holland v

i played tennis with sharon poh yesterday and now i have slight blisters on my fingers. i didn't know how to hold the racket properly, and didn't bother too much, as long as the ball could cross the net decently. i had quite a few hits that went sky high...hehhe....i'll work on it! =P tennis was fun!

we went for dinner at holland v, and got stopped by this ang moh young man along a road.
"Hi, I'm doing an experiment here. Would you like to help me out?"
He was wearing a hat, and holding a deck of cards. We hesitated a while, then agreed. I had no idea what he was up to.
He then proceeded to perform a few card tricks, which were quite gd la, i admit. =)
things like finding a specific card in the whole deck, etc.
"Actually I'm working for a charitable organization, which feeds a young british/australian boy who likes to wear hats and do card tricks. Kindly donate $10 or so to this organization."

then he smiles at us.

uh.........ok... no way are we gg to give him like $10 each. in the end we gave $2 each. he thanked us and walked away. sharon got to keep one of the cards as a souvenir.

eh, i think we were not exactly conned because we parted half-willingly with our money. hehe, it's the first time i encountered such a thing! sharon said it's quite a common thing in uk n us. hmmm.... interesting. i wonder if it;s very rude to say "no, i don't wish to give u any money. bye."