Date: 25 Feb 2006
Time: 1307 hrs
Place: Bugis basement
Eating nasi lemak and nasi goreng near the Delifrance and minding our own business when some middle-aged Chinese man came straight to me and asked if I wanted my fortune read and immediately offered that I would make a lot of money in two years but this year I would have a lot of difficulty and that I should buy a talisman from him.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Susan?
Date: 16 Feb 2006
Time: 2000hrs
Place: Restaurant, near Raffles City
(sorf) Some woman at the next table thought I was someone named Susan. Moments later, they now recognise me by my real name. The woman was with an actress friend. She said my piece on Jack was spot-on.
Time: 2000hrs
Place: Restaurant, near Raffles City
(sorf) Some woman at the next table thought I was someone named Susan. Moments later, they now recognise me by my real name. The woman was with an actress friend. She said my piece on Jack was spot-on.
"Honey I'm good with a hammer"
Date: 16 Feb 2006
Time: 1930hrs
Place: Royal Selangor
(sorf) Royal Selangor has a hilarious t-shirt that says "Honey I'm good with a hammer". Ran into extremely chatty salesman who didn't know that singles could buy HDB flats, and ended up explaining property rules to him.
Time: 1930hrs
Place: Royal Selangor
(sorf) Royal Selangor has a hilarious t-shirt that says "Honey I'm good with a hammer". Ran into extremely chatty salesman who didn't know that singles could buy HDB flats, and ended up explaining property rules to him.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
iPods are no barrier
Date: 14 Feb 2006
Time: 1155hrs
Place: the office
(sorf) I'm busy as heck, plugged into iPod and surrounded by people but delivery guy asks me "Where is Patricia?" Adoi...
Time: 1155hrs
Place: the office
(sorf) I'm busy as heck, plugged into iPod and surrounded by people but delivery guy asks me "Where is Patricia?" Adoi...
Monday, February 13, 2006
Lian's gotta eat
Date: 13 Feb 2006
Time: 1926hrs
Place: office
(sorf) Middle aged lian just accosted me unceremoniously outside lift with question "Can go to food center?" S'poreans really have no manners.
Time: 1926hrs
Place: office
(sorf) Middle aged lian just accosted me unceremoniously outside lift with question "Can go to food center?" S'poreans really have no manners.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Skip to the loo
Date: 11 Feb 2006
Time: 2128 hrs
Place: Esplanade Theatre
A Chinese lady asked me in Mandarin, "Where's the toilet?"
Time: 2128 hrs
Place: Esplanade Theatre
A Chinese lady asked me in Mandarin, "Where's the toilet?"
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
While she was shopping...
Date: 8 Feb 2006
Time: 1604
Place: Paragon
(sorf) Elderly white guy laden with backpack laptop bag and his Chinese girlfriend's Isetan shopping just asked me if this is hotspot and if have to configure to use.
Time: 1604
Place: Paragon
(sorf) Elderly white guy laden with backpack laptop bag and his Chinese girlfriend's Isetan shopping just asked me if this is hotspot and if have to configure to use.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Shaheen fan
Date: 03 Feb 2006
Time: 1941 hrs
Place: Esplanade
(both) We're standing at the top of some stairs about to go into the concert hall at Esplanade and some Caucasian lady with a red shawl (walking by with some friends) comes up to sorf and tells her "I *love* your dress!"
The dress is a vintage Alfred Shaheen from the 60s, cream with bright pink butterflies. I have no idea how the colour stays so bright after so long. Sorf says it's because it's polyester.
Time: 1941 hrs
Place: Esplanade
(both) We're standing at the top of some stairs about to go into the concert hall at Esplanade and some Caucasian lady with a red shawl (walking by with some friends) comes up to sorf and tells her "I *love* your dress!"
The dress is a vintage Alfred Shaheen from the 60s, cream with bright pink butterflies. I have no idea how the colour stays so bright after so long. Sorf says it's because it's polyester.
"No success can compensate for failure in the home"
Date: 03 Feb 2006
Time: 1855 hrs
Place: Outside Suntec City
Kumar from Sri Lanka and his angmoh friend, wearing the standard Mormon attire (white shirt and black pants), were walking along the road between Suntec and Marina. They stood out from the mess that was the construction going on. At least they weren't pushy, just giving me a brochure and his name card, the back of which had location and times of church services (in Singapore there are 4 and one in JB) and the somewhat disturbing quote "No success can compensate for failure in the home" -- no attribution.
The front of the card: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. www.lds.org.sg . Singapore mission office. 6735-6723. KUMAR. 6455-5124"
Time: 1855 hrs
Place: Outside Suntec City
Kumar from Sri Lanka and his angmoh friend, wearing the standard Mormon attire (white shirt and black pants), were walking along the road between Suntec and Marina. They stood out from the mess that was the construction going on. At least they weren't pushy, just giving me a brochure and his name card, the back of which had location and times of church services (in Singapore there are 4 and one in JB) and the somewhat disturbing quote "No success can compensate for failure in the home" -- no attribution.
The front of the card: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. www.lds.org.sg . Singapore mission office. 6735-6723. KUMAR. 6455-5124"
This is why you should have lunch with colleagues...
Date: 03 Feb 2006
Time: 1510 hrs
Place: Outside Maxwell Market
Some angmoh architect, wearing glasses and a coloured striped shirt and singlet and jeans, asked me where 1617 Duxton Hill is. Turns out that's where he works at and he got lost trying to get back after lunch. At first I pointed him to Ann Siang Hill, then realised that Duxton Hill was the other direction, and once he looked the right way he said that things were starting to look more familiar now.
Time: 1510 hrs
Place: Outside Maxwell Market
Some angmoh architect, wearing glasses and a coloured striped shirt and singlet and jeans, asked me where 1617 Duxton Hill is. Turns out that's where he works at and he got lost trying to get back after lunch. At first I pointed him to Ann Siang Hill, then realised that Duxton Hill was the other direction, and once he looked the right way he said that things were starting to look more familiar now.
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