Year of the Rooster Surprise

I was in Melbourne for the Chinese New Year celebrations. It was good fun - lots of explosions and dragons and meaty treats on sticks. If you've been to one of these things then I'm sure you know what I'm talkin about.

But after a while the sensory overload starts to wear you down, and the only remedy is beer. So Fiona, myself, and our buddy Andrew ducked into a pub to take advantage of the happy hour prices and the happy Chinese bartenders. I started telling Andrew about some people I knew from growing up in West Hartford. You know, the whole "I used to live downstairs from this family who moved to China and the two daughters wound up becoming big huge Chinese movie stars who drive around in bulletproof limos wearing diamond tiaras" kind of thing.

Knowing my propensity for being a bullshitter, he was like "yeah, OK buddy. whatever you say." But I was like "No, for real, maybe the limos aren't actually bulletproof, but this girl Charlotte is in the movies over there."

And then, as if by divine ordination, who should come on over the satellite TV but Char!!!

It was crazy! I mean, not only was I in AUSTRALIA, but I was just talking about her! It was so cool! I have no idea what she were saying but she looked great!! And now this guy will never doubt me again!! It was so awesome. I drank a lot of beers that day because it was just such a cool thing that I really had no choice.

Naturally I got so excited I almost fell off my stool, but before I toppled over I managed to snap a picture:

Look how professional she looks with her bidness suit and whatnot! I have no idea what she's selling but I definitely want to buy it.

Posted by flow Frazao on February 15, 2005 at 05:53 AM in Australia | Permalink