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    Monday, October 17, 2005

    freaked out...

    yesternite, i went to moto for dinner; afterwhich, cal and i stopped by at a sushi stall to buy 50%-discounted sushi for supper.

    as cal was paying up, i was standing by our bikes when some lady came over to me and started a string of japanese words. obviously from what she asked, she wanted to know where any supermarket was located around there.

    i freaked out.

    it was one of first time (if not the first) that an unknown japanese initiated conversation (no doubt it was a question, but need to converse to answer rite?). i was pretty caught off-guard. sure i understood what she was asking, and i do know the answer. given some time, i would have been able to phrase the answer somewhat acceptably in japanese.

    but i freaked out.

    sure, she was quite a looker. but i can assure you, that was not the reason. the reason was just that - i suck at jap.

    my eyes raced around, and i replied her underneath my breath, i dunno. wonder whether she heard that, cos she was still staring at me quizically, and somewhat impatiently. i looked all ard again, looking for cal for help, but he was still paying. and i repeated that i didnt know.

    she then shot an irritated glance, and diverted her question to the shop keeper instead. the shop keeper of course obliged and told her that maruetsu was over that away. she then asked what time it closes, and the keeper replied, should be 10.

    it was 2145 then. she let out a hearty thanks, and proceeded towards where was pointed out.

    i wanted to catch up and tell her something.

    but i was still freaked out, so i can't.

    i wanted to tell her that it takes about 10 mins to walk to maruetsu, or maybe more, so by the time she reaches, it might already be packing and closed.

    ah well. let's see how her luck holds.

    sorry, whoever you are, for not being able to help in anyway.

    sigh... 日本語を勉強しなきゃ。練習しなきゃ。


    posted by winz at 10:20 AM   1 comments

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    1 Comments:

    She was not that pissed lah...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:48 AM  

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