This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
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Yesterday, Hubert, Julian and Ryan came over to my house after school (because they were "bored, [had] nothing to do at home".) Since hubert and ju had not had their lunch yet, i brought them to the nearby hawker centre to packet their lunch. But then hubert wanted "specialised bubble tea shops" which sold Oreo bubble tea. And i was like, "Huh? What is that?" For i did not know any such bubble tea shops around my area, and had never b4 seen such a weird concoction as "Oreo bubble tea". After that, he was again asking for the nearest 7-Eleven convenience store so he could get his daily fix of the New Paper. And again i did not know where it was, for even though there was supposed to be one near to you wherever you were, there wasn't one in my case (as far as i knew). Eventually he settled for overpriced addictive lemon tea, and purchasing his newspaper from NTUC. Thus it was no surprise hubert was lambasting me for not knowing my neighbourhood well enough. Even though ive lived in Ang Mo Kio for much of my life thus far, ive only moved in to this area barely 4 months ago. 4 months, for some people like hubert, would have been enough to explore every nook and cranny of your neighbourhood, but for less adventurous people like me, its only enough for you to know the route to the nearest mrt station and bus stop, and perhaps the nearest hawker centre (but i still won't know what each stall there sells what.) Hubert tells me he must spend half an hour walking around his neighbourhood buying stuff b4 he gets home. That's despite the fact that he cannot walk for more than 5 minutes b4 feeling tired. But i suppose his needs and big wallet pushes that aside. Perhaps that's why he knows his area so well. However, for people like me who do not have such specific needs/addictions and don't mind living a rather simple life, i don't suppose we feel the urge to explore the area around our homes. Every day, after school, i just go straight home following that standard route (provided there aren't any activities and i don't oversleep on the bus.) Don't get me wrong, im not a couch potato. I'm jsut satisfied with what's given to me. Why should i spend extra time and money navigating the shops just for that one extra thing? Like i already mentioned in my previous post, i don't enjoy shopping and would rather stay at home. This also applies to havign to get my lazy ass up for a walk around the neighbourhood. It's just not necessary. Besides, even if i did go around to check out the area, i doubt i'll rmb much of it after that. I am really bad at memorizing directions, for its not recognition at first sight. I cannot rmb road names, but work better with landmarks. It's somethign like turning around the corner and realised, "Oh, that's the shop/building/momument/plant i passed by that day!" But sadly, if that plant had grown into a tree and become unrecognisable (as the world is forever subjected to change), then my navigational skills become wonky. I am officially: L-O-S-T. And that's what happened the other day, when i went to some hawker centre to buy dinner and couldn't rmb the way back home. Amazing, isn't it? I ended up wandering about till i saw something i thought i had seen b4, then marking them liek flags to show me the way back home. Eventually i did find my way back, but not before going around the area a few times first. But until now, i still can't rmb which is that shop which sells bak chor mee. Yet, i often recive pressure pressure from my parents to get up from my seat in front of the computer and "expose yourself to the world outside". yeah maybe, but yet i don't feel a need to. Walking aimlessly just isn't my type. Besides, i'll probably be too engrossed in my own thoughts (most of which would pertain to "Why am i doing this?") that i won't even notice my surroundings, And that again, would be another hour wasted. So the next time if you come to my house, don't expect me to be your regional expert and ask me where you could find avocado flavoured soya bean milk. I don't have an inbuilt GPRS, so don't blame me if i don't get you lost in the hunt for your desires. Oh, don't worry, i will never be a tour guide. |
'Twas teh winnar at 10:30 pm.
