i lost my handphone 3 weeks ago. (aside, i have a tendency to say 'cellphone' since most calgarians don't know what a handphone is. seriously. if it isn't a term they use, they won't know what it is.)
try this one,
i was walking home, and my classmate was walking to his car parked by my place. we were talking about something-something and i said,
"i don't know
nuts."
he stopped walking. "what did you just say?"
i turn around. "i don't know nuts."
"what does THAT mean?!"
"i don't know?"
"huh? then why did you say it?!"
"no no no, it means, '
i don't know!' don't you say that?"
"no. we say, i don't know anything. or i know nothing!"
"right. i don't know nuts."
"so if you knew nuts, would you know more?"
"hahaha. probably? if you took me literally!"
back to my handphone. not having a phone was, at first, THE WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN to a singaporean. then you come to realise that people here are not chained to one and have survived without one since ... almost forever.
so this is how a conversation would go:
"hey val, we should keep in touch!"
"for sure. but i don't have a cellphone, kinda lost mine a few weeks back. i'm meaning to get one soon though. maybe this weekend... i said that last week too... haha."
"oh, i was thinking of getting your email."
"email?"
"yeah. you know, so i can facebook you." (facebook is
HUGE here. everyone goes, '
facebook.facebook.facebook.facebook!')
"okay, i'm valerie anne, with an 'e', in the calgary network."
"gotcha. see you next class!"
btw, my team won the dodgeball game last night. we kicked butt, or... we threw BALLS. hahaha. love for all.
valerie anne
in my 20s and wonderful.
dressed to dress you.
. i would do you, but i can't. it's just the wrong season right now.
I've been in canada for days.
. 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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