Careers & Callings
Yuki’s very first casual pay cheque came from this kind of shop.
Chemist
A Gen-Z phrase meaning “living your absolute best life,” learned late in life by mother.
Sliving
The destination of father’s very last business trip.
Dubai
An object belonging to Yuki that Sonia launched off a balcony.
Yuki’s rock
The name Sonia adopted as her Japanese alter ego.
Nia
Sonia’s first casual pay cheque came from thi shop.
Bonds corner
A label for someone deeply aspirational about Japanese culture — often a bit too much.
Weeb
The year the family travelled to Africa together.
2011
What did Yuki used to do at hotels when we were on holiday?
Remake the bed
A partial but representative list of Yuki’s many nicknames.
Yuki, boogey, pun
Connar's present company
Studio 30 50
The Lupin film that Connar ranks above all other movies, full stop.
Lupin the third
The US state where mother spent her exchange year.
Michigan
What mother did to the car in Hong Kong before trying to disappear behind her children.
Polish
What’s auntie Meridee’s nickname?
Murtle
Mother’s final full-time career before stepping away from corporate life.
Investment banking
The fantasy novel Connar would name if forced to pick just one book forever.
Name of the wind
Father’s New York car
BMW 325 convertible
What was the infamous line that father said while filming the beach (and women) in Maldives?
Shut up Connar
The single ingredient that quietly defines mother’s pasta sauce.
Sun dried tomato
Father’s Australian “career break” involved long hours at this family business.
Chicken shop
The formal piano qualification mother has already achieved.
Certificate of performance
The exact address of mother and father’s first home in Northbridge.
39 lower bligh
The accommodation decision that downgraded Connar from “guest” to “floor sleeper”.
Dormitory booking
What’s Sonia’s favourite movie of all time?
Peter Pan. Live action