Saturday, July 17, 2004
random observations
i realized today that it takes the elevator 20 seconds to ascend to the 10th floor. i'm not one to know whether 20 seconds for 10 floors is the average speed that an elevator should travel but it does seem pretty long to me. it always feels uncomfortable when there's some other dude in the elevator breathing down my neck. it feels as if they're staring at me and judging me. they're probably summing me up in the 20 seconds that we're in the lift together. the thoughts that probably run through their minds are:- this girl doesn't live here
- she must be malaysian
- why isn't she in a school uniform
- that's one fat bitch
- someone must've set her hair on fire
- why doesn't she iron her clothes
- she's got really small feet
and countless others. i find myself in situations where people are looking at me funny. most of them are old uncles and aunties who just stare at me with this disapproving look. in those situations i'm usually smoking at a bus stand. anyway...i'd like to think that i'll be out of here in 21 months so i won't have to endure it for much longer.
i spend a lot of time in buses and trains and i realize that the natives aren't very polite. you know how they're always encouraging the young and able bodied commuters to make way for the older generation...handicapped...pregnant and mothers with babies? they even have signs as well as announcements to promote these acts of kindness. even then the natives seem to be ignorant when an elderly woman enters the bus/train. they pretend as if they didn't notice and continue to enjoy the comforts of the not-so-comfortable seats. they'll be frantically playing with their handphones or some of them might even be sleeping. the only people who sacrifice their seats to these less abled people are foreigners. how perverse is that?
now this is what i don't get. when people sleep on the bus/train how would they know when they've reached their stop? trains are pretty easy because there's a PA system but even then it's not very loud and i've seen some people sleep through the announcements. maybe they're just pretending to sleep. oh well...i guess i can always try it someday but i don't want people to look at me the way i look at others slumbering in the bus/train. buses and trains are another place for people to be put on display and judged. no wonder the people in this country maintain such fine appearances.
anyway...i have decided to start a diet next week after i return from KL. i'll only eat one meal a day and it'll be chicken rice or a pastry or something light. i'm going to try to revert back to my normal eating habits while i was back home and see whether it does anything to my unmentionable weight.
ooh....the actorlympics is on next month. i'm definitely going to go back to catch a show or two. for those of you who have no idea what the actorlympics are....don't fret. just go down to actors studio bangsar and buy yourself a ticket. trust me...you'll enjoy it :)
feefs, 8:32 AM
