Exactly 45 minutes to go before I get ready to meet my friends. Here am I, with nothing better to do and all thanks to the creator of blogger, at least I have got something to do to kill time.

Just got home from lunch with Shikin and while going to cross the traffic light near TM, I saw a familiar looking well-dressed plump lady. Even though I was some distance apart from her, I immediately knew who she was. I am sure my friends like Celine and Huimin must have known her too. In Tampines area, this small eyes lady was famous for asking money from passer-bys even though she is healthy and in a good condition to work for herself. She would say things like her mother or whoever is sick and in need of money for doctor or she was hungry and haven’t had food for days etc etc.

So this was what happened, she was abruptly stopping those passer-bys and begging for money but many shunned off before she could even ask more. I was freaked off and took out my phone, pretending to make a call. Alas! She ‘caught’ me spot on and stopped me. “Miss! Miss! Excuse me!” she said in an aggressive yet ‘kan cheong’ manner. Nervous but acting calm I just shook my head and walked to join the crowd of traffic.

It makes me think. That lady has always been doing this since I was a kid. I remembered seeing her doing that many times and I guess those who lived nearby must be familiar with her. I recalled her asking 50 cents from me during my primary school times while I was going to cross that traffic.

Then that makes me recall of another lady living nearby my area whom we addressed as ‘The Mad Woman’. Really, the mad woman was one of the worse things that ever happened in my life of encounters with strangers. She was a lady in her late fifties with messy long grey hair (think old Sadako) and often scolding passer-bys for no reasons. Its like if you refused to follow her instaurations or talk to her when she asks you questions, she would curse you and make all sorts of evil comments.

Sway! When I was sec one, I kana it from her. Huilin and I were walking on grass, on our way to the MRT station for school and this mad woman saw it so she was cursing us and scolding us for walking on grass and offending the spirits (but it wasn’t the Hungry Ghost Festival that time!) .Damned! I recalled I nearly pee in my skirt that time! I was so nervous to feel scared.