Today I met an interesting man.
I was going back on my choo choo train from Clarke Quay just now.
No I wasn't back from cheong-ing. I don't cheong in the day. I don't cheong.
This guy saw windmills in Holland. (ie. Hollanded - Lost his way)
"Which way to Eunos?"
Well you know the design of the new North East Line MRT Interchange.
I showed him the way since I was going back to Bedok, same train.
"Well, I'm going to Bedok so I can tell you where to alight later", I said, trying to strike up a conversation.
"Bedok..hmm..fifth stop".
"Yes", I replied.
"Eunos..seventh stop right?", he said.
Was he like..trying to impress with his new-found MRT stop memorising skill?I nodded my head in agreement, or rather, just a gesture, without bothering to count. I mean, what's the point?
"You memorise stops?" I asked.
"Well, I've been taking the MRT these few days, can remember the stop numbers."
"You're not local?" (His slang told me so. I had to ask the obvious to confirm)
"No. I am from China."
"Holidays here?" I probed. (In-depth interview skill learnt in 105).
"Yes holidays".
"First time here?" I probed again, testing my skill.
"I come from..." (I forgot the place he mentioned but apparently he wasn't answering my question)
And then there was more which I couldn't make head or tail.
Suddenly he just took out his handphone and started playing some alien-blasting or some plane game. (From the sound of it)
I was stunned..rather anti-social?
A few hypotheses came up:
1) I looked like a terrorist so he didn't dare to carry on any more conversation.
2) My breath stinked.
3) He has short-term memory and forgot he was talking to me.
4) It was some television programme trying to test how friendly Singaporeans can be.
After some time I concluded all my hypotheses were wrong.
He continued his game next to me on the train, without much distraction from the crowd.
Just two stops before Eunos.
"Reaching soon right?" He suddenly popped up from behind and asked.
"Yes. Two more stops".
"One more stop, then one more right?"
Ok so he didn't get me.
Weird.
Anyway we parted ways after that, he didn't continue his game walking out of the MRT.
Ok. Not all China tourists can speak full Chinese.
2 comments:
i bet he din want to talk becos u're not a girl
Haa.. this is super funny.. sorry arh post comments on such an old entry. But hey u just made me laugh again in the office.. dont have to say my name right.. i know u know who i am.. by the way i tink all china peepz have bad breadth. so maybe he didnt want u to notice it. thats why.
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