new york new york
been working til midnight on some nights..
weekends are so precious, but not totally mine.
it's confirmed now, new york on 19april. first we work, then we play.
i'm gonna stand on 5th ave and let the shoppers rush past me.
i'm gonna stand in the middle of a junction and shout "YA TA! I LOV-U NEW YORK-U" a la Hiro in Heroes.
was late to work today, and as i was walking to the MRT station, this wet market patron-looking aunty called from behind me: 'xiao jie, ni qu mrt huh?' (miss, you going to the mrt huh?), so i said yes..she more or less pounced on me and asked me to carry her bags for her, as it was a 15-min walk. i was like...'err ok..' late already, and she was trotting along as best as she could to keep up with me..i set the pace just a little above hers..
she kept yakking about where she was going (tiong bahru), someone's house (she was going to cook there), her doc's appt (her feet hurt), her daughter (who leaves her house at 7.30am for work), her house (blk 322, beside mine), how long the journey takes (hers to tiong bahru took 15min, mine to tanjong pagar takes 1/2 hr incl. waiting time for the mrt)..bla bla..
as the train doors open, she rushed in, looking for a seat..coming short of dashing (she couldnt dash you know, her feet hurt) to an empty seat, only to lose it to someone else. but she finally found one, and it was happily ever after to tiong bahru mrt.
i must have had my 'kind' face mistakenly put on today, cause apart from that, another aunty asked me how to get to orchard mrt from lavendar mrt. she was asking in advance as we were on a train towards pasir ris..
honestly, havent been on a train to orchard for some time, and even if i did, i wouldnt remember anyways, being such a lousy navigator..
i told her to take the train across the platform at raffles place int. hope i was right.
ah well, thats all for the update. gotta go back to work and find the scientific names of chye sim and pandan leaves..BAH.