have lemon tea.

Sure!

Wait! Black coffee.

But you don't like Hong Kong style coffee.

Yes, but I'm meeting someone.

I need caffeine to support me.

Hey, that's rude...

What would you like, Ms Ma?

Egg sandwich? The eggs are fresh...

Just coffee.

Mom!

Why didn't you go back to the UK?

Take the next flight if you missed yours.

I begged your professor to let you take the makeup exam.

You're wasting my effort.

Why did you turn around? What happened?

Mother and daughter should not hold a grudge.

Have a nice chat over a cup of coffee.

How about some noodles with luncheon meat and eggs?

The eggs are really fresh...

You said you had a reason

and that you'd explain to me.

How come you're so quiet now?

You tend to make the wrong decision when you panic.

If you're faced with a similar situation,

you must stop and think it over.

Mom, I've thought about it.

I want to stay a few months.

I'm not going back to the UK yet.

What are you talking about?

I've been getting signs from Dad today.

Stop and think.

It seems I should stop and think it over.

Drink driving can kill. Stop and think.

What signs?

Someone passed out on the plane,

I should have volunteered to help, but I didn't! I hesitated.

You know why?

I was worried I couldn't be of any help.

If anything should happen, I might not graduate.

Or I might get caught up in a lawsuit.

That's not how a real doctor should behave.

You did the right thing! You were sensible.

I'm so proud of you!

You're not yet a doctor,

you should not try to help.

My point is, I don't have the passion to save lives.

I don't think I'll be a good doctor.

You think I like accounting?

Do I have the passion?

You can make it up with your professionalism.

I'm not saying I'm quitting medical school.

I just want to take a break

and help So Mei set up the cafe.

I see, she put you up to this.

No, she had nothing to do with it.

Who's your Mom? Me or So Mei?

Who should you listen to?

She had nothing to do with it.

Why? She's of course the root of it all.

Your Dad and I got divorced because that woman broke up our family.

Mom, that's a different matter.

It's not for me to judge.

But we're talking about my life.

Can I have a say in that?

Grace...

Siu Ming goes to Shenzhen for a one-day trip...

The new Long Hua line is open for fu nseekers...

Hey... What?

Let me ask you this...

What?

Which is better?

This one!

Then I'll pick this one, thanks.

Kwai-chi is not here.

I came to see you.

Me?

Get this straight, you're not her Mom.

You have no right to tell her to quit medical school,

and help you open this trashy cafe.

I didn't do any such thing.

What an actress!

I let your angelic face dupe me.

I thought you were a good tutor,

when in fact I was letting in a wolf.

Did you come here to talk about Kwai-chi or to pick a fight?

What have you been telling that silly girl?

Why would she think shes getting signs from her Dad?

Some nonsense about "Stop and think".

Kwai-chi did ask me about whether she should stay in med school.

All I said was humans, unlike animals, have dreams.

That was all.

How could a mother possibly say that?

That is social chitchat between friends.

The nonsense about "I'm on your side" or "Fm rooting for you" is irresponsible.

As her stepmother,

you should tell her the cold, hard facts

and not only things she wants to hear.

You're not helping her!

Then am I or am I not Kwai-chi's Mom?

When you came in, you said I was not.

Now you are saying I'm half.

Which is it?

I'm not calculating like you.

I only speak what's on my mind.

Whether as a friend or as a Mom, I'd tell Kwai-chi the same thing.

Don't sound so noble!

Your own mother disagrees with you!

Why else would she disown you on your wedding day?

Watch your head!

It costs over 30,000 pounds a year to put her through med school.

That's HK$400, 0 !

Cheong! Yes?

Do you know how many all-nighters I have to put in?

Hold this!

How many times I have to fall ill...

Watch it!

...to raise $400,000?

I know you work very hard for the money,

but that doesn't mean you can run Kwai-chi's life.

But that doesn't mean you can run Kwai-chi's life.

She's not a car.

You can't make her go left or right just because you've made full payment.

No wonder your mother wouldn't let you marry Richard.

She even threatened to disown you.

But you didn't care at all.

You just wanted to tell your Mom

you're not the car she was making full payment for.

What's with the noise?

Don't try to outnumber me!

Thanks!

Don't pay attention to that pile of horse dung.

I can talk about just anything with my head up high

except when it comes to Mom.

Parents are always in the right.

We as children can only listen.

Which of your books is on the Top 10 list in recent years?

You have had nothing published in the past few months.

I asked around for someone who would print your work.

But you snub them for having no culture, no class...

or you ridicule them for their poor Chinese.

Having illustrations is a crime.

Don't you know reading is very time consuming and engaging.

I don't want my readers to waste their time and energy on stupid books.