Unknowing suspect 1: Female, approx 18 years old.
Venue: English Lecture.
Dressed in a short black blouse that barely covers the belly button, accompanied by a navy blue tight knee length jeans and finished off with a pair of white slippers. Sitting one side in the corner of a lecture hall, she definitely can pass off as an emo kid with nothing in the world to care about. Coupled with violet nail polish and heavy make-up, she GOT to be an emo kid. I mean who sits by a corner in a huge lecture theatre and keeps a straight face for like 80% of the time?! She rests listlessly on her hands, fidgeting and adjusting her attire every 2 seconds shows she doesn’t wants to be there. (go home!?)
Whipping out her phone, she furiously typed away what seems to be a SOS message to rescue her from what seems to be an endless drone of english chatter. She stares into the phone as though the next message would save her from hell and the next message arrives! She jumps into action as she ordered for reinforcement. This cycle goes on and on for the next like 20 mins or so.. (bo liao!?)
This observer here is getting bored and worn out in spying on this unworthy subject and decides to scour for a new one! =D
Kim Swister
100, Sultan Road
#04-8736
Unknowing (or knowing?!) suspect 2: Irritating uncle on bus. mid 40s.
Venue: Bus (duh?!)
Lets call this guy here “ah-kou”. ah-kou is wearing an oversized green polo tee that distinctively defines his well-endowed beer belly with black shorts which really look ugly with his mis-matched knee length socks and Reebok sports shoes. He looks like the typical (stereotyping here) nerd looking fat guy with loads of attitude to boot. Why is he so negative? read on.
Stomping onto the bus with big bags of groceries is one thing, but screaming “EXCUSE ME!” at the top of your lungs is definitely a no-no. Making a fool of himself, Ah-kou grunts and settles down onto a seat which is checked to be cool and not too soft. Then he started to jostle for a better sitting position with the pitiful JC student next to him who was trying hard to catch up on some reading in the midst of chaos. Ah-Kou shamelessly corner the petite JC student to the window, much to the disgust of the passengers next to him. Thinking that this episode will just pass over, this observer decides to catch a wink.
“WAH LAO!” i almost jumped in my seat when i heard ah-kou’s shout. Apparently, he fell asleep and missed his stop. After much cursing and swearing, he got off the bus at the next stop. The bus’s atmosphere seems to be more relaxed and to the JC student, he burys himself in his books again.
Sim Chee Guan,
Blk 165, Gangsa Road,
#04-66
Kim settles down in the seat by the window. She winds up the window and pulls out her silver phone from her bag. She stares intently into the phone as though it would run away. Just about then, the door flung open. Revealing what seems to be blocking the sun rays from touching the earth beneath. Each giant step is made with a loud “thum”. He walks down the aisle, scouring for seats as he pulls along his wet groceries. Lifting his head, Chee Guan scares the passengers with his hideous looks and monstrous physique. He heaves himself onto a seat not far away from the exit; next to Kim.
This size us up for an inevitable showdown. Kim turns her head slightly to reveal a black piercing eyes. Chee Guan returns the gesture with a grunt. Showcasing his trademark move, Chee Guan starts to fidget in his seat. Then he begin to shuffle his feet and doing what seems to be a little dance as he inched closer to Kim. Disgusted, Kim looks up to stare straight into Chee Guan eyes as though she was about to explode into his face. Chee Guan met his match. Kim 1 Morons-on-bus 0
The characters are well articulated and described but what’s missing here for the full grade is the fact that there’s too little insight (from you) into their behaviour.