sorry, ah bek

one fine day, i was at e bus stop shown in e picture below, waiting for e ntu-bound 179.

there was an ah bek at e same bus stop too, looking a lil lost. ah bek not as in e chee ko bek kinda ah bek, but e lao ah bek kinda ah bek. he's probably 80 and more, considerably lao. frail but healthy-looking, tho he doesnt appear 2b veri mentally agile.

aiya e ah bek is juz veri old lahz. it's like, my ah ma is old too, but she's still mentally agile, if u noe wat i mean...

anywayz, ah bek approached me n asked (in english, to my surprise) "u noe... where... bus... 502... ??"

pointing in e direction of e pink arrow below, i replied, "502 at e interchg, not here. in-ter-chg."

ah bek thanked me n wobbly crossed e road. but juz when i tot he understood my instructions, he stopped at e opposite bus stop (see purple arrow below).

ah bek tot i was pointing to tat bus stop. *faintz*

after surveying e bus stop stand (or wateva u call tat), i guess ah bek probably wondered if his aging eyes were playing tricks on him.

cuz as u can see, there's no 502.

then he glanced in my direction. i tot he was looking at me so i pointed to e interchg again n yelled across e road, "in-ter-chg, no-t the-re!"

but apparently he's not realli looking at me. pengz~

i contemplated crossing e road to further furnish him with details of where e bus interchg is, but juz when i was abt to execute e plan, 179 arrived. realising i was late for class, i abandoned ah bek n jumped onto 179.

-_-

hope ah bek found 502 with e help of a kinder soul who's not late for class...

(yes i do feel silly when snapping those photos above. hehz~)