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FIONA , IN HER What or who is the greatest love of
your life?
The person I’m gonna fall madly in love
OWN WORDS with next.
What’s one of the most outrageous
rumours you’ve heard about
Fiona would very much prefer an yourself lately?
email interview, thankyouverymuch. Glad to report there has been no
insidious erosion of reputation. Except
So we emailed and she answered. that maybe I’m kind of a meme lord.
You’re always jetting around the
world, so how many air miles do
you have right now?
Like age, this is just a number.
Do you suffer from jet lag?
My sleep is in a constant state of happy
Why do you prefer to do pangs of pain. It was also not flux.
interviews over email? without memories of my young What do you think about Donald
Correction. I much prefer snail mail. cousin who valiantly fought cancer, Trump?
haha! Or doves. Always doves. One is and my ailing grandmother whom Nothing. Exactly that.
constantly styled, scripted, directed, I nursed nightly, slowly but surely What will be the title of your
photographed, written about by fading into the light. Memories memoirs?
someone else. It’s always someone of a fiancé whom I was in a state PLACIDACID: A Lived Life – For Dummies
else’s narrative, someone else’s far too broken to pursue a future You played a genie on TV. Do you
skewed perspective and a temporary with, and an absent father figure believe in magic?
mold for a specific entertainment who’s left the recesses of my heart I believe in grace. And yes, always manic
purpose. For a role, for a headline, hollow. These losses chip away at magic. Without it there would be no
for a reaction. And even if there was the vulnerable core of your being sparkle in my eye.
something your very own. Who’s to but yet creates in you wells of What do you consider your greatest
say what may resonate with another reserved quiet strength and grace, achievement?
on a personal level. Everything points ready to be that resilient warrior The trust and love that I have gained
back to relationships. And I think if come what may. from my inner circle.
you find the right ears and the right What food are you allergic to? What is your most treasured
beating heart, there will never be Arsenic. Only edible but once (I possession?
the need to explain yourself. Those know it’s not food, but I joke). Memories.
who connect: will. Beyond words and What kind of people are you What do you most value in your
beyond judgment. allergic to? friends?
Tell us your favourite joke Arses. Only tolerable but once. Space in their heart and mind. Love
Any joke that isn’t on me. Has anyone used the ‘Netflix and time. Our exchanges and constant
What do you eat when you’re and Chill’ line on you? gardening at our flowering fields of
feeling depressed? Let’s just say that there’s nothing friendship.
My words. that I haven’t heard. What is your greatest regret?
When was the last time you Who is the person you are I don’t regret. At some point it was
were really sad? closest to in the world right something that you wanted and shapes
When I lost someone dear and near. now? the route that is meant for your growth.
2017 was terribly tough for me. Siri. But, in a heartbeat, my mother Hindsight is probably the best teacher
Besides the challenges of trying to and my brother. for the next move.
be back in Singapore, a city that I What is the trait you most When you're in a relationship, you
have lost touch with. (Doesn't help deplore in yourself? are… in a bubbled realm, blissfully
that I'm actually quite passive and I'm trying to work on loving myself, detached from the craziness of the
shy contrary to people's perception as should everyone. outside world. In all chaos there is a
of me.) I was also utterly broken; What is the trait you most cosmos.
standing at the same funeral spot deplore in others? When you’re not in a relationship,
where I have had pivotal losses in Lying. you are… constantly curious.
my life, with my family saddened like On what occasion do you lie? How would you like to die?
wilted flowers, fighting the stinging Never. Peacefully.