Just going to the casino to take a look...

Date: 23 Mar 2012
Time: 1005 hrs
Place: Bras Basah MRT

I was plugged into my headphones waiting for the train when an old man walked up to me and started yakking. I took off my headphones and realised he was asking directions. He was in an orange shirt and pants and sandals, probably 70 years old, and was accompanied by a lady in her fifties, who looked a bit lost and didn't speak a word. He was walking with the aid of a cane. He asked me in Mandarin (couldn't place the accent. Was he from Thailand? He looked Chinese, she looked Thai) how to get to the casino in Sentosa. I explained to him that he needed to take the train one stop to Dhoby Ghaut and change to the North East Line, otherwise it'll take really long if he went via the Circle Line. I got on the train with them and got off and walked him all the way to the North East Line platform and had to explain to him several times that he needed to get on the Sentosa Express at Harbourfront and to ask for directions there. He said he was just going to the casino to take a look and not to gamble because he had no money. He also asked a few times how to get to Chinatown and I told him he could get off two stops down if he wanted. After he seemed more assured he thanked me several times and I left them at the platform to go on my way.