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Thursday, May 19, 2005

random thoughts...

just came back to my desk from the toilet...

while i was in the toilet, the cleaning lady was doing some toilet cleaning in the toilet... while many may bawk and leave the toilet if it were to happen in Singapore, I, together with 2 other guys, each went to a urinal to carry out our businesses.

所谓“见多不怪”就是这个意思。

back in singapore, whenever i enter the toilet and see a cleaning lady in there, i will either leave the toilet to let her finish her cleaning in peace, or head into one of the cubicles. whenever a cleaning lady wants to clean a male toilet, more often then not, she will wait for all to leave before entering and commencing.

here in japan, it is different. hell, not all toilet ladies are old aunties too. in fact, other than the ones i see in my office building, the other ones i have encountered are all young pretty lasses in their late teens and early twenties, presumably cleaning toilets part-time.

they seem inpervious to the number of guys in the toilet peeing, and the jap guys also seem indifferent to her presence.

there was one time i was in shibuya's 109 shopping centre, and visiting the toilet. upon entering i saw this young gal maybe about 22 with some nice heels and jeans, hair done up nicely and highlighted, rinsing a cloth at one of the sinks. i would have thought otherwise if she wasn't wearing an apron and fisherman's rubber gloves, but apparantly she was there to clean toilets.

so i promptly entered one of the cubicles to pee. for me, if auntie clean toilet, ok... but young gal clean toilet... err... a bit paiseh lah... not as high level as the japs yet... when i got out i saw this gal cleaning the urinals - squatting down (with heels), with a cloth in one hand, hardworkingly wiping the inside of the urinals... well ok... but, the fact that she was doing this when a jap guy was peeing at the next urinal just seems so out of place to me. here he was, peeing just 60 cm away, while she was dutifully carrying out her task.

wow.

and neither the guy nor the gal looked the least bit paiseh.

hmm... is it just me, or is it just me かな?

yup... this whole scene was replayed in my mind when i was peeing at one of the urinals with the cleaning lady walking about behind me, just some minutes ago...

many more japanese peculiarities to come, if they happen to come up in my mind, i will let you guys know =)


footnote:

carrie vs bo... yawn... they should have done away with the last 10 episodes if it was such a sure thing to happen...

this year's AI a bit boring... dun have those special guest stars and themes such as elton john, barry manilow, etc. rem 1 article i read earlier this season, on mariah carey turning down randy jackson's (her producer) invitation to appear as guest judge, citing that she can't be as nice as paula abdul always giving good comments because she is a good singer and paula is not.. ouch.


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