People-Watch

Name: Nurul Ain Bte Muzlan

Student No: 10064266k

Tutorial Group: T1B2

People-watch

Person 1

Lee Swee Hong

Blk 137 Bedok North Ave 3 #05-170

Place: In the MRT

Physical Aspects: A Chinese woman, probably in her 20s, thin, average height (around 1.6m). Fair skin. Wears quite thick make-up: Blushers, red, glossy lipstick, thin eyeliner, pinkish eye shadow. Have a small, rectangular, white handbag on her lap. Wearing a light-coloured (something like beige) knee-length, open arm dress with details at the neckline and silver open-toed heels. Hair is side-parted, black with streaks of brown colour, straight and silky. Accessories: small, heart shaped necklace, probably diamond. Wears a ring, which has a complicated design on the forefinger of right hand.

Actions: Looking at her cellular phone, meddling with the keypads. Her phone rings every few minutes. Must be a text message. She begins to frown. Her frown gets deeper as the time pass by. She gets up from her slouching posture and sits up straight. Her fingers are tapping harder on the keypads. After a while, her phone kept silent. No more ringing. She keeps glancing to her phone. Frustration is evident on her face. She types something on her phone with her keypads, and brings the phone up to her ears. She lets out a sigh and brings the phone back down. She does the same thing again, and reacted the same way. Probably trying to call someone, but he/she didn’t answer. She gazes at the screen for a long time. Still frowning. She gets up from her seat at City Hall, adjusted her clothes and accessories, and walked out of the MRT. She is still frowning, but it not as intense.

Guesses: Base on her appearance, she’s a rather neat person. Takes care of herself well. Good fashion sense. Must be an active person since her body is well toned. Quite materialistic; her phone is one of the latest models and her dress and handbag seems expensive. Her ring indicates that she’s probably attached. Perhaps, she’s meeting someone important or special, as she’s dressed beautifully.

Base on her actions, she is pretty impatient. She expects people to reply to her text messages as quickly as possible. She’s also unwilling to give up; she tries to call the person again when he/she does not answer the first time. She must be calling and messaging someone important.

 

Person 2

Sandy Montfort

Blk 768 Yishun Ave 3 #10-325

Place: A food court in Lot 1 Shopper’s Mall

Physical Aspects: Woman in her early 20s. Eurasian. Very thin and tall; model-like figure. Fair skin. Wearing very-high heels, white and grey blouse and black knee-length skirt. Totting a black handbag. Has black and wavy hair. Fringe is tucked behind her right ear. Wearing multiple ear-studs. Natural make-up. Has a very good posture; she’s sitting up straight.

Actions: Pulls out the chair and puts the tray gently on the table. She looks around, gazing at the people around her and then to the plate full of mixed fruits in front of her. She lifts the fork on her tray and wipes it thoroughly with a piece of tissue paper. She then pokes the fork into one of the watermelons on her plate and nibbles it. She looks up after taking every bite. Chews very slowly. She keeps meddling with her hair; tucking her fringe and twisting the ends every now and then. Takes a pretty long time to finish the fruits on her plate.

Guess: From her physical aspects, she has a good fashion sense. She can be a model as she has a very good posture and body. From her actions, she’s clearly a weight-watcher, as she eats nothing but fruits and consumes her food very slowly. Her action of nibbling also tells that she’s indeed a patient person, for any normal person will just gobble up the food. She’s also very self-conscious as she keeps adjusting the way she looks ad she is uncomfortable seating alone as she keeps glancing to the people around her to see their reaction. Also, she’s a hygienic person as she wipes her fork thoroughly before using it.  

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What would Character A (Swee Hong) do to provoke Character B (Sandy Montfort) to an extreme action?

Swee Hong and Sandy are sitting in the congested MRT next to each other. Swee Hong cannot stop glancing at her phone and fidgeting, as though anxiously waiting for someone to call her up. Despite the air-conditioned MRT, beads of perspiration are trickling down Swee Hong’s forehead. Sandy starts to feel pretty agitated as Swee Hong’s skin keeps brushing to hers, and being such a hygienic person, she starts to worry about the billions of germs that have been passed to her. Finally, after what seems like ages, Swee Hong’s phone rings. Swee Hong immediately picks the call up after recognizing the caller.

 

“Why aren’t you answering my calls? What’s wrong with you? What are you doing? Where are you? Oh…Are you with another woman?!” Swee Hong screeches at the recipient of the call, giving him a piece of her mind. The fact that thousands of eyes are drawn at her does not matter to her. Sandy draws her breath with a long hiss, trying to calm herself down and remain patient. She continues sitting down quietly, her ears trying to endure the rising decibels. “What? Are you trying to say that your boss is more important than me?! For goodness’s sake, I am your future wife! I am the greatest good that you are ever going to get!” Swee Hong continues to bark. She does not notice that her saliva has accidentally landed on Sandy.

 

Sandy’s face turns to the colour of molten lava. She clenches her fist so tightly that her veins are protruding. That’s it, her patience has reached its limit. She immediately takes her sanitizer out, cleanses her whole body with a piece of tissue paper and shoves the used tissue paper into Swee Hong’s mouth. “I am not going to tolerate any of your germs anymore, you grotesque, germ-infested, polluted woman! Oh no…you’re not a woman. Cause women don’t bark! No wonder your future husband refuses to answer your calls cause like his, my ears are turning deaf!” bawls Sandy.

 

Sandy gets on her feet and stomps towards the exit. Swee Hong, appalled by Sandy’s sudden action, stands dumbfounded with her mouth agape, revealing a piece of damp tissue in it. Commuters in the MRT begin to grin upon watching the saga.