Wednesday, June 21, 2006

PW outing

Left home at about 10+ for Far East Plaza, where we supposed to interview shopkeepers on their views on the graffitti wall. Dear Susie, who had never been to Far East till today, actually went to Far East Shopping Center... -_-. But we managed to lead him to our destination and eventually headed to KFC for a short lunch cum discussion on having Zocards to raise publicity and draw youths to parks. Went to Far East basement and Susie did a long 40 second pan of the wall. Amelia was pointing out 2 outlines that her friends did of themselves and the barely visible remnants of words that her class spray painted in 2005. Noted with some surprise that the wall was largely remarkably free of vulgarities and expletives. And they complain about the uncouth youth... We walked from shop to shop, trying to persuade people of different age groups to give their opinion on the wall. Everyone I asked declined; so much for putting on my charms of pulchritude :P.
Here is a list of our interviewees: 1. Poser-ish Youth Shopkeeper
2. Middle Age Woman Shopkeeper
3. Far East Management Woman
4. Elderly Chinese Male Cleaner
5. Strip Dancer Ang Moh
Quite pleased with the differing range of comments that were offered and especially happy to find that most people (guess who?) felt that the wall was tastefully done, injecting vibrancy to Far East and improving business of shopkeepers. I see our PW grade rising several notches :). Many thanks to all the people who have taken up their time to give us their views and thoughts on the issue. =)!
We went to paint Far East red after that, admiring glitzy bags and tacky earrings, even Susie seemed interested! Amelia (thanks a mil!) helped me to painlessly remove my too big ear stud, something which I had been telling myself constantly to perform but never actually got around to doing it because of the recurring pain. Bought a bottle of alcohol (nope not for drinking) from 77th Street and a red garish bejewelled pair of studs, which I wore immediatly. At about 2, we parted and went our separate ways to mug...all except me that is. Needed to take the numbness out of my mind, so browsed the Far East and Marriot shops for random clothes and trinkets. Decided that I was too broke and had other more pressing things to do at approximately 3, so returned home.

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