Meet Angie

Having a name like Aja

really doesn't make my life any easier

granted, it can be a great ice-breaker

or

point of conversation when one is

really left with nothing else to say

but most times

it just serves to complicate

even the easiest of transactions.

Take going to the florist for example

(both my grandmothers got individual bouquets, handpicked by moi)

and by handpicked, i mean from buckets in refrigerators

I tell the florist I'll pick it up later

"Your name miss?" she inquires

"Aja" says I

"oh Eh-ja.."

"No, A-ja"

"Asia?"

"Nevermind my name is Ms. Ng, N - G ", I spell it out

"oh okay" she says, writing it down.

We dicuss a few minor details,

then I tell her I ll pick up the bouquets at 7.45.

"Bye Angie, thanks!" she trilled

as I swung out of the door.