{"id":1440,"date":"2011-03-29T19:12:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T06:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2011-03-29T19:12:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T06:12:11","slug":"why-i-shant-be-tweeting-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/why-i-shant-be-tweeting-anytime-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Shan’t Be Tweeting Anytime Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Thursday<\/a> afternoon, I was in the South Auckland suburb of Mangere<\/a>. I’d been in the town centre a few times before but never during business hours.<\/p>\n

At 4:45pm, there were people<\/i> about. The mall complex, previously shuttered and locked up tight like an outpost in Apache country<\/a>, was open for business. Whatever tiredness I’d felt from the drive south was replaced with anxiety at this unexpected and lively environment. I was hungry. I ventured inside.<\/p>\n

Largely for bragging rights (and also, possibly, at some deep subconscious level, for safety reasons), I txted my expedition to family and friends.<\/p>\n

From: dfm
\nTo: [group]
\nTime: 1717
\nMessage: JESUS H CHRIST theres more to Mangere Town Centre than meets the motherfucking eye.<\/p>\n

From: DJA
\nTo: dfm
\nTime: 1718
\nMessage: Oh yeah? How so?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(DJA is a Wellingtonian whose only reference point for Mangere is from how often the media trumpet its crime rate.)<\/p>\n

From: dfm
\nTo: [group]
\nTime: 1723
\nMessage: It’s like Otahuhu but all under one 1970s-era mall\/roof. Whats telling about my Kiwi middle class values is i can’t bear the thought of eating anything from any of the local eateries. And my hand hasn’t left my wallet since i walked into this alternate universe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

From: TG
\nTo: dfm
\nTime: 1725
\nMessage: You actin like a white boy.<\/p>\n

From: DJA
\nTo: dfm
\nTime: 1730
\nMessage: Oh youre so bourgeois!<\/p>\n

From: JTM
\nTo: dfm
\nTime: 1735
\nMessage: LOL! You’re SAMOAN. Pull your head in, boy!<\/p>\n

From: dfm
\nTo: [group]
\nTime: 1738
\nMessage: Have found a friendly Indian eatery called Flambe and shall dine in with my comfort food: butter chicken.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A face that smiled behind a counter. An Indian restaurant\/takeaway named in the same spirit as an earlier sighted BBQ Rosti<\/i>. Butter chicken<\/b>.<\/p>\n

This place, swirling with more shades of skin colour, more open-toed footwear, more ethnic<\/b> diversity than my usual haunts was a reminder that there’s more to this world than what I bother to notice.<\/p>\n

A cue to get out a bit more.<\/p>\n

Note: Your txt correspondents were – The Goddess<\/b>, no explanation necessary; Jenni Tha Muss<\/b>, fellow Banana Boat conspirator; and DJ Ash<\/b>, friend and newly-minted father<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday afternoon, I was in the South Auckland suburb of Mangere. I’d been in the town centre a few times before but never during business hours. At 4:45pm, there were people about. The mall complex, previously shuttered and locked up tight like an outpost in Apache country, was open for business. Whatever tiredness I’d … <\/p>\n

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