"Chope", Karen Oh

Chope is a verb is an action is a signal is a warning is a territory marker indicating that the table belongs to someone owning tissue pack.

Chope is unofficial is unspoken is unabashed is social contract is advanced booking is declaration of intention of returning sometime later.

Chope is a cultural signifier signifying something Singaporeans signal to say that something or someone is somehow single but not available.

/ Karen Oh is a teacher by day, and a dreamer by night. She has some poetry here and there, but generally prefers hiding in a cave.

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