Word: fifi
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...most important thing Fifi has learned is how to draw in men, how to reel them in real slow with a flick of her hair and a flash of a smile. Fifi wasn't much good at school, but she knew she could charm the teachers, especially the fuddy-duddy middle-aged ones, who fumbled when she smoothed her hair or adjusted the pleats on her skirt. "Shanghai women know a lot more than Shanghai men," she says. "We know the game, and we have to teach them the rules...
...game is at its most frenzied at Babylon. The man by the pillar smiles hesitantly at Fifi. She grins back, pops a mint and slinks on over. They mouth words to each other, not that they can really hear over the techno din. He says he works for a financial company. She says she owns stocks. Pretty soon he's got his hand on the small of her back and is drawing her closer. When he reaches over and nuzzles her neck, she closes her eyes and leans her head back. But only for a moment. Soon, she opens...
...truth, Fifi doesn't feel very young. She is, after all, already 22 years old. In fact, Fifi's thinking of changing her English name to Cheyenne, because a Western friend told her the name fits someone mature, mysterious and chic. And Fifi wants to be all three. An old boyfriend gave her the name "Fifi." But that was back when she wasn't fully formed, when she hadn't developed the "Cheyenne-ness" of her character...
Sometimes Fifi feels like her current boyfriend thinks of her more as a Fifi than a Cheyenne. He adores her and that's a little dangerous and a little boring. At the beginning of the year, she met someone who made her feel like a Cheyenne, and she was briefly distracted. They had a passionate affair and equally passionate fights. When her boyfriend found out, he was patient. He said he understood, because Fifi is a very sexy woman, one of the hottest babies in Shanghai. He understood that men would hit on her constantly. But he also said...
...Fifi isn't counting on men for everything. She's an independent girl. Sometimes she goes to Starbucks alone and drinks her caffe mocha without talking to a single guy. And she's made money, too, thousands of dollars, by dabbling in the stock market. It's the first thing she does when she wakes up at noon, even before she checks out the latest computer game or heads to the mall to keep track of her favorite fashions. Fifi's parents were upset when she decided not to attend university, but when she made a pile of money...