About Me
Imperfect Singaporean
Unpredictable Aries
Non-Smoker
Social Drinker
Adores the Family
Cherishes Friendship
Enjoys Dancing
Pigs out on Yummy Food
Loves Pretty Necklaces
Fetish for Dresses
Indulges in Ice-Cream
Crazy over Dark Chocolates
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Broadway Musicals
Movies
Fashion
Beauty & Health
Latin Dance
Ballroom Dance
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Swimming
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Taipei-Bangkok in Sep '10
Was walking to Park Mall from Dhoby Gaut Mrt Station yesterday evening. There is a roundabout path immediately after coming out of the station. I was like in a middle of a circle. Whether I walked to my left or to my right, it's still the same distance (a semi-circle) to the pathway towards the Traffic Light (need to cross the traffic lights to get to Park Mall). And then, I chose to walk to my left. To my surprise, I realised that all the predestrians walked to the left too. Even those coming from the opposite direction, going towards the station, they chose left too, which means to say the are walking on the semi-circle on my right. This is so interesting.
Pausing, I observed for about five minutes and true enough, all the predestrians turned left on the roundabout to head for their destination. In a clockwise direction. I always thought that I prefer to walk left in which ever direction I turn is because I am left-handed but apparently this scenerio proved otherwise. Since most people are right-handed, why do they still turn left?
I pondered for a while and came to the conclusion that it can be a reflex action on our part. This is because of our environment. From young till date, we have always been told to keep left, even on escalator of an Mrt Station. And whenever we drive in a roundabout, we will turn left to go with the traffic flow. Clockwise direction remember? Yes, clockwise. Even when we watch the clock ticks, it's in that direction. So, are we all mentally stimulated to follow such a routine clockwise system?
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