and girl talk are two things i'm very thankful for this thursday evening. G and i had a lovely chinwag over a massive plate of fried rice with salted fish and chicken each, followed in quick succession by individual orders of fried beef horfun. the lao ban niang sort of didn't believe we were still hungry after the fried rice and thought our horfun orders were to go. and then when we said they were to eat in, she sort of tsk-ed at us and made me feel like i had somehow let team asia down. G then mused out loud, "i sometimes wonder why i'm not any bigger" and it's quite incredible that she's as svelte as she is, given her, um, healthy appetite. part of me still can't believe we each had two mains. and the other part is not surprised that i pick friends by how comfortable i am being a complete glutton in front of them.
that's always been a barometer of friendship - if i can pig out in front of you, i trust you enough not to fear judgment flying my way. which is why i really treasure friends like D and S, both strapping young men who look at me in slack-jawed wonder when i frequently out eat them. and then they independently concluded that my parents keep me in a state of nutritional deprivation back home. truth be told, it's just really cold here. and i'm in a perpetual state of ravenous hunger :(
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