Blur Calamari
I realise that I'm beginning to form a Friday post-office-hours habit:
Take an MRT to Bugis Junction ---> Have dinner at The Soup Spoon ---> Head over to the National Library ---> Loiter around Bugis Junction or go straight home
Not too bad if you ask me, as this allows me to just tune out and go on auto-pilot (Yes, I can space out while I'm walking and return to my senses once I've arrived at my intended destination...Don't ask me how).
Putting that aside, I was on my way back to my place today when I was approached once again by another insurance salesgirl. Seriously, what is it with Singapore and insurance/bank/ANYTHING promoters. They're everywhere and they're just 1000% more desperate than those back home in Malaysia, which I find kinda of funny. I was feeling particularly blur and maybe a little kind (because I have the wisdom of hindsight and I know how difficult it can be to ask anyone to sit down just to fill in a survey, what more with a huge banner that screams 'GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY IT'S AN INVESTMENT!'), I agreed to sit down with this girl andwaste a few minutes of my time listening to her spiel let her do her work. Please note that I was really, REALLY blur at the time, so I think I appeared very much like a stoner at some point.
(Let's just refer to the lady as 'A' and myself as 'M')
A: So, where are you from?
M: I'm from Malaysia.
A: Really? Which state?
M: Selangor.
A: Oh I see, I'm from Malaysia too, albeit a much closer state.
M: Johor?
A: Bingo! (If I were a little less sleepy I probably would've reeled at this) So, what do you work as?
M: A labbie- I mean, lab technician (Though in my mind I was screaming to myself NO YOU IDIOT YOU'RE A RESEARCH OFFICER, R-E-S-E-A-R-C-H-O-F-F-I-C-E-R)
A: Ooooh, a lab person huh? (Mental facepalm)
M: Y-yeah.
A: Where do you work?
M: O- ... O-Orchard? (This time the gears in my mind were starting to jam but I managed to facepalm, this time for myself)
A: THEY HAVE LABS IN ORCHARD?
M: Oh, no, no I'm so sorry, I mean... O-Outram Park.
A: I-I see (I can see she's visibly amused) You look a bit tired, did you just get off work?
M: Oh no, I got off 2 hours ago already.
A: Ah, so what brings you here? Do you shop here at Bugis often? That's what most youngsters here do anyway.
M: I'm just passing through...I shop here once in a while I guess.
A: Just passing through? What were you doing 2 hours before? (At the time I was too tired to notice that this was quite an invasion of my privacy but eh, I wouldn't have minded anyway)
M: Oh I was at the library across the street.
A: ... ... R-really? (FYI, one of her female co-workers was sitting opposite me, perhaps her supervisor or whatnot) You get off work and the first thing you do is go to the library for 2 hours?! (At this juncture she was looking pretty incredulous and her co-worker/supervisor was smiling. If she spoke Japanese I think she would've said EHHH MAJI DE???) *polite cough* O-okay, back to the survey. When's your birthday?
M: 12th...October..
*A starts writing*
M: Ah NO WAIT I mean 10th December (I hate myself for thinking in numbers and not in dates sometimes)..
A: ... (probably thinking to herself MAN WHAT A WEIRDO as she smiled)
And it went on with miscellaneous jargon and whatnot about how I'd benefit from giving them money with no returns for the first 2 years but at a 3% interest that stacks etc. I somehow managed to sit through the whole thing, politely declined her offering of packet drinks and Oreos, taking only her card, which left her more bewildered than she already was I think.
I probably shouldn't talk to people when I am sleepy/tired because I make no sense whatsoever. And I'm going to sleep now becuase I've gotta wake up at 4.30am tomorrow. GAWDDAMIT EUGENE I HATE YOU SO MUCH. SO. MUCH. The lengths I go to keep you happy (=___=) LOL
P/S: I just got reacquainted with 'Rose is Rose' today, totally forgot how much I loves this series. It's kind of like Pushing Daisies in comic-form. Also, just noted that the National Library has whole shelves dedicated to Will Eisner (rightly so!) and Jeff Smith (I only took notice of The Art of Bone on the shelf the other day, I didn't realise that he drew Shazam too!). *grabby hands*
Take an MRT to Bugis Junction ---> Have dinner at The Soup Spoon ---> Head over to the National Library ---> Loiter around Bugis Junction or go straight home
Not too bad if you ask me, as this allows me to just tune out and go on auto-pilot (Yes, I can space out while I'm walking and return to my senses once I've arrived at my intended destination...Don't ask me how).
Putting that aside, I was on my way back to my place today when I was approached once again by another insurance salesgirl. Seriously, what is it with Singapore and insurance/bank/ANYTHING promoters. They're everywhere and they're just 1000% more desperate than those back home in Malaysia, which I find kinda of funny. I was feeling particularly blur and maybe a little kind (because I have the wisdom of hindsight and I know how difficult it can be to ask anyone to sit down just to fill in a survey, what more with a huge banner that screams 'GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY IT'S AN INVESTMENT!'), I agreed to sit down with this girl and
(Let's just refer to the lady as 'A' and myself as 'M')
A: So, where are you from?
M: I'm from Malaysia.
A: Really? Which state?
M: Selangor.
A: Oh I see, I'm from Malaysia too, albeit a much closer state.
M: Johor?
A: Bingo! (If I were a little less sleepy I probably would've reeled at this) So, what do you work as?
M: A labbie- I mean, lab technician (Though in my mind I was screaming to myself NO YOU IDIOT YOU'RE A RESEARCH OFFICER, R-E-S-E-A-R-C-H-O-F-F-I-C-E-R)
A: Ooooh, a lab person huh? (Mental facepalm)
M: Y-yeah.
A: Where do you work?
M: O- ... O-Orchard? (This time the gears in my mind were starting to jam but I managed to facepalm, this time for myself)
A: THEY HAVE LABS IN ORCHARD?
M: Oh, no, no I'm so sorry, I mean... O-Outram Park.
A: I-I see (I can see she's visibly amused) You look a bit tired, did you just get off work?
M: Oh no, I got off 2 hours ago already.
A: Ah, so what brings you here? Do you shop here at Bugis often? That's what most youngsters here do anyway.
M: I'm just passing through...I shop here once in a while I guess.
A: Just passing through? What were you doing 2 hours before? (At the time I was too tired to notice that this was quite an invasion of my privacy but eh, I wouldn't have minded anyway)
M: Oh I was at the library across the street.
A: ... ... R-really? (FYI, one of her female co-workers was sitting opposite me, perhaps her supervisor or whatnot) You get off work and the first thing you do is go to the library for 2 hours?! (At this juncture she was looking pretty incredulous and her co-worker/supervisor was smiling. If she spoke Japanese I think she would've said EHHH MAJI DE???) *polite cough* O-okay, back to the survey. When's your birthday?
M: 12th...October..
*A starts writing*
M: Ah NO WAIT I mean 10th December (I hate myself for thinking in numbers and not in dates sometimes)..
A: ... (probably thinking to herself MAN WHAT A WEIRDO as she smiled)
And it went on with miscellaneous jargon and whatnot about how I'd benefit from giving them money with no returns for the first 2 years but at a 3% interest that stacks etc. I somehow managed to sit through the whole thing, politely declined her offering of packet drinks and Oreos, taking only her card, which left her more bewildered than she already was I think.
I probably shouldn't talk to people when I am sleepy/tired because I make no sense whatsoever. And I'm going to sleep now becuase I've gotta wake up at 4.30am tomorrow. GAWDDAMIT EUGENE I HATE YOU SO MUCH. SO. MUCH. The lengths I go to keep you happy (=___=) LOL
P/S: I just got reacquainted with 'Rose is Rose' today, totally forgot how much I loves this series. It's kind of like Pushing Daisies in comic-form. Also, just noted that the National Library has whole shelves dedicated to Will Eisner (rightly so!) and Jeff Smith (I only took notice of The Art of Bone on the shelf the other day, I didn't realise that he drew Shazam too!). *grabby hands*