Memory: Chinese garden
A couple of years ago I arrived in a tutorial room early and was looking out the window. It was a cloudy day and the room was up on the third floor overlooking the Chinese garden. At a seat next to the pond there was a pudgy asian girl and a white guy talking. I thought, ‘What a strange couple - he’s way better looking than she is. Either I’m wrong about who gets who in life, or they’re not going to be together for very long.’
For a minute I went and took out my books and notepad, and then came back to the window. The guy was walking off below me up toward the library and the girl was sitting there crying against one of the red concrete pillars that held up the roof over the seating area. I couldn’t hear her from so high up but I could see it on her face. Her track pants must have been getting damp and dirty from the wet paving where she was sitting. Eventually she stopped crying and walked away in the direction of the student flats.
So I think I was right. The universe corrects itself, often brutally fast.
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Gosh. That’s two parts creepy, one part depressing, and one part amusing.
Comment by boofuls — Thursday June 22 2006 @ 11:31 pm
That’s exactly wot I was goin’ for! Ta.
Comment by Mark — Friday June 23 2006 @ 1:45 am
Moral of the story: Fat Asian chicks shouldn’t wear track pants.
Comment by Marcheline — Friday June 23 2006 @ 2:16 am
I don’ t know if it’s just because it’s grey outside, but that is quite possibly one of the most depressing things I’ve read all week.
It’s funny how people find it unusual when there’s a discrepency in hotness between couples.
Comment by audrey — Friday June 23 2006 @ 1:50 pm
Marcheline - You’re fat, asian *and* you wear track pants. You have no right to criticise.
Audrey - yeah, it is funny. Like, what the hell do we know about how people feel about each other?
Comment by Mark — Friday June 23 2006 @ 6:44 pm
Pudgey Asian girls can lose weight. A guy who gets rid of them cos they are pudgey will probably be a jerk for the rest of his life.
BTW, im guessing by your description of the Chinese Garden, student flats and library that you were a Murdoch student in your past life. Busted?
Comment by bob — Saturday June 24 2006 @ 10:22 pm
Fully.
Comment by Mark — Sunday June 25 2006 @ 10:16 pm