Far East Kid

30 July 2006 Hands up those of you who immediately knew that I wasn't alluding to Saffron's half-Singaporean roots with my entry title. Let me guess. You probably had several body piercings growing up in the late 80s/early 90s (ok, you at least had multiple earholes, most of which would have closed up by now); made friendship bracelets for all your friends; wore either a Guns n Roses or Metallica T-shirt at some point (or NKOTB, for some of you); used liquid paper (white-out, as they say in England) to publicly declare your allegiances on your schoolbags and textbooks; and whenever you weren't at Far East, you could be found at Scotts Picnic. Eating beef noodles and Yami Yogurt.

Anyway. Saffron is snapped here with Aunty Jamie, who has a nice shop at Far East Plaza selling nice clothes for nice (albeit skinny) girls. That's her little pooch, Buddy. Just as I was about to take this picture, Saffron instructed me to wait and, having noticed that Jamie's blouse was off-shouldered, promptly adjusted her own blouse to achieve the same Grecian look. It's only amusing now because she's all of 3 years old. If she was 16, it would be a different story. In fact, if she was 16, she wouldn't be anywhere near Far East Plaza. She'd be at home having intellectually stimulating discussions on religion and politics with Mummy and Daddy, after helping with the chores and setting up her web forum on Third World Debt Cancellation.