'hello.'
'hello.'
'how are you?'
'fine. yourself?'
'ok. been busy?'
'me?'
'yeah you.'
'oh, just doing ordinary stuff. busy me.'
'when are you not?'
'busy?'
'yeah you. not busy. when?'
'hmmm.'
'you have a habit of speaking at me in monosyllable words.'
'speaking at you? that's 4 syllabi by the way.'
'that's strung together. doesn't count.'
'true.'
'exactly my point.'
'i don't mean to.'
'yeah you do.'
'are we gonna start a yes you, no me conversation now?'
'do you have time for it?'
'no.'
'no?'
'no is a better answer than not interested, don't you agree?'
'true.'
'exactly my point.'
'you stole my line.'
'you just made me lose one minute of my time.'
'i was aiming for 3 before you'd notice.'
'damn. just short by 120 seconds.'
'yeah damn the seconds.'

- A Stranger's Conversation, an original work by Valerie Anne.
and yet it is conversations like these that get us through the day.

valerie anne
in my 20s and wonderful.
dressed to dress you.

QUOTE VAL

. i would do you, but i can't. it's just the wrong season right now.

KEEPING COUNT

I've been in canada for days.

THE BOOK IN MY BAG

. in need of a recommendation



. tattoo
. rolex
. prada bag
. hermes birkin/kelly
. hermes scarf
. prada penguin coin purse
. suped up VW jetta mk3 '97
. 911 Turbo
. WRX
. smoked e-codes/fogs
. porsche deep dish rims
. my driver's license
. a shaven head for my 18th


. be a somebody
. make {gravi.tee}
. snowboard
. own my first car
. travel: NYC, all over europe, japan, mexico, chile, argentina, spain, greece, laos, vietnam, bali, dubai, amsterdam
. publish a book entitled "you better quote val, or else" - recommended by derek goh
. fashion school
. travel: roadtrip canada
. travel: roadtrip USA
. move out
. own a house
. ride the dragon in tokyo
. go fish/camping for a weekend
. open a cafe/boutique
. horse-riding
. speak korean/japanese/spanish/french
. skydive over mauritius waters
. white-water raft above level 3
. bungee jump from a suspension bridge
. break the world record for the longest time on a loop-the-loop roller coaster ride
. save an endangered species
. AND prove to my mum that i'll be married before 35.


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