This was… so not the direction I was expecting our conversations to go this week… (staring and blinking in disbelief)
(Chuckles) (Giggles) (Can’t stop giggling!)
So… when you say “our core family” though — how many people in this core family? What? Can you elaborate?
Okay. The thing is… they’re not running right now. These are all hypotheticals. They’re both still relatively young. Millennials. Let’s just say they’re both Millennials. It’s just political… pre-empting… by both parties… it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. And yet — we were briefed — if it does happen… the journalists will write, “Actually, they are both related — by marriage. By one couple –“
Your Mum and Dad?!?! (Laughing)
(Laughing so hard)
So you and your brother are the only TWO Taiwanese citizens who will be BLOOD RELATED to BOTH CANDIDATES?!
(Nodding and laughing)
But you both live in Australia!
Yes we do… and we could fly back to vote. But we won’t. And if either of us has a brain fart, and decided to vote — it could be a deciding vote. And we’re not going to do that. We’re not going to cancel each other out. We’re not going to decide on one side. We’re just living our lives in Australia.
(Absolutely flabbergasted… don’t know what to do or how to react!!!)
The thing is — we love them both. Me and my brother. We both have the BEST childhood memories with BOTH. And even into adulthood. WE LOVE THEM. BOTH. They’re our cousins. We have the best memories with them. BOTH.
(Laughing and STILL shaking his head in disbelief)
It might not even happen… all we can say right now is that they have these ambitions. Simultaneously. And we’ve been briefed by both sides… (LOL)
Have… have they met each other?
Yes.
Do they… do they get along?
Amiably. I guess? I don’t really know.
Do you think you know who’s going to win?
I think I do… but also… perhaps they could take turns…
(BURSTS OUT LAUGHING SHAKING HIS HEAD, PUTS HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS CAN’T STOP LAUGHING CRYING) HOLY SHIT… WHAT IS THIS….?!?!?!!?!?
Well…?! It’s like America… it swings… every 8 years-ish… they could take turns?! They’re both Millennials… (LOLOLOLOLOL)
So your family could be related to a 16-year reign of Presidents in Taiwanese politics?
(Chuckles)… I didn’t say that. This is all fiction. And even if it was mildly true — my life is in Australia. I can’t even read Chinese very well. Or speak the language that good… I’m here, I’m Australian. It’s not really that big a deal… I don’t think I would be allowed to write any of this — even if fiction — it it was that big of a deal.
But… where’s my place in all of this?
You don’t have a place… you’re not Taiwanese… even me and my brother, and my sister-in-law… we’re just staying in Australia. We’re not part of it.
I think… I don’t know if you know everything.
I probably don’t.
Maybe I need to ask some other people about some things.
Maybe?! I don’t know (shrugs shoulders)…
How did your parents…? (Still shaking his head)…
I think they have requested that the journalists don’t dig too much. It’ll just be a small anecdote. They’re not drawing too much attention to this fact.
Oh. So the campaigns are already PLANNED. And it’s not even this decade?!
(Shrugs shoulders)…
Maybe you’ll be retired and just playing golf in Australia by then anyway.
But I’m just thinking… what does that mean for Australia?
What do you mean?
I don’t know…
It doesn’t mean anything, we’re not their SPOUSES. Just cousins!
(Chuckles) Oh okay…
It’s important to know, but it’s also not important, and not relevant… it doesn’t affect our day to day lives. We just live our lives. It doesn’t need to mean anything. As long as nobody talks any kind of political shit about any countries — publicly. Especially if anyone related, even if by marriage, has a public platform. Then that would be… so weird and complicated, especially if that person wasn’t even Taiwanese. That would be hella weird…
Hella weird… yes…
So… it’s never going to happen anyway. You’re neutral with your charities.
(Still laughing, shaking his head, trying to process and digest all this information)
I’m going to go back to writing love poetry tomorrow… We’re not going to talk about this again. Not on here…
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