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Wandi was part of a particular breed of Chindocrat *3 that had been raised in a very<br />
specific manner—the only daughter of an Indonesian Chinese oligarch, she was a typical<br />
third-culture kid who had grown up all over the world. Born in Honolulu (for the<br />
American passport), her early childhood was divided between her family’s hospital-wingsize<br />
house in Singapore and the historic family joglo in Jakarta, where she attended<br />
kindergarten at the exclusive Jakarta International School (JIS). In the second grade, she<br />
was sent to the elite Singapore American School (SAS) before an unfortunate fake-Pradabackpack-trafficking<br />
incident in eighth grade led to her expulsion and swift enrollment<br />
into Aiglon, the boarding school of choice for privileged rebels in Chesières-Villars,<br />
Switzerland. After Aiglon, Wandi spent two years majoring in marketing at the University<br />
of California at Santa Barbara before dropping out and marrying the son of another<br />
Indonesian Chinese oligarch, shuttling between homes in Singapore and Jakarta, having<br />
her baby at Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu, and going through the existential crisis<br />
of trying to decide whether to send her firstborn son to JIS, SAS, or ACS. *4<br />
Like most of the women who made up Asia’s jet set, Wandi had an innate radar for<br />
OAWS—Other Asians in Western Settings. Whenever she was traveling outside of Asia<br />
and happened to be, say, lunching at Tetsuya’s in Sydney, attending the International Red<br />
Cross Ball in Monaco, or hanging out at 5 Hertford Street in London, and another person<br />
of Asian descent happened to enter the room, Wandi would notice that Asian well before<br />
any non-Asian did, and their face would immediately be run through the ten-point socialplacement<br />
scanner in her brain:<br />
1. What kind of Asian is this? In descending order of importance: Chindo,<br />
Singaporean, Hong Konger, Malaysian Chinese, Eurasian, Asian American living in<br />
New York or Los Angeles, Asian American working in private equity in Connecticut,<br />
Canadian Asian from Vancouver or Toronto, Australian Chinese from Sydney or<br />
Melbourne, Thai, Filipino from Forbes Park, American-Born Chinese, Taiwanese,<br />
Korean, Mainland Chinese, common Indonesian. *5<br />
2. Do I know this OAWS? Specifically, is this a famous actor/pop<br />
singer/politician/social figure/social media star/doctor/celebrity without<br />
portfolio/billionaire/magazine editor. Add 50 points if royalty or Joe Taslim. If Joe<br />
Taslim, have bodyguard slip him my room key.<br />
3. Do I know any members of this OAWS’s family? Have I met/attended<br />
school/socialized/shopped/co-chaired a gala/blown/backstabbed anyone related to<br />
this person?<br />
4. How much is this OAWS or his/her family worth? Evaluate actual net worth<br />
against published net worth. Add 25 points if they have a family office, 50 points if<br />
they have a family foundation, 75 points if they have a family museum.<br />
5. Have there been any juicy scandals in this OAWS or their family’s past? Add<br />
100 points if it involved bringing down an elected official, political party, or BFF at<br />
the Olivier Café in the Grand Indonesia Mall.
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