Natalie set out to buy something at least, if not chocolate. She was completely hopeless. What would she do with not even a single dollar? And, what would she answer to Bo, if she did not buy the chocolate?
With so many thoughts circling around her head, she went to the nearest store and asked the huge fat shop assistant whose flesh was bulging from her tank top and tight trousers–
"Tumpang Lalu! Do you have any Teuscher?"
In response, the shop assistant let out a most disgusted and unladylike grunt and grumbled,
"No! We don't sell those pesky chocolates! Huh! Who will buy chocolate at such a high price! Menjijikkan!"
then, she paused a little bit to make a very careful observation of Natalie from head to toe with her small ugly eyes, and began again –
"You don't look like someone rich. Why, on earth, are you to buy Teuscher?"
Glossary:
Tumpang Lalu - excuse me
Menjijikkan - disgusting
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Life Is Not Hopeless
Short StoryA story revolving around Natalie, a poor factory worker. Natalie is a Singaporean woman leading a happy life with her husband and two lovely children. Her life shatters when her husband dies, the event which marks the beginning of her struggles and...
