of strange people and gay encounters
frankly i was disappointed when I first set foot on this city.. because i thot this place to be one with excitement and happening moments all day and night.. perhaps it is the liberal state of mind and impression I hold about this country and city.. my conclusion is, however, that strange people do exist over here.. in fact it holds a substantial amount of them over here..walking from school to china town that day, we stopped by when we spotted a japanese restaurant coz we were on the lookout for food as usual.. and we decided to start reading the name of the restaurant in jap.. happily figuring it out, we continued on our way.. behind us were 2 young punks who started to make funny noises and speak weirdly in jap.. and it was a tone that gave me the goosebumps really.. i could guess what it was all about.. but fortunately I couldn't understand a word he was saying.. the problem was that I didn't dare do anything at all but I was quite scared really.. and it actually went on for a couple of streets before they decided that we were no fun at all.. after that we had a good look at the guy's faces and I was appalled to see an asian face.. oh well.. that wasn't excatly my idea of excitement..
well another incident was one which was a little sad yet funny yet upsetting.. it was dinner at a seafood place with supposedly good cod fish and we realised that we were all in need of some good food.. there was apparently some sort of communication breakdown because the people there somehow cannot understand english.. (not coz we speak singlish k) so when the restaurant manager took a wrong order for us, he sort of insisted that we were in the wrong and not him.. when we were all so sure that we made another order he went in a sacarstic tone "eat, eat".. so we couldn't be bothered with him.. a couple of times he walked past our table he did that.. then the next time he walked to our table he was very nice and he asked how are things and all.. so we concluded that he was drunk.. coz he was obviously drinking.. then something interesting happened.. a bird flew into the restaurant.. alright.. i overeacted before knowing it was a bird.. i thought it was a flying rat hahaha.. and the manager started clapping and saying bravo.. then he told us that his father passed away the week before and it was probably his spirit here to say goodbye.. and then we concluded that he was not high on alcohol but more like down in depression.. i forgave him for everything else.. even when he tried to charge us for the wrong order.. but they waived it in the end :)
and while we were dining, we saw many guy pairs around.. well to me, the less observant person, i didn't think that it was a big deal and i thot that thinking them gay was being too sensitive.. but i realised when they started walking together that they were indeed of a different sexual orientation.. and then there was a revelation that we were actually dining in a gay town.. along the streets and in pubs and bars, it was quite evident.. and we actually went into a gay shop.. ok i was hesistating so much at the door but in the end curiosity won.. coz we'll never get stuff like that back home.. i was wondering if we would be beaten up while in the shop coz i couldn't help my state of shock and my frens couldn't help the exclamations and the laughter.. the fact of we were girls prob meant that we didn't have any business in there.. it was an overdose of adult material to me yet eye opening in terms of the word 'liberal'.. i couldn't help looking at the people who were looking at the people who enter the shop and look at the things on the shelf.. so much for gay encounters..
rebec inspired @ 10:27 PM
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