Date: 26 July 2009
Time: 1805 hrs
Place: Braddell MRT station
(sorf) Sitting on the bench waiting for the train and plugged into the iPod and reading, and this well groomed Ah Lian with short red hair, wearing makeup, striped shirt, denim shorts, and shiny purple stockings and white sneakers, sits down next to me and asks "小姐你的鞋很美 Xiao Jie Ni De Xie Hen Mei". I said thank you. She asked me where I got it. I told her I got it at Tangs.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Buddy can you spare a buck?
Date: 23 July 2009
Time: 0831 hrs
Place: Clementi MRT near the bus stop
An old Indian man with a white beard, very skinny and fidgeting, asked if I speak English. I was plugged into my iPod and it took me a few tries before I understood that he was asking me if I could lend him a dollar so that he could take a bus to Jurong East Interchange. I said he could walk but he said he was already late. Luckily my bus just arrived and so I told him I had to go.
Time: 0831 hrs
Place: Clementi MRT near the bus stop
An old Indian man with a white beard, very skinny and fidgeting, asked if I speak English. I was plugged into my iPod and it took me a few tries before I understood that he was asking me if I could lend him a dollar so that he could take a bus to Jurong East Interchange. I said he could walk but he said he was already late. Luckily my bus just arrived and so I told him I had to go.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Seventh Food Heaven
Date: 20 July 2009
Time: 1933 hrs
Place: Orchard Central
I was about to enter the lift at Orchard Central when this auntie in a black skirt and orange t-shirt, carrying an OG plastic bag, complained to me that the lift was very slow. I guessed that as the lift lobby is quite wide, she might not have realised when the lift doors opened as they are rather quiet, and so I showed her to the other end of the lift lobby just as the lift doors opened. Once inside, she started asking me as we were going up, whether there was a food court on the seventh floor and I said I wasn't sure but I think there are many restaurants there.
Time: 1933 hrs
Place: Orchard Central
I was about to enter the lift at Orchard Central when this auntie in a black skirt and orange t-shirt, carrying an OG plastic bag, complained to me that the lift was very slow. I guessed that as the lift lobby is quite wide, she might not have realised when the lift doors opened as they are rather quiet, and so I showed her to the other end of the lift lobby just as the lift doors opened. Once inside, she started asking me as we were going up, whether there was a food court on the seventh floor and I said I wasn't sure but I think there are many restaurants there.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
No union here
Date: 18 July 2009
Time: 1103 hrs
Place: Bugis Junction
I am in the Bugis Junction Basement, next to the escalator where JCo is, just standing there waiting, when a middle aged man, wearing a pink t-shirt, bermudas, and slippers, with slightly greying hair, carrying a huge bag and holding the hand of a hyperactive kid, asked me whether there was an NTUC here. I told him no, there isn't an NTUC here.
Time: 1103 hrs
Place: Bugis Junction
I am in the Bugis Junction Basement, next to the escalator where JCo is, just standing there waiting, when a middle aged man, wearing a pink t-shirt, bermudas, and slippers, with slightly greying hair, carrying a huge bag and holding the hand of a hyperactive kid, asked me whether there was an NTUC here. I told him no, there isn't an NTUC here.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Waterloo! Couldn't escape if I wanted to!
Date: 13 July 2009
Time: 1000 hrs
Place: Bus stop on Bencoolen Street near NAFA
(sorf) An old man with a cane and wearing bermudas and his bus pass on a chain around his neck, asked me which bus goes to Waterloo Street. I told him that he could walk since it's just around the corner.
Time: 1000 hrs
Place: Bus stop on Bencoolen Street near NAFA
(sorf) An old man with a cane and wearing bermudas and his bus pass on a chain around his neck, asked me which bus goes to Waterloo Street. I told him that he could walk since it's just around the corner.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Salt mines really labyrinthine
Date: 09 July 2009
Time: 2035 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Just got asked for directions at our lift lobby door. Indian Pizza Hut delivery guy wearing crash helmet asking "Is there another way to reach?" Told him to go around.
Time: 2035 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Just got asked for directions at our lift lobby door. Indian Pizza Hut delivery guy wearing crash helmet asking "Is there another way to reach?" Told him to go around.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Popular Pat
Date: 03 July 2009
Time: 1646 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Some blur block from help desk just asked me, "Excuse me I'm looking for Patricia Hee." So tempted to say "I'm not Pat!" but pointed him to her room.
Time: 1646 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Some blur block from help desk just asked me, "Excuse me I'm looking for Patricia Hee." So tempted to say "I'm not Pat!" but pointed him to her room.
I say Patricia, you say Jessica
Date: 03 July 2009
Time: 1033 hrs
Place: The salt mines
(sorf) Elderly delivery man asked my where Jessica Hee is and it turns out he can't pronounce Patricia Hee.
Time: 1033 hrs
Place: The salt mines
(sorf) Elderly delivery man asked my where Jessica Hee is and it turns out he can't pronounce Patricia Hee.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Fire station re-direction
Date: 02 July 2009
Time: 1343 hrs
Place: Outside the Fire Station, Coleman Street
I'm at the junction with Hill Street, about to cross the road, when an Indian man, with an oversized blue and grey checked shirt, linen pants and slippers, asked me how to get to Raffles Place. (Yes, 2nd Indian man within an hour!) I told him to walk down the street until North Canal Road and then to turn left and head down Boat Quay.
Time: 1343 hrs
Place: Outside the Fire Station, Coleman Street
I'm at the junction with Hill Street, about to cross the road, when an Indian man, with an oversized blue and grey checked shirt, linen pants and slippers, asked me how to get to Raffles Place. (Yes, 2nd Indian man within an hour!) I told him to walk down the street until North Canal Road and then to turn left and head down Boat Quay.
Tech hunter
Date: 02 July 2009
Time: 1333 hrs
Place: Junction of Bras Basah Road and Victoria Street
I'm just outside the SMU administration block, walking down, minding my own business, when an Indian guy wearing a red t-shirt and jeans, asked me where Sim Lim Square was, so I told him to walk down the road and turn left at the next junction and then turn right at the next. He had a piece of paper sticking out of his back pocket.
Time: 1333 hrs
Place: Junction of Bras Basah Road and Victoria Street
I'm just outside the SMU administration block, walking down, minding my own business, when an Indian guy wearing a red t-shirt and jeans, asked me where Sim Lim Square was, so I told him to walk down the road and turn left at the next junction and then turn right at the next. He had a piece of paper sticking out of his back pocket.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Taxi Driver - the blur version
Date: 01 July 2009
Time: 1700 hrs
Place: Near Tanjong Pagar MRT
Just as I'm getting out of the cab, a booking comes into the taxi's little computer. The cab driver asks me, "Where is Anson Place?" And I told him I had no idea and left.
Time: 1700 hrs
Place: Near Tanjong Pagar MRT
Just as I'm getting out of the cab, a booking comes into the taxi's little computer. The cab driver asks me, "Where is Anson Place?" And I told him I had no idea and left.
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