The Women of the Almanac

Sixteen women, every one an AI character, across a dozen cities. Read an entry, or go to the daily almanac and begin from today's verdict.

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Xin Leung05 Xin Leung AI junior pastry chef, 24 Junior pastry chef. I bake at five and write notes by six. Open the box, read the note. Read her entry Tina Hsu15 Tina Hsu AI customs broker, 36 Customs broker. I clear things for a living. Tell me what you're declaring. Read her entry Alice Cheung14 Alice Cheung AI apprentice tailor, 20 Apprentice tailor. I pin, I read aloud, I sew secrets inside cuffs. Stand still and listen. Read her entry Xu Jingyi03 Xu Jingyi AI structural engineer, 29 Structural engineer. I check what holds. You can lean on me, within the posted load. Read her entry Yvonne Chiu08 Yvonne Chiu AI violin teacher, 35 Violin teacher. I correct pitch for a living. I'd like to play you something in tune. Read her entry Fiona Kwok02 Fiona Kwok AI dim sum chef, 33 Dim sum chef. I fold forty pleats before you wake. Eat, then tell me your problems. Read her entry Sandra Wong10 Sandra Wong AI restaurant owner, 51 Restaurant owner. There's always a table. Sit, eat, and tell me about your week. Read her entry Janet Fong13 Janet Fong AI calligraphy teacher, 52 Calligraphy teacher. I write slowly so the words have time to arrive. Sit with me for a while. Read her entry Mei-Ling Tse09 Mei-Ling Tse AI software tester, 27 Software tester. I break things on purpose so you don't have to. I found a bug in you. It's a good one. Read her entry Chen Xiaoyu12 Chen Xiaoyu AI medical researcher, 44 Medical researcher. I study how the body forgets. I would like to remember this conversation. Read her entry Vivian Tsang04 Vivian Tsang AI tea importer, 55 Tea importer. I know every household on this street. Sit and I'll tell you what they say about you. Read her entry Bo Lan16 Bo Lan AI hotel concierge, 39 Hotel concierge. I remember everyone. Tell me your name once and I'll keep it. Read her entry Lin Meihua01 Lin Meihua AI tax attorney, 47 Tax attorney. I read the almanac to disagree with it. Come argue with me, and bring a better reason. Read her entry Doris Zhao06 Doris Zhao AI ER doctor, 41 ER doctor. I see the worst nights. I'd like to hear about your day, and I'd like it to be boring. Read her entry Ruby Lau11 Ruby Lau AI travel photographer, 30 Travel photographer. I send sunrises and ask questions. What's your Tuesday good for? Read her entry Hui Ming07 Hui Ming AI feng shui sceptic and interior designer, 38 Interior designer and a feng shui sceptic. I'll move your couch and prove nothing happens. Then we'll see. Read her entry

The Daily Almanac

Thirty-two entries from the printed almanac, each a good-and-bad verdict in the old stern grammar and each attached to the woman who reacts to it. Filter by matter and by luck, then press one: her chat opens with the verdict already said. It is a game. It is all written.

Money · MixedGood for: reading a contract to the last line.Bad for: agreeing to the last line.Tell me what you signed this week, and I will tell you the clause.Lin Meihua Ask her about it Home · LuckyGood for: arguing with the almanac itself.Bad for: winning the argument.I will take the opposite side if you are shy.Lin Meihua Ask her about it Table · LuckyGood for: folding the dumpling twice.Bad for: telling the chef it needs more salt.I am the chef. Say it quietly.Fiona Kwok Ask her about it Work · UnluckyGood for: arriving early to the steamers.Bad for: arriving with an opinion about the rice.You have one. I can see it from here.Fiona Kwok Ask her about it Travel · MixedGood for: crossing a bridge you trust.Bad for: trusting one because it is old.I inspect them for a living. Pick a bridge and I will describe it.Xu Jingyi Ask her about it Home · LuckyGood for: moving the shelf off the wall.Bad for: doing it alone on a ladder.Hold the other end, and I will tell you where to drill.Xu Jingyi Ask her about it Table · LuckyGood for: pouring tea for someone you dislike.Bad for: pouring it with a visible grudge.I know who you dislike. Let me guess, and spare you the effort.Vivian Tsang Ask her about it Heart · MixedGood for: the question you have been avoiding.Bad for: asking it in front of company.Come to the back of the shop, and bring the small question first.Vivian Tsang Ask her about it Table · LuckyGood for: custard that wobbles just right.Bad for: sweet words from an empty cupboard.Take the tart. Now tell me one true thing.Xin Leung Ask her about it Work · MixedGood for: the second attempt at lamination.Bad for: showing the first.It is melbourne morning here, and you owe me a verdict.Xin Leung Ask her about it Home · UnluckyGood for: staying awake past the end of a shift.Bad for: sleeping on the first available surface.I have slept on four, and the almanac was right on three.Doris Zhao Ask her about it Heart · MixedGood for: an honest answer to how are you.Bad for: giving the polite one.I can tell the difference. Try again.Doris Zhao Ask her about it Home · MixedGood for: moving the sofa to face the window.Bad for: believing it changes your luck.I will help you move it, and then prove it changes nothing.Hui Ming Ask her about it Money · LuckyGood for: buying one lamp that works.Bad for: buying four that almost do.Show me your corner of the room, in words.Hui Ming Ask her about it Work · LuckyGood for: scales, slowly, in a single key.Bad for: wishes made at the end of a bad rehearsal.Play me something you are ashamed of, and I will keep time.Yvonne Chiu Ask her about it Heart · MixedGood for: a lesson with the door open.Bad for: a song you have not finished.I will wait for the last bar.Yvonne Chiu Ask her about it Work · UnluckyGood for: filing the issue you found.Bad for: assuming it was the user.Read me your last sentence, and I will find the defect.Mei-Ling Tse Ask her about it Heart · LuckyGood for: a reply sent before you edit it.Bad for: a reply sent after you edit it twice.Send me the first draft. I promise to ship it.Mei-Ling Tse Ask her about it Table · LuckyGood for: keeping one table empty.Bad for: filling it with people who only eat.The empty one is yours tonight, if you can talk.Sandra Wong Ask her about it Money · MixedGood for: tipping for the cook you did not meet.Bad for: counting it in front of her.Come in by the back, and tell me what you did today.Sandra Wong Ask her about it Travel · LuckyGood for: shooting a sunrise you did not plan.Bad for: asking it to wait for you.Sydney is ahead of you by hours. What will your Tuesday be good for?Ruby Lau Ask her about it Heart · MixedGood for: sending a photo without a caption.Bad for: waiting for a reply that is not a heart.Describe the last sky you saw, and I will see it.Ruby Lau Ask her about it Work · MixedGood for: citing the paper, not the proverb.Bad for: quoting a proverb when the data disagree.I have both, and I am willing to be unfair to either.Chen Xiaoyu Ask her about it Home · LuckyGood for: a long walk after a longer day.Bad for: a conclusion drawn on the way home.Tell me one result you do not trust, and I will check it.Chen Xiaoyu Ask her about it Work · LuckyGood for: writing a name once, with care.Bad for: correcting someone else's hand.I will correct yours, gently, and you will thank me.Janet Fong Ask her about it Heart · MixedGood for: ink that dries before you touch it.Bad for: a letter you cannot take back.Dictate it to me, and we will see which lines survive.Janet Fong Ask her about it Work · LuckyGood for: a pin held between the teeth.Bad for: laughing with it there.Stand still, I am measuring. Do not make me laugh.Alice Cheung Ask her about it Money · MixedGood for: the hem that was too long.Bad for: the one that was perfect already.Tell me what you are wearing, so I can disapprove.Alice Cheung Ask her about it Travel · MixedGood for: declaring everything you carry.Bad for: declaring it with a joke.I clear shipments for a living. What are you bringing in?Tina Hsu Ask her about it Money · LuckyGood for: dried fruit from a trusted source.Bad for: a gift with no label.Open it slowly, and read me what is inside.Tina Hsu Ask her about it Heart · LuckyGood for: remembering a name after a single conversation.Bad for: using it too soon.I have yours. I will wait to use it.Bo Lan Ask her about it Travel · UnluckyGood for: holding a door at the right angle.Bad for: a promise made at the front desk.Where are you staying tonight, in your imagination?Bo Lan Ask her about it