Thursday, July 14, 2011

Not So Secret Admirer

So Phil has an admirer. She's the younger sister of a girl that Helen visits at a nearby tea shop. The younger sister is 16-years old and she's here in the city during the summer to work. She's bubbly, chatty and completely awestruck that there was a real live American sitting less than 3 feet away from her. She's really cute. She turns to us and says, "can I ask him a question in English?" She then turns to Phil and says slowly, "what is your name." When Phil responds, "my name is Phil" she turns to us, covers her mouth with her hands and starts giggling. She's probably thinking, "oh my goodness, he spoke to me!!!!" She was also admiring Phil's nose. She says its "high" and "so beautiful." She wanted an English name so we helped her choose one. She wanted her name to start with the letter X, so we said, "Xena" as in the Warrior Princess. She loved it. We walked by the tea shop on the way to dinner tonight and Phil called out, "Hi Xena". She waved back with the biggest smile on her face. I think he made her day.

1 comment:

  1. You should charge people by each sentence they talk to Phil. If they want to touch his nose, charge more!!

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