Words, Food, Tall Women, Complains and.... seat challenge?,
Well, today I went out with some of the guys (Cooper, Calvin, Melvyn and Joshua Kim) to watch red cliff 2... here are some of the things that caught my attention...
1. Words.....
I went earlier in the hope to get us some good seating places and while queuing for the tickets, a bunch of 3 guys came behind me. One guy asked, "hey what show you wana watch?" and another went like, "oh I want to watch that [chinese pinyin] zi(4) bi(4) show. I think that zi(4) bi(4) show is very nice. Lets watch zi(4) bi(4) ok?" and the third guy went, "yeah ok lets watch zi(4) bi(4)." Then the first guy was like, "ok then we watch zi(4) bi(4)"
By this time it was becoming quite amusing to me at how all of them pronounced it wrongly. Just for information, the the chinese pronounciation for red cliff is chi(4) bi(4) which means red cliff (duh) but the guys pronounced it as
zi(4) bi(4) which meant autistic >.<. And at that moment I was imagining to myself how they would go up to the ticket counter and say, "can I have 3 tickets for zi(4) bi(4) please?" At that thought, I almost burst out laughing, ahahha. 2. Food....
Well, this is nothing much I guess. I went for dinner at Astons with Calvin Low, and we both ordered chicken double up (yeah we got kinda greedy). One of Calvin Low's choices was the teriyaki chicken which came with a really strong smell of the bbq sauce, which, also tasted really like bbq sauce. But when we question the waiter why it smell and tasted like bbq sauce, he took Calvin's plate away, then brought it back almost immediately with an explanation on how it is impossible for the cook to get the sauces wrong because they are placed "miles" apart.... Well that didn't really answer our question but we didn't really care that much either in the end since Astons does taste good anyhow....
3. Tall Women
While walking towards Plaza Singapura, I saw a lady that was taller than me. When I walked near her, she was like 1/2 a head taller than me or something. Well I'm like 1.83m so it's quite a rare sight for me so I thought I'd note it down haha.
4. Complains
Well, after the movie I needed to make a run to Daiso to get my handphone lcd screen protector and while on the way there walking really fast, I heard a a short conversation of 2 office ladies. Lady 1 asked, "your boyfriend leh?" and Lady 2 answered with a very upset face, "Playing Dota la!"
Well upon hearing that it reminded me of something my American friend told me before. I was once crazy about World of Warcraft, and one day one that friend of mine told me she wanted to divorce her husband, erm... cause of the game... yes. And when I probed further, she told me it was becoming somewhat "common" that couples divorce cause of the game and usually its because 1 party neglected the other for the game.
It was quite a shocking news to me, well it still is... so let this serve as a reminder to all gamers, play when you can... don't prioritise it above everything else, especially your loved ones =D
5. Seat Challenge?
On my way home on the MRT, it was unusually crowded at like 10pm and so there were many people standing. After a couple of stops I noticed there was 1 seat where no one would take it, well I was kinda lazy to walk to the seat so I remained standing. After another stop, the people beside that empty seat got off too and there were 3 seats. There, I noticed a fairly large woman and a fairly small man (yes he is small) moving towards the seat. Just when the woman wanted to take her seat, that small man jumped onto the chair and took 2 seats for himself including the one where the woman was about to sit on. The woman was kinda forced to squeeze herself on a little more than half a seat, then she got irritated after a min or two and moved herself to the third seat which was on the other side of the guy. (hope you guys can picture this whole sequence =D) As for that guy, he carried on reading his book as tho he can neither feel the slight bump in the middle of the 2 MRT seats on his bum nor the consistent irritated looks from the woman whom he offended.
Alrights thats all for today.. =D have a blessed time for the remaining week! =D
