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seriously.. do i look like a thug? a murderer? a psychopath perhaps?

photo courtesy of Kelvin

i looked to my left to be sure that no car was speeding down the road before i crossed it. i was walking around the business center opposite my home after work. the sky was getting darker, it was about 1950 hrs. i looked in front of me and there was a young chinese lady walking along the row where my house is. she wasn’t that attractive, so i paid her no attention and just carried on puffing away on my cigarette as i approached my home. just as i crossed the drain in front of my house.. she looked at me. her heart must have been pounding or something, because not only did she quicken her step, she actually bolted off. BOLTED OFF… as in RAN away from me. i was puzzled, but carried on walking to the gate of my home.

she then turned back and looked at me. i just laughed out loud and muttered, “i walking home also people run away”…

i don’t really know if i should be amused by what happened or be disturbed by it. i wonder if it was because of the darker tone skin i have. i began to wonder if she had seen a person of the same race in the similar proximity as i was.. she would have bolted away as well. well i can’t really blame her for doing what she did, after all, crime rate is escalating around this area. but this is definitely something i’d recall for a long long time..

bah…

so we were at the cashiers counter near the toy department in jusco pyramid, and by we i mean me and the better half. anyway, she got in line to pay for my boxers stuff, whilst i went around looking at board games that they sold. i was especially interested in the risk board game that was on sale as it brought back many memories of arvind, kevin, lionel and i playing till the wee hours of the morning.

as i was examining the board game from afar (yes i only look at things from a minimum of 3 feet away = 900mm = 1 yard), my ears were drawn to a conversation that was taking place between one of the salesperson of the store and a middle eastern family. it was a father, mother and daughter i believe. anyway, the daughter was eye-ing a toy bicycle with a girl cycling it. i only remember it very vaguely but i believe this was how the conversation went.. and i think it was something to do with batteries

this come with batteries? the middle eastern chap said (an image of him is forever etched in my mind because i can clearly see his THICK mustache as i type this)

no no this no batteries.. but i offer you this…. (picks up a pack of rechargeable batteries and hands it to mustache man)

this has charge??? (pointing at the batteries)

no no this one no charge.. you have to go home and charge….

i want batteries… no charge…

ohh no charge? then you use this batteries (hands him a pack of energizer batteries instead)

i spent a few minutes eaves dropping on their conversation before she was done with the payment.

charge? no charge? and that donned on the sales person was that he was referring to rechargeable batteries or non-rechargeable batteries..

DUMB ASS..