Some random girls at kick ons asked what me and my man do. He said he carves pounamu and I just pointed at him. They laughed and made faces and were mockingly saying "oh yeah I hope he pays you well" so I showed them the $900 of jewellery he'd just bought me and they shut up
@hereliessian Mince + beef flavoured yumyum noodle (incl flavour sachets) stir fry with garlic, onions, bok choy and plenty of hoisin sauce and pop some snow pea shoots or other sprouts on top π soooo yum!
Had a dream where I was with my grandfather who passed 8 years ago. At the end of the dream my family and I had to say our final goodbyes to him as we knew he was visiting on limited time. Cried my little heart out in the dream and when I woke up I was already crying in my bed πͺ
(2/2) and asked to see what Pacific fabrics they might have. She told me the store person showed her everything with fish on it ππ Palagi aunty said "Oh.... No. You're not getting it." and left π
(1/2) I work part time at a Polynesian fabric/clothing store in Christchurch, and a lovely palagi woman came in looking for fabric to make a quilt for her Tongan grandbaby. She said she initially went to one of her normal quilting stores at the Tannery
And before anyone wants to argue "it's just a figure of speech" well no for us it actually isn't we genuinely come from villages u big foreheaded walnut
Has anyone been to a pakeha event like a significant bday or grad, and they thanked the village that raised them? Or quoted that "it takes a village" or is that just a brown ppl thing? Bc thinking about it, palagi ppl dont actually come from villages