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Tony: Where are you from?
Me: America.
Tony: Me too! I’m from El Salvador. Central America! You, you’re from the United States.
(I laugh. Schooled!)
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(After learning that Tony lived in LA before moving to Brisbane)
Me: Why did you move to Australia?
Tony: People are nicer here. Even police! In America, you’re someplace you’re not supposed to be, you do something wrong, they grab you, yell at you, “Put your hands up!” It’s very scary. Here they’re very calm. They say, “Mate, how ya going mate?” or ”Sir, stop. That is not allowed.” They’re polite.
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Pennisi is a fancy foods store in the ‘Gabba. You can buy anchovy stuffed green olives there! They taste like awesome with a pleasantly salty finish of nostalgia.
Mmmm, nostalgia.
Vietnamese fish sauce on fresh steamed rice! Smelly, heavenly delicious!!!
Mom, I love that salty nostalgia tastes like fish sauce on rice for you. Did you ever allow us to have just fish sauce and rice when we were kids? I think you used to add vegetables, to make us healthy or something.