Author: allenkeng

“That’s pretty cool! How did Jackie find you?” I expected her to tell me that she was an English teacher who Jackie’s people dug up with the highest of credentials like multiple Ph. D’s. in English and Chinese and years of teaching English to various stars in Hong Kong etc. etc. etc. but instead, this…

  “Hi there! You must be new! I’m Diana nice to meet you!” I turned around to see that it was an attractive Chinese woman who was speaking to me in PERFECT ENGLISH!! Up until now everyone that I’d met had a thick Cantonese accent, so it came as a surprise to hear “American English”…

“That’s awesome! And you’ve been with him ever since?! That’s amazing!”   “No less ‘cool’ than your story,”   “True enough! So is Paul here too?”   “He’ll meet us there at the restaurant.”   The rest of the ride passed pretty quietly as we entered downtown Dublin. It was so crowded! I don’t mean…

“Are you from England?”   “Australia,”   “Oh cool! What part? Sydney?”   “Melbin,”   “Oh,” I’d never heard of Melbin and I had no idea where it was, “is that near Sydney?”   “It’s about a three hour flight.” I later discovered that it wasn’t Melbin he was saying but Melbourne – I just…

  The whole ride was about half an hour to forty five minutes but it didn’t seem like it! This was my first time seeing Ireland after all. There was so much to see driving into Dublin. The country side was a magnificent shade of green that stretched out as far as the eye could…

He put away the machine and sat back down and picked up another magazine. I sat down too talking to Exy, Dorothy, and Willie who, by now I was more comfortable talking to. I was still very much intimidated by Jackie – every time I was around him I’d freeze up. He exerted this aura…

                                 CHAPTER FIVE: IRELAND   Aaaahhh…first class! As I sat back in the Lazy Boy like comfort of the chair I couldn’t help but glance over at the back of Jackie’s head a few rows down from me every few seconds. I kept expecting him to turn around only to see some stranger I’d never…

We all got to our seats and settled in. I sat next to Exy.   “You know anywhere in the world I go it only takes me ten minutes,”   “What?! Really? How?? ” I asked. I knew that it was impossible, but was curious to see what he was going to say.   “Guess,”…

We sat there waiting for our flight. Jackie picked up a magazine and began flipping through it. Dorothy was always on her phone. I imagined she was sorting out Jackie’s schedule – I can’t even begin to imagine what a hassle that must be. I’m sure there were a million people who wanted Jackie for…