STOPPED IN PUBLIC

do u get stopped in public? apart from filling in surveys, distributing flyers, seeking donation, selling tissues, selling bodies (oops!), illegal taxis & other commercialism stuff like credit cards, insurance, land & housing. wat i mean is like people who r really pushy.

no, i dun mean people who ask 4 directions. expecially sexy jap chick who asked me 4 directions around s'pore, i should direct her 2 my hostel. oops....hehe! anywayz, i think i have tis face dat knows direction. there alwiz seemed 2 b a magnetic wave dat attracts people 2 ask me 4 directions. i was asked again 2day. it is incredible, either cars stopped down beside u 2 ask 2 pedesterians.

ok, i met 2 type of really pushy people who seems 2 b in need of money really urgently.

1. i was in kl around 1999, when tis 30-40 years old man asked me 4 money while at the bus stop. he wanted money 2 board a bus. now, there r like 100 people there so i asked him veli politely why must he ask from me out of e many? oh well, he seems 2 b avoiding my question & brought out some certs 2 prove dat he was put behind bars by some drug taking. now dat is scary! he took out like 2 documents. i was still reluctant 2 give him. some more i am onli a student, there r far more working adults all around.

he knew dat i am not interested 2 give him money so he took out some small bottles like those mini fragrance bottles. he wanted 2 sell me those instead. i think he said it was some medicine or something, looked like yellowish urine 2 me. scary! he is in a veli dirty state, seemed like he had not showered 4 weeks. i decided 2 just give him some money or he wun leave. i just dug my hand into my pocket n grab all e coins i have & give it 2 him. then, while waiting, he was still around begging from others around e bus stop.

2. tis is quite recent like a few weeks ago. i was shopping 4 e white storm book by phil ball down orchard rd becoz i was looking around kino n borders. then, tis 15-20 years old slightly plump girl in t-shirt, shorts n slippers was approaching me. she told me a million excuses why i must give her money, from her mom suffering from kidney failure 2 sisters with illness & them not having meals yet 2day. i asked her why she is approaching me. e same question i asked e man in kl. i guess i just wan 2 know wat makes them targeting me.

i explained dat i am a student who has no income. there r millions of pedestrians in orchard road who have income. she insisted i give her money. even if it means onli a few dollars. she told me dat she is coming down from johor bahru 2 come here 2 ask 4 money. now, from tis point onwards i became suspicious. how on earth can u come down here if u have financial difficulties?

1. u need money 2 apply passport as well as renewing it
2. e cost of u coming down from jb 2 orchard rd will at least b enuf 4 2 meals in jb (transportation)
3. she looked plump, if she is skinny & looks really in bad shape, i will not hesitate 2 give
4. if she looks beautiful & sexy, i give her just 4 looks, haha! as well as added services, haha!

in e end, i told her dat i'm veli soli, pleeze ask from others. i did not tell her e reasons of me not helping her. i guess i dun owe it 2 her. so i left. btw, i alwiz give generously in public. not dat i am so stingy 2 even give up small money i can afford 2 needy people in e streets. but i guess some r just unbelievable. do u guys encounter any weird people approaching u 4 weird things in public?