so sunday night i was at a chinese new year/ australia day celebration dinner at my family friend's place. it was full of retirees so they were all filling me on how that stretch of road used to be an apple and cherry orchard - irrigation pipes not removed properly - yabbies (see: mini crayfish) under the house. it was a pretty classy affair with beer, wine and champagne, mini puffs etc. up to this point, it was a mostly oz affair. then an asian looking family came in...
they looked lost so i very graciously introduced myself. one of them was called clavanova or something like that. heck knows what that means. my guess it's something like cleopatra: you know, something fancy and classy. all i know is that her parents were probably smoking something even more lethal than grace's parents when they called her grace. anyway, let's call her C.
C: oh so where're you from?
J: Singapore
C: oh really? i wouldn't have known.
J: oh it's simple. see this: cockiness and pretentious smile? *big as grin*
C: oh! but i'm singaporean too...
J: I see. *nervous laugh* so... *sip from glass* would you like a drink?
slightly awkward for the rest of the night. slightly.
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