Take me to Taka

Date: 30 Mar 2005
Time: 1505 hrs
Place: Orchard Boulevard

An Indian national asked me at the traffic light, "Where is Taka?"

film buffs everywhere

Date: 19 Mar 2005
Time: 1829 hrs
Place: In the MRT train between City Hall and Dhoby Ghaut

Thirty-something Chinese man. Yuppie? Groupie? Tapped me on the shoulder and asked me where I got the SIFF catalogue from. Told him it was actually a short films brochure (shown at the temporary history museum) and offered him the SIFF website URL instead.

Geographically misplaced

Date: 18 Mar 2005
Time: 1103 hrs
Place: Club Street Carpark

Five schoolgirls wearing Geography Club and Computer Club t-shirts asked me "Where is Far East Square?"

maybe he needs money for shampoo?

Date: 9 Mar 2005
Time: 1435 hrs
Place: Plaza Singapura outside Giordano

(sorf) Balding man asked for directions to POSB.

ribbons

Date: 9 Mar 2005
Time: 1123 hrs
Place: Spotlight, Plaza Singapura

(sorf) Girl, pregnant, from China, asking for advice, in Chinese, with some English thrown in, about ribbons.

Well, maybe arts and crafts will be the universal language one day. For crafty girls at least. :)

Where the young men go...

Date: 02 Mar 2005
Time: 1655 hrs
Place: Outside the Old Parliament House

(sorf) There was a fashion show going on outside the Art House, and a couple asked how to get to YMCA.