''In our old suburb, which' existed at the dawn of dial-up, time was a small thing. Most of the local kids spent long afternoons pinballing from door to door, down avenues dotted with one-storey shacks, hollering for fellow yobbos to come out and bike, wrestle and spit. Alyssa and I, along with Jamie K from number nine, didn't run with the mainstream crew. Firstly, because we're Cantonese, and the Shanghainese kids thought we stank of century egg and ate dog for dinner.'
(Publication abstract)