Date: 26 Mar 2010
Time: 1651 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) A delivery guy zoomed in on me out of three people sitting in the area and asked "Where's Teresa Goh?" who is in a completely different part of the office. I pointed to him to the other side of the room and said it's over on the other side. At least he said thank you.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
I missed the bus...
Date: 22 Mar 2010
Time: 1859 hrs
Place: Resorts World Sentosa
I'm walking about exploring the layout of Resorts World at Sentosa, looking for restaurants, when a short Indian lady with frizzy hair asked me where to take the bus. I told her I didn't know!
Time: 1859 hrs
Place: Resorts World Sentosa
I'm walking about exploring the layout of Resorts World at Sentosa, looking for restaurants, when a short Indian lady with frizzy hair asked me where to take the bus. I told her I didn't know!
Monday, February 22, 2010
At the onsen info booth...
Date: 22 Feb 2010
Time: 1958 hrs (Tokyo time)
Place: Shinjuku station, Tokyo, Japan
(both) We're in Shinjuku station, near to Odakyu side, looking at a map of all the onsens, when from behind us a little old Japanese lady with perfectly styled hair, wearing a maroon jacket, asked us directions in Japanese. We said we are very sorry, we don't speak Japanese, and she said gommenasai and walked off. We're standing in front of a map and so wouldn't we look like we were lost too? And why did she come up to us from behind? Later she went to ask someone else for directions. We took a picture of her.
Time: 1958 hrs (Tokyo time)
Place: Shinjuku station, Tokyo, Japan
(both) We're in Shinjuku station, near to Odakyu side, looking at a map of all the onsens, when from behind us a little old Japanese lady with perfectly styled hair, wearing a maroon jacket, asked us directions in Japanese. We said we are very sorry, we don't speak Japanese, and she said gommenasai and walked off. We're standing in front of a map and so wouldn't we look like we were lost too? And why did she come up to us from behind? Later she went to ask someone else for directions. We took a picture of her.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Walk this way?
Date: 12 Feb 2010
Time: 1811 hrs
Place: Selegie / Prinsep
(sorf) I was cutting across the big green field and this dude in his 40s who was standing on the other side picked up his bag and came towards me. "Little India this way?" he asked, pointing back at Sunshine Plaza. I told him straight down that way, pointing down at Selegie Road. And no "thank you" either.
Time: 1811 hrs
Place: Selegie / Prinsep
(sorf) I was cutting across the big green field and this dude in his 40s who was standing on the other side picked up his bag and came towards me. "Little India this way?" he asked, pointing back at Sunshine Plaza. I told him straight down that way, pointing down at Selegie Road. And no "thank you" either.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Oh! Gee... thanks
Date: 20 Jan 2010
Time: 2022 hrs
Place: Orchard 313
(sorf) I'm waiting for a friend outside Forever 21 and this China girl wearing lots of makeup and a hairband with a pink crystal bow on it asked me in Chinese "Where is this?" and showed me an SMS in Chinese. I recognized "Orchard" in Chinese and OG so told her in my half baked Mandarin to go 3 blocks down on the other side of the road.
Time: 2022 hrs
Place: Orchard 313
(sorf) I'm waiting for a friend outside Forever 21 and this China girl wearing lots of makeup and a hairband with a pink crystal bow on it asked me in Chinese "Where is this?" and showed me an SMS in Chinese. I recognized "Orchard" in Chinese and OG so told her in my half baked Mandarin to go 3 blocks down on the other side of the road.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Next to 124?
Date: 8 Jan 2010
Time: 2203 hrs
Place: outside the salt mines
(sorf) I'm walking to the main road and plugged into my iPhone and this guy holding hands with his girlfriend waves his hand in front of my face and says "Excuse me where's block 125?" I said "Sorry but I've no idea!"
Time: 2203 hrs
Place: outside the salt mines
(sorf) I'm walking to the main road and plugged into my iPhone and this guy holding hands with his girlfriend waves his hand in front of my face and says "Excuse me where's block 125?" I said "Sorry but I've no idea!"
Friday, December 18, 2009
Bubble trouble
Date: 18 Dec 2009
Time: 1137 hrs
Place: salt mines
(sorf) I'm sitting at my cubicle clearing copy and some girl with long curly hair and wearing office wear came up to me to say, "Excuse me, how do we get out of here?" She was with a bespectacled dude carrying a laptop bag. I pointed her to the doors to the bubble lift.
Time: 1137 hrs
Place: salt mines
(sorf) I'm sitting at my cubicle clearing copy and some girl with long curly hair and wearing office wear came up to me to say, "Excuse me, how do we get out of here?" She was with a bespectacled dude carrying a laptop bag. I pointed her to the doors to the bubble lift.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
It's where they store, um, cold?
Date: 22 Nov 2009
Time: 1945 hrs
Place: Selegie Road
(sorf) Just got asked for directions again! Was crossing Selegie Road and got to the MR Bean side where this skinny Chinese girl dressed in black tank top and jeans said, "Excuse me is there a Cold Storage around here?" I pointed at Pomo and said, "in that building in the basement." She said thank you and smiled. Had American accent. At least she was polite!
Time: 1945 hrs
Place: Selegie Road
(sorf) Just got asked for directions again! Was crossing Selegie Road and got to the MR Bean side where this skinny Chinese girl dressed in black tank top and jeans said, "Excuse me is there a Cold Storage around here?" I pointed at Pomo and said, "in that building in the basement." She said thank you and smiled. Had American accent. At least she was polite!
Go West
Date: 22 Nov 2009
Time: 1833 hrs
Place: Braddell MRT
(sorf) Got asked for directions coming down stairs at Braddell MRT to platform. This skinny girl in tight jeans and long hair threw out her arm to get my attention and asked "Is this the train to Bukit Batok?" I said that's in the West so you have to take this train to City Hall and change to East-West line. Silly girl didn't even thank me. Just looked blur and went to look at signboard and asked another woman then climbed back upstairs.
Time: 1833 hrs
Place: Braddell MRT
(sorf) Got asked for directions coming down stairs at Braddell MRT to platform. This skinny girl in tight jeans and long hair threw out her arm to get my attention and asked "Is this the train to Bukit Batok?" I said that's in the West so you have to take this train to City Hall and change to East-West line. Silly girl didn't even thank me. Just looked blur and went to look at signboard and asked another woman then climbed back upstairs.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Card blanche
Date: 17 Nov 2009
Time: 1547 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Was at my desk typing furiously when some woman came up from behind to ask where is Helen. I said she's not in today and she asked me to pass Helen a bag so I said just leave it on her desk, pointing to the desk. So the woman goes and 5 secs later she's back asking to borrow a stapler. I pass her one. She staples a name card to the bag and goes off then comes back again, to ask for Helen's name card! I told her "I don't have." Yeesh. Such a rude woman, not even a thank you after all that!
Time: 1547 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Was at my desk typing furiously when some woman came up from behind to ask where is Helen. I said she's not in today and she asked me to pass Helen a bag so I said just leave it on her desk, pointing to the desk. So the woman goes and 5 secs later she's back asking to borrow a stapler. I pass her one. She staples a name card to the bag and goes off then comes back again, to ask for Helen's name card! I told her "I don't have." Yeesh. Such a rude woman, not even a thank you after all that!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Fit for a queen
Date: 14 Nov 2009
Time: 1150 hrs
Place: Cold Storage, PoMo (ex-Paradiz Centre)
(sorf) We were queueing at the cashier counter when three clueless goth kids (two boys with tattoos and a very over-dressed and booty high-heeled tattooed girl) came in to the Cold Storage and were muttering between themselves and to a friend on the phone something about "coronation". Then the skinny boy went up to a Cold Storage staff and asked him whether the sad stalk of red flower he picked out was a "coronation" flower. We didn't catch what the staff said. Later they went back upstairs and the boy came down again, still on the phone, saying things like "it looks like a sunflower" and "red petals and black in the middle" and insisting that "it's a carnation" and Sorf couldn't take it any more and told him that it was a gerbera daisy. And he looked at her and asked "so do they have carnations?" and Sorf looked around and found a bag of very sad tiny orange carnations and both thought it was very sad. "Are there any carnations" and Sorf said "that's it" and then he asked "are they okay for a Goth photo shoot?" and Sorf looked at the roses and he insisted he did not want roses and so she told him "yes they are okay" and he went to pay. He told his friend on the phone that he went to ask a complete stranger for advice (though it was actually Sorf who initiated it because she was so annoyed by their lack of basic flower knowledge.)
Time: 1150 hrs
Place: Cold Storage, PoMo (ex-Paradiz Centre)
(sorf) We were queueing at the cashier counter when three clueless goth kids (two boys with tattoos and a very over-dressed and booty high-heeled tattooed girl) came in to the Cold Storage and were muttering between themselves and to a friend on the phone something about "coronation". Then the skinny boy went up to a Cold Storage staff and asked him whether the sad stalk of red flower he picked out was a "coronation" flower. We didn't catch what the staff said. Later they went back upstairs and the boy came down again, still on the phone, saying things like "it looks like a sunflower" and "red petals and black in the middle" and insisting that "it's a carnation" and Sorf couldn't take it any more and told him that it was a gerbera daisy. And he looked at her and asked "so do they have carnations?" and Sorf looked around and found a bag of very sad tiny orange carnations and both thought it was very sad. "Are there any carnations" and Sorf said "that's it" and then he asked "are they okay for a Goth photo shoot?" and Sorf looked at the roses and he insisted he did not want roses and so she told him "yes they are okay" and he went to pay. He told his friend on the phone that he went to ask a complete stranger for advice (though it was actually Sorf who initiated it because she was so annoyed by their lack of basic flower knowledge.)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
A little bit of both
Date: 12 Nov 2009
Time: 2056 hrs
Place: Near Bugis MRT
(sorf) Walking toward Bugis and plugged into earphones, and at the traffic light 2 husky guys who looked a bit Caucasian and a bit Chinese walked over to me clutching a map and asked where Rochor Centre was. I looked around and pointed them towards the building, and they thanked me.
Time: 2056 hrs
Place: Near Bugis MRT
(sorf) Walking toward Bugis and plugged into earphones, and at the traffic light 2 husky guys who looked a bit Caucasian and a bit Chinese walked over to me clutching a map and asked where Rochor Centre was. I looked around and pointed them towards the building, and they thanked me.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Looking for a signal
Date: 11 Nov 2009
Time: 1219 hrs
Place: Inside Sunshine Plaza
(sorf) At the Sunshine Plaza lobby near the wanton mee stall, and a girl dressed all in black with long hair walked over to me to ask where's the GSM Building. I said I didn't know.
Time: 1219 hrs
Place: Inside Sunshine Plaza
(sorf) At the Sunshine Plaza lobby near the wanton mee stall, and a girl dressed all in black with long hair walked over to me to ask where's the GSM Building. I said I didn't know.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Great Leap Lostwards
Date: 09 Sep 2009
Time: 1733 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Some dude practically leaped over a cubicle divider as I was walking back to my desk to ask me directions to a colleague's cubicle.
Time: 1733 hrs
Place: the salt mines
(sorf) Some dude practically leaped over a cubicle divider as I was walking back to my desk to ask me directions to a colleague's cubicle.
Monday, September 07, 2009
Late break fast
Date: 07 Sep 2009
Time: 1858 hrs
Place: Dhoby Ghaut MRT exit
I was outside the MRT exit when an Indian man asked me for directions to the mosque. I walked him to the Bencoolen Street Mosque where he was going to break fast.
Time: 1858 hrs
Place: Dhoby Ghaut MRT exit
I was outside the MRT exit when an Indian man asked me for directions to the mosque. I walked him to the Bencoolen Street Mosque where he was going to break fast.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Shiny! Purple!
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.
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.
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.
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