“Good
morning”
“Good
morning”
“What
brings you to the UK?”
“Visiting
friends”
“Where do
these friends live?”
“London”
“May I ask
how you know these people?”
“Well… I
met them in various circumstances. It’s not the same group you know.”
“Various
circumstances eh? Alright, who you meeting first?”
“A girl I
met in Stockholm”
“Is she
Swedish?”
“No, Greek”
“Greek… When
was that first meeting taking place?”
“2009 I
believe”
“And what
brought you to Stockholm?”
“I was
doing a summer university in Finland and Estonia”
“Stockholm
is neither in Finland nor Estonia”
“Correct.
It is on the way to Finland though”
“And when
are you supposed to meet her?”
“Now. So
you’re holding up a date”
“We’re not
done yet. Who else are you meeting?”
“Tonight I
am meeting a Dutch guy”
“How do you
know this guy?”
“I know him
from when I lived in London”
“Ah, you
lived in London?”
“Sort of”
“Sort of?”
“They call
it an extended business trip”
“How long
was that for?”
“First time
10 weeks and second time 9 weeks”
“Right… so
you are meeting two different friends in London?”
“No, four”
“Four? Who
are the other two?”
“Tomorrow I
am meeting a girl”
“Where is
she from?”
“From here”
“So she is
British?”
“Yes. Half
Indian I believe”
“Right. How
do you know her?”
“We met in
Vietnam last April”
“Vietnam?”
“Yes,
Vietnam”
“And what
about this fourth person?”
“We used to
be flat mates”
“In London?”
“No, in New
Delhi”
“New
Delhi??”
“Yes. It’s
in India, you know”
“I know
where New Delhi is. Is this girl Indian?”
“No, she is
half Italian half Arab”
“Right. And
when did you last see this person?”
“Ehmm.
About 8 months ago I believe”
“In London?”
“No, in
Hong Kong”
“Hong
Kong?? How did that happen?”
“Coincidentally
we both were there for work”
“Right. And
where are you from? You sound Irish”
“The
Netherlands”
“The
Netherlands? How come you sound Irish?”
“I guess
because I used to live in Dublin for three years”
“So where
are you flying from today?”
“Eindhoven,
the Netherlands”
“Do you
live in Eindhoven?”
“Absolutely
not.”
“Whereabouts
in the Netherlands do you live then?”
“I don’t
live in the Netherlands”
“Where the
hell is it that you live??”
“Yangon,
Myanmar”
“…..”
“Walk on”
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