there's this particular life insurance company that always has its staff around MRT stations to ask the public to fill in their survey forms. I successfully rejected one who approached me yesterday. this evening I was approached by yet another one. I rejected him initially by increasing my pace. undeterred, he followed me and started asking me questions while I was still walking.

he: "can help me fill in the survey form so that at least my boss can see that I'm working?" (tsk!)
me: "I've filled that form for a few times already. can change the survey first or not? it's so boring."
he: just a few minutes lah.. since you've done this a few times it should be quick, right?"
me: yes but then you'll talk for another ten minutes."
he: "so, is life stressful in singapore?" (that's the first question on his list)
me: "yah."
he: "why?"
me: "'cos everyone's rushing. just like me."
he: *faint smile* "so how much do you save per month?"
...

just like a rehearsed Q&A session, he asked the standard things like, where does most of your money go to? how do you save your money? bank, endowment, investment? what kind of endowment? and finally the personal details. when I told him my name by spelling it, he 'accused' me of plucking it out of thin air and confirmed a few times that he hasn't encountered such names before. tsk, not my problem, what..