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The Hispter

Enna is what people in her country call a ‘hipster’. She always wants to be the first person to be up to date with the pulse of modern lifestyle. She wants to be the first to post a new opening of café or shops. She wants to be the first person to share the ‘in trend’ news in her Facebook feed. She likes to be seen patronising stylish café of which a cup of coffee is 3 – 4 times more expensive than a simple cup of coffee in a shop.

She likes to portray herself as to be up to quality as famous local celebrities. However Enna is not from a well to do family. She is just working as a Sales Executive in a local company. Thus, in order for her to be seen as to be up to the mark, she is using a lot of credit cards.

She is maximising the credit limit of her credit cards to feed her obsession to be seen as a cool and hipster woman. Now she is up to her neck with debt. One by one, her credit card is being blocked and the banks are chasing her for payment. She can’t focus on her work because she is up to high doh with worry on how to repay her debts.

She is so worried that she contacted her ex-boyfriend, Johan and told him her predicament, though she knew that Johan is of unsavoury character and always up to no good in his business dealings. She knew Johan will come up with something to help her. However she was unprepared when Johan called her a week later and lay out the plan for her to pay off her debts. She never knew Johan could concoct such devious scheme. Now she is pinned between a rock and a hard place, and she feels hapless.