- fitting shirt, not over-ridden with graphics: +10

 

- baggy jeans, not to the extent of his butt-crack being shown, but still, low enough to give off that seh: +10

 

- simple canvas shoes: +10

 

- spiffy hair, dyed brown; cool brown, not ahbeng brown: +10

 

- proportionate facial feature; big eyes, sharp nose, defined jawline: +20

 

then, his phone vibrates.

 

- has phone on silent mode, does not have some techno-beat ringtone: +20

 

he reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone.

 

- out trails a lanyard. an ugly one. (-10) 

 

fine, i thought, he still has excess points.

 

then i heard it.

 

the rattle of a bell. a tiny silver bell. attached to the lanyard of his phone.

 

(-100 points!!)