February 22, 2008
8:16 PM
Idiots in the City
I'm sure we all know the begg...busker situation in Orchard road. Go down a tunnel and you'll find some blind(?) guy playing Amazing Grace on the keyboard. Take a walk near Lucky plaza and say hi to the ah peh playing what seems like an made-on-the-spot tune on a chinese violin(Erhu?). Now, these buskers don't particularly like sharing their space with other competitors.
If you frequent Orchard road very often, you'll start coming across the same faces after a while, such as those mentioned above. Uncle A may be here today, but nowhere in sight the next day, so you can imagine that territories start overlapping eventually.
Occurring at the Taka-Paragon junction, it just so happens today that Trumpet ang moh and Uncle Harmonica are both present. On the Paragon side of the road, Trumpet ang moh sits in his wheelchair blasting away. Uncle Harmonica, on the opposite side, sits on the floor beside his motorized wheelchair, blowing away. WITH AN AMPLIFIER. Yes, as amazing as it sounds, these two sounds DO clash. Yet, none of them look like they're gonna be moving anytime soon.
Next time you're looking for an excuse to be a loner and not follow your friends to town, try using this.
P.S Alyssha, no need to take the phone thing so seriously. Its just a joke. ^^