Date: 20 Nov 2012
Time: 1157 hrs
Place: Tras Street
I'm standing at the steps outside the 7-Eleven at Icon when a girl in office attire (black blouse and skirt) carrying a large bag comes up to me from behind and asks me where is "Tower 15", showing me a photo she took of a laptop screen showing the address of Hoe Chiang Road and a map. I gave her two options of walking around Amara Hotel and she thanked me and went off toward Tanjong Pagar Road.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Lucky ol' lady
Date: 20 Nov 2012
Time: 0935 hrs
Place: junction outside Cathay cinema
I was plugged into my headphones waiting to cross the road when an old man with his dentures a bit out of place wearing a short sleeved shirt and pants asked me for directions to the "lottery place" which I figured he meant Pomo where the Singapore Pools is. I told him to go past the school and turn left at the hotel and that it's the building behind with the letters P O M O and he took out a pen because he didn't quite get it and wanted me to write on his hand. Instead I repeated the directions and he seemed to get it this time and he thanked me and started walking the other way! That's when I saw that there was an old lady using a shopping trolley as a crutch slowly walking with what might be her daughter or in law (she was old herself) and when they got to the junction with us they were discussing in Cantonese whether he knew where it was and he said he had only been there once before but he went by taxi so he doesn't know exactly how. Turns out it was the older lady who won the lottery and she was energetic for her age and went off onwards without really stopping for breath.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Fragrance is far away
Date: 15 Nov 2012
Time: 2248 hrs
Place: Middle Road
(sorf) I was plugged into my headphones and walking along near the Bank of China building when someone touched my shirtsleeve and asked me where the Fragrance Hotel is. It was a mother and daughter duo - long haired daughter in shorts and t shirt and mum in casual wear. They said Fragrance Hotel on Middle Road but I didn't know where that was. Then they said it is near Hotel 81 and Ibis so I told them its on Bencoolen Street actually and told them to walk with me. I directed them to walk past Space and further down the road. The mum thanked me and asked if I was heading home after work. I said I just watched a show at Drama Centre and she said they were lucky they ran into me.
Time: 2248 hrs
Place: Middle Road
(sorf) I was plugged into my headphones and walking along near the Bank of China building when someone touched my shirtsleeve and asked me where the Fragrance Hotel is. It was a mother and daughter duo - long haired daughter in shorts and t shirt and mum in casual wear. They said Fragrance Hotel on Middle Road but I didn't know where that was. Then they said it is near Hotel 81 and Ibis so I told them its on Bencoolen Street actually and told them to walk with me. I directed them to walk past Space and further down the road. The mum thanked me and asked if I was heading home after work. I said I just watched a show at Drama Centre and she said they were lucky they ran into me.
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