Since there hasn't been a post on the outing that Hongwei and I had (the one that Sharon was supposed to come along, i might add GRR YOU PANG SE ME! Well, I'm rather dry on writing essays anyway, so I shall pick out the highlights of the day. Even more interesting now.
Who knew the day would be full of surprises, some pleasant, some .. erm. Well it sure was "memorable" if by memorable you mean disgusted beyond reason, hoping that you didn't remember anything.
Breakfast! Well usually i don't talk about such mundane things but really. MACs at WCP is atrocious I say! 6 flies infesting the leftovers on a table by a horrifyingly inconsiderate family? GOSH WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE! It wouldn't hurt to clean up after youselves if you made World War 2 look good at your dining table okay! The leftovers and the containers piled high up. Barbaric! Well, this sure fulfils the percentage of un-gracious S'poreans! Maybe this is the reason why only Mac is s'pore employs people to specially clean the tables. Like, fine you paid for your meal, so you can leave a mess at the table. Would it kill you to leave a smaller less-frightful mess?
This one's during lunch. I have decided never to touch another McSpicy (it gave me tears and a tummyache) I'm weak with "spicy" food. Stop looking at my discomfort!
Not one, two, but SIX/SEVEN FRIGGING INSECT LIFEFORMS. As contribution to his work experience at Mac, Hongwei expertly cleaned the table with the available cloth and spray. oh what would I do without you, besides being unable to have breakfast in peace. Yeah, there were no other seats.
Oh and did I mention we got chased out too? Oh the injustice!
So yeah, while being roasted along with the food by the sun, the people at Mac were like "??" when they saw Hongwei clean the table. Haha, you looked like a deprived customer. Which brings me to wonder: 1) Service doesn't equal to customers doing what the service-people are supposed to do. 2) GODDAMIT 6 FLIES? OPEN YOUR EYES BIG BIG CAN! the hygiene is shit and you're not doing anything about it? (:p they ignored our "cries for help") Yeah, then we were chased out of Mac. Before I was given really pathetic service at the counter, which made me wanna say "You have a good day too," to the grumpy cashier. Sheesh.
Alright, so there were even more disgusting people on the way out. Crappy lady, she was so frigging rude when I "blocked" her way. As again, what's up with S'poreans? Hmm, funny thing is, all the "ungracious" people are all adults. What's that about teens being rude, uncivilised again? Would it keep you to say "Excuse me?". I can't stand it when people yell for you to move with "HELLO!!!" hello hello hello, how did I do you wrong? Oh um, maybe I slowed you down by 5 seconds and the world's gonna end if you don't make it to the hospital down the road to have your blood pressure in control. Get it now? What's the hurry that you have to forget your manners?
Oh the irony. Not like I have anything against locals, but I really wonder what's up with this minority of Hideous (read: not ugly hor! hideous = many times of ugly) Singaporeans. Honestly, you can't complain about foreigners making this place squeezier if you're the one who's writhing about and making everyone uncomfortable. Think about it lar. Is there something wrong with the culture or what? Well guess what, during lunch, this angmor uncle was "oh ... sorry - smile -" when I said "excuse me". See?
Courtesy doesn't have to be taught by a cartoon lion! It's supposed to be in your blood and whatever Mother used to teach.
To show how ignorant this group of people can be, the same lady had to make an uncalled-for remark. Hongwei was taking a picture of a silkworm (yeah well, he's an aspiring nature photographer, even if nature's all furry and wriggly). While he was stooping down to take a clear shot of that clearly tiny insect, the lady remarked while watching him "HAR LIKE THAT ALSO CAN TAKE PHOTO AR!". Gee doesn't that say a lot? It sure says you're either a backward country bumpkin, or someone who isn't aware of something called "nature photography".
Nature Photography at "amateur level", or so he says. Apparently someone has an anonymous fan already!
West Coast Park. Near-professional camera by the way. Love it - strong and sharp images mmm...
Since there were lots of families, I thought it would be great for pics. Of course it's a bit creepy if you see someone walking around with a camera and snapping pics of people, but it's okay if you're doing it with a friend. What struck me the most were the kiddies. Ah, innocence and bonding working out a sweat. Haha, Hongwei doesn't have much of a childhood. TV and homework boy. I very much prefer human photography. (: These are the better shots.
Very colour-coordinated little girl. Orange hair, cherry skin, pink-white-red outfit and a pink bike. Nothing like a kid outside on a bike with the wind in her hair.
I'ma wittle Cwistopher Cowumbus! I have conquered this gweat piece of gwass!
Little Japanese girl unicycling. She's a lot better than Hongwei at this. (:
Yep and this incident broke his heart. Aww I'm really sorry about the unicycling thing... haha must learn unicycling from young. So yeah, he communicated with their parents in Japanese while I stood around not knowng what to say. Very nice people that speak Japanese and English.
(Weis. don't worry la. next time you'll be rich enough to buy your own unicycle and form your own unicycling enthusiast organisation or something, okay?)
The side of West Coast that faces the sea. Inspirational
HAHA StephL thinks this is nice. :p anyway it's really nice out there. I love the smell of the sea and the breeze never stops. Gave Hongwei some inspirational for a pic about global warming. The above is a posed shot by the way. Yeah I look funny can? I've been looking weird the entire day, hardly any pic of me is of photogenic quality. T.T
The photographer and his assistant!
Ah the only reasonable picture. Image stabilisers rock for shaky hands. This is the only pic where no one's head was cut off. Very hard to sit comfortably. Haha, we've got long legs. Really it's impossible to have a meal at Mac without kicking his legs -.-
Hmm, since Mac obviously doesn't welcome us, we went to JE library to slack-study. Quite relaxing after one day of running around snapping pics. A lot of vid watching - ELT and prisoners dancing to MJ's songs.
Experimenting with reflections. Yeah Hongwei looks funny and my hair isn't cut yet.
So yeah, a
fiasco at the library that involved losing one comic and one professional photography book. scoured the library to no avail. suay la.
if good thoughts attract luck then: Luck will always be on my side when i need it to.
That explains his msn nick. Oh and by the way, dinner was disgusting. The dessert that Redtail had sucked... and the noodles that I had ... well ...
There was a piece of cloth covering the wanton.
OMG THERE WAS A FRIGGIN PIECE OF EVERYDAY CLOTH THAT YOU CAN WIPE THINGS WITH.
Disgusting la! What on earth were those people thinking?!! Oh, maybe it's some kind of ancient Chinese technique whereby draping cloth over wanton will rid the wanton of evil fengshui, bad luck, and bacteria. Quite the opposite actually. It gained a very pissed customer. So rude some more. Uncle look at your wares can?
So yeah ... he happily plopped the wanton into the soup. Yeah, and I wasn't paying attention to him when he told me my noodles were done. Why? I was staring at his hygiene standard grade. B? B?! Is there no justice in the world now? i went to this other stall in Taman Jurong and they didn't do anything so disgusting and still got a C. WTH...
Me: You can have the wanton ... I don't want it.
Hongwei: Why?
Me: You eat first then I say ... I don't wanna make you throw up.
Hongwei: -suspicious- WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WANTON.
Me: - tells the full story -
Hongwei: WHAT!! If I ate this we can't be friends anymore okay!
Yeah. And if you thought that was memorable ...
Cool! First time being a victim of a scam! Cheated out of a combined one dollar. :p Hahah, luckier than those who gave 10-20 bucks.
Desperate guy: OMG WE'RE GONNA FAIL OUR MODULE IF YOU DON'T PAY 2 DOLLARS FOR THIS HEART-SHAPED PAPER CLIP! SAVE US! OR WE CAN'T GRADUATE! OMG .... I HAVE ONE HOUR TILL 8 BEFORE IT'S OVER!
This is hongwei's version of his reaction, plus the news report:
Apparently he's really good at pestering people. Hongwei was more skeptical than I was, that I admit. I told him to relax :p. Gosh ... Mediacorp can hire him. It's like, ban xing ban yi. Gotta have enough common sense to believe that such a story is not to be bought. Plus, his desperate tone. Like even when super needy people need to you to help them, they don't sound this desperate. More desperate = more effective to them?
The world isn't necessarily kind to Good Samaritans: Kindness begets worth as much stupidity as an insincere heart-shaped paperclip. When you wear your love in your money and then in your palm, problem is, it's easily taken away the minute you open your purse and stretch out your fingers.
Which brings me to this: How can anyone think of cheating kindness for the sake of money? Greed of money is indeed the root of evil, so much that consciences can be ignored and people like that scammer can throw caution to the wind. Should have remembered his face. Report to police, so he can't have a future. Quite young actually. xP, I'm just in a disappointed-pissed mood, which I hope would explain my spite.
Fine, at this point I will not deny that youths are indeed ungracious too, in fact, as much as adults can be. I ask this again - WHAT'S WRONG WITH PEOPLE?! - Sickening la, to think of the lengths that people would go to for material gains. Apparently, after reading that news report, it really pisses me off. Like, you didn't have a mother to teach you that? Or you didn't listen to her. She would feel so ashamed of you. Who in the right mind would cheat passersby for a few coins? It says a lot about personal integrity lor. Please wake up before your sins take over your being! So lowdown and despicable ... sad la .. such a young age.
In fact, i do feel gullible. :P BUT NOT THAT GULLIBLE. I did know something was wrong. Ah ... we can't be too nice these days... some people got taken advantage of $10/$20. Feel sorry for them actually, but they were sincere souls. Must be sharper. The world is full of sickening twisted minds. It's sad when i think of how many people actually need that 10/20 dollars more than those scammers without a heart. At the bus stop we debated if they were real, and when the report came out ..
Our day became even more "memorable".
Memorable days call for memorable meanings
(References from dictionary.com)
Fiasco (noun):
1. a complete and ignominious failure.
2. a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, esp. Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.
