People I meet..

It's been a tiring, yet rewarding and fulfilling weekend. Worked for Co-Org in a roadshow at Civic Plaza. On the surface, looks like a NEC roadshow. But it's actually jointly-sponsored by NEC and Intel.. Was asked to give out flyers along with other part-timers.. Damn tiring, but I got to meet some interesting people along the way.

There's a few I remember, mostly old foreign couples who are extremely nice. They were from Norway, Pakistan, Aussie. There was this old dude who was alone from France too. The Aussie couple is younger, probably 30+.. I basically asked all of them where they're from etc and where they're headed to. Well, the Pakistani man was really really nice. I approached them with a "Good Afternoon, Sir and Maam" and a flyer in my hand. He said, "Oh, I don't need them, young man." And he patted me on my shoulder and gave me a broad smile. I was like whao! He is nice! So I started walking with them and asked them their Nationality.. The conversation went something like that.

Man: Oh, we are from Pakistan. (He said a city's name but I can't remember now)
Me: Oh! Pakistan, I see..
Man: You know Pakistan?
Me: Oh yes! Of Course I know.
Man: Oh really?! You have friends from there?
Me: Eh, not really. I have a friend who is born in Singapore but her ancestory is Pakistani.
Man: Oh, that's good.

By this time, we've come to the traffic junction. We stopped walking and shook hands and bade farewell. It was a very firm handshake. His hands are like damn big, can you imagine when I say his hands are like wrapped around mine? Maybe not literally so, but it feels that his hand is that huge. It certainly brightened up my day after standing for the 3 days and meeting a rude boy just before this guy.

The Norwegian couple is nice too, this time it was the lady who talked to me.. The hubby talked to me briefly but was more interested in snapping pictures of the decors. Haha.. And so the lady asked me where to get some food.

Me: Which kind of food are you looking for? Local or western?
Lady: Oh, anything.. Any recommendations?
Me: If you want to try Chinese cuisine, this restaurant is not too bad. (Pointing to the Ding Tai Feng sign)
Lady: Oh, maybe not Chinese food today. Tomorrow or sth. Maybe some Italian food or something?
Me: (Thinking hard) Erm, I can't really think of one particular restaurant to recommend, but if you walk down Orchard Road, I'm sure there is a restaurant to your liking.

She thanked me and we smiled to each other, and me to the hubby too who smiled backed broadly before we bade our farewells.

I think, my knowledge of Orchard Road still sucks. Grr.. Quite a number of people came asking me where to find this and that building or road, but I have no certain clue and certainly would not want to mislead them. So I just have to apologise profusely for my incompetence and ask them to spare me further agony and to ask other pple. hehe..

Then there was this French guy. I greeted him and approached him and he stopped in his steps and took a flyer from me and had a look.

Man: Oh, laptops! I'll take a look later, but I need to go to Singapore Airlines first.
Me: Sir, where're you from?
Man: France
Me: I see.. So are you going to confirm the airtickets back to France at SIA?
Man: Oh nono, I'm meeting a friend here to go to Australia.
Me: Oh ok, so did you come to Singapore from France? (Ok, pardon me.. But I was quite bored giving out flyers and meeting a person willing to stop to talk to you is rare so I had to keep the conversation going by asking these sort of question. And I nearly ignited a bomb by doing that to this guy.)
Man: Will you stop talking about France? I may be from France but I hate France.
Me: (alot of dotsss now in my mind but I managed to say) Sorry sorry sir. I'm sorry.
Man: It's ok. I'm retired now and I'm just travelling the world to spend my money.

I think this dude is rich. Cos he said he has been travelling for 5 yrs. What the hell!! RICH!! ANd he said he found things in Singapore to be a little pricey. Which I agreed and gave a "what to do" kind of shrug. Haha.. But the conversation with him still ended well and I bade him goodbye and got back to my job.

Now, on to the rude boy. Yes, BOY.. RUDE..

He's probably at most 12? Or even younger.. He is only like slightly taller than my waist? So much so that when I gave him the flyer with my hands bent 90deg at the elbow, he had to raise his hands above his head to get it. Yes that's how short and young he is. This is the story:

He was walking with 3 other older teens. Probably 16 yrs old and there about. I greeted them as they approached with a "Good Afternoon, Sir". Fuck, I feel like smacking my head against a car bonnet for being so nice to this particular dickhead. Well, the older ones were OK, they just shook their head, a guy even gave a grin to be nice. Den this little dickhead who was beside him, and nearest to me among the 4 of them. Used his 2 hands to take the flyer. After he take it, I said "Thank You" and turned away. (I feel like smashing my head against a brick wall now for saying thank you). After I turn away, I heard a "Zzzaah", as in the sound of paper tearing. And I turned and take a look. That dickhead not only tore my flyer, but he happily threw it on the floor. FUCKING BASTARD.. How rude and cock can one person get. I so wanted to throw the whole pile of flyers in my hand into the back of his head but of course, I didn't cos I was working. So i just took a deep breath and helped that cockhead clear up the litter he left on the floor and continued with my job.

I'm just thinking. He is only like 12 yrs old at most. And he is sucha rebellious figure. He's even got tattoo on his back, can see cos it's halfway up the neck and he's wearing t-shirt. Cock.. I think the odds of him being a rebellious and non law-abiding figure next time is like 1.00.. Grr.. Seriously, I'm thinking where does he go from here.. I'm just glad that example like him is of extreme minority. BAH!!

Anyway, kids I meet throughtout the 3 days brighten up my day too! They'll look at me, eager for me to recognise their presence by giving them a flyer. Hehe, which I will always do cos we have too many flyers to give too..

On a sidenote, my back is bothering me. I'm just worried it maybe relapse of a old injury I had when I was young, cos it's somewhere around that position. I couldn't walk for a few days, and couldn't walk properly for a few weeks back then. *fingers crossed*