my friend transforms into a sheila and it has nothing to do with the schooner of beer in his hand…in the three years I thought I knew the guy he gave no signal, no hint, not a bit of clue he planned to bat for the other team… one day he was doctor hatta, primatologist specialising in orang hutan, the next she is doctor angelina, primatologist specialising in same...
...one night when I was at the pool table in the mooseheads pub in canberra, in walked this young man with his uni buddies… I thought he was an indonesian… not all asians can tell other asians apart you know, well I got it wrong on this one anyway…this went on for five nights and on the sixth, as both of us approached the bar, he started with, 'you malaysian kĕ?'…
...hatta was a brilliant bloke sponsored by the australian national university to study apes… whilst here his beautiful wife came from sarawak, an east malaysian state of north borneo, to live with him for a year or so…everything was hunky dory…
...when her time was up she left for home and hatta continued completing his stint studying everything one need to know about orang hutan…
after I moved to the coast I regularly came up to canberra and hatta and I always had drinks together…about half a year ago his facebook profile changed…on it he became angelina…I was only mildly surprised and didn't put much of anything into it - facebook people have all sorts of names and profiles out there, real, imaginary or pseudos…but I jumped on my bike, gunned for canberra and gave hatta a call…
...a woman met me on the grounds of the university and her smile was unmistakably hatta's…as I hugged her, she asked, 'notice any difference mate?'…'yes, I can feel your bra straps'… then she cooly slipped into the ladies which was a little bemusing...
...that evening was a farewell get-together for angelina organised by her many friends at the australian national university outdoor wine bar…it was a beautiful spring night; a jazz trio was playing, the crowd was warm and smiles...and angelina was resplendent and happy with her equally beaming boyfriend, a lecturer at the school of music nearby...doctor angelina is now back in her hometown of kuching in sarawak…she is the first and only malaysian primatologist, male or female…this little info surprised me considering the fact that orang hutan being exclusive to borneo and sumatra and their existence gravely threatened there're not many more specialists like angelina to protect these people of the forest…
…in the village where I grew up there was a transexual and she fought the taunting and the hassle by turning the table and flaunting what she was and what she got…by playing along with her community the intimidation lessened and disappeared altogether…she accepted being the brunt of jokes and innuendos and made herself the centre of attraction wherever she turned up - to a point where she gained the respect afforded a minor celebrity…on another occasion at a popular waterfall, there was an attractive transexual in a short red dress that attracted boys who were milling around her like flies and we could see that she was enjoying the adulation…in a culture of strict dress code and stricter gender separation she certainly was the exception big time...
...the last time I heard from angelina on facebook she was in tears…her home country people are giving her a hard time…she was insulted while queueing at the local mcdonald's… ;(
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