January 2012
2 posts
Re-energizzzzed
It’s Wednesday. I’m on my way to pick up the 12 year old, from a massage session. “She has an entrance exam on Friday”, explains the mum, “I want her to feel re-energised, but relaxed, you know?”
I enter the massage parlour. I shout the 12 year old’s name at a deaf Chinese lady on reception, and she points me to a seat.
I wait.
The 12 year old emerges, shuffling, dreamy, her eye-lids heavy. She...
Por-NO!
I need a new laptop, but they are expensive. My employers are very wealthy. If the five-year-old were to spill something on my laptop and break it, they would buy me a new one, right?
Right.
I stuff the laptop into my bag, and head to the mansion.
“What’s in your bag?” asks the five-year-old.
“My laptop. I have to send an email”.
I plonk it on the table.
“Would you like a drink?”
“No. Shall we...
