Seen and heard...
#1: ...while waiting for a cab, and 3 guys saunter by on the pavement.
Indian guy A: ... so you know, it depends.
Indian guy B: What pants?
Indian guy C: Tight pants!
Dead silence as all 3 stop stare at each other in utter confusion.
#2:...walking back to the office in the pouring rain.
2 construction workers are standing under the awning of a wine store, staring mournfully at the heaven-sent downpour, wondering how they're going to make it back to their site 2 blocks away. An Indian guy in a suit walks past them, out in the rain, holding 2 umbrellas in each hand, all folded up, getting wetter with every step. The construction workers watch him pass in absolute horror.
#3: ...as a newly-wed friend tries to fill up a compulsory Spousal Membership Application form at her husband's country club.
Name: (fills in her name)
NRIC: (fills in her IC number)
Marital Status: ... (profound silence as she rereads the first line of instruction on the form - Only fill up this form if you recently married one of our members.)
#4: ...as another friend waits in line behind an office lady to buy some guava.
Guava uncle: How much sour plum powder you want?
Office lady: Not too much. But not too little.
Guava uncle: Eh? So how much?
Office lady: Not too little. But not too much either.
Awkward silence as uncle and lady stare at each other in incomprehension. Friend walks away from the line, thinking he'll never be a guava uncle for as long as he lives.
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