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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Morning rush hour is the best time for Singapore to showcase its very own citizens with selfish and ugly behaviour. It's not that I don't knw why rush hour is called rush hour, and I also knw what it's like to be stuck on the escalator with people who refuse to stand to the left, causing me to miss my train.

But today, there was this incident on my way to floorball training that caused me to almost have an internal combustion right on the spot. And it showed to me, which generation of Singaporeans are really the ones who need some social awareness. And why the show nv wang ben se can go on a few more episodes, because some Singaporeans are really obnoxious.

Before that, things were already bad enough. On the train to Commonwealth, I was squeezed right to the opposite door, being from Boonlay. And when I wanted to alight, there was this wall of sardines I had to get through to get out. So I said politely, "Excuse me" to the lady standing in front of me. No response. Then I said it again. "Excuse me"

The woman turned and shot me an evil eye, then proceeded to moving an inch to her right. Like she expect me to pass through that one inch gap with my bag and floorball stick! Worse, the woman on the other side of her did nothing the whole time. Talk about being socially aware, these people are just stubborn. Oh yeah, might I add, it's not even because the women didn't have any space to move. Others around them had already made space.

After what I thought was eternity, I was finally out of the MRT and going down the station. Was lucky enough to not have to wait for 100 too long. But not so lucky because the speed of all these working class people moving to the door of the bus, before the bus even bloody drove into the bus stop is like, 3.00X10^8.

Okay so I got on the bus, which was like walls of sardines again. I stood behind this pole. And I was minding my own business. Until this auntie came. A working and rather nicely dressed auntie. Who came along and decided that she didn't like my face. So she leaned on the pole I was holding. I decided to be evil, so I stuck out my fingernails in that direction.

Talk about being stubborn. She proceeded to lean her whole damn body plus her butt on the pole. Seriously? You would think some working adults knw how not to be completely ungracious citizens. Okay, I am not very gracious myself, on account of the whole fingernail thing. But it just showed her disgusting behaviour more when she just hecked and leaned somemore. And she also decided to push me more behind the pole by leaning back in my direction.

I swearI wanted to tell her off. "Hi auntie. This pole is not your private property, so do you mind letting me have a little piece of it?" Then, I scared she go complain to RV sia, then never mind. I shut up and got out of the bus. Zzz. This woman. Is so disgusting.

The irony when I saw the poster of Phua Chu Kang and Rosie on the bus. "Be Gracious! A Happy Journey Starts Like That." With women jostling around and leaning on my hand, and refusing to move in when there's obviously space. The horrors of travelling with them, I swear I will get a car when I start working.

1. These adults think that just because they have no car to get to work and have to use the public tansport, all of us should pity them and let them have their way.

2. They don't care about letting people out, or letting others get in. They just want to get in. End of story.

3. After you squueze on somehow. They refuse to let you get out.

4. Especially those 4 green seats on the newer buses. Meant for the pregnant, elderly or disabled Then they sit there, with their perfectly placed hair and glossed lips, trying to act like they are pregnant, or old, or disabled.

5. As if that isn't enough, they can't seem to see past 1cm of their sight because they completely don't give a shit to who really needs the seats. They've got the seat, and that's all they care. Neh-neh-ni-poo-poo.

6. Oh if they see someone coming up, they immediately nod off to sleep. Smart tactic, but despicable.

7. Singaporeans, these working adults. Need to brush up on their social awareness, and stop being walking advertisements of Singaporeans' ugly behaviour.

I knw I have felt strongly pissed off or something. When I miss a train because a row of working adults don't see why they have to keep to the left on the escalators when they are not in a rush. But, I totally, seriously felt revolted by their behaviour today. Talk about the younger generation being apathetic, and ungracious.

But we are not the ones who push in the moment the train door opens, not allowing the passengers to get off. We are not the ones who leave tissue packets to 'chop' seats on hawker centre tables. We are not the ones who sit on priority seats and act like I'm in my own world, consisting of 4 green seats. We are not the ones who do all these ugly things and disgrace our own country.

And you wonder where people got the idea that Singaporeans are gracious and kind. Helpful and friendly. Apparently these people had never tried to fight their way up the MRT or bus in rush hour.

Hello but, look which generation is really the one that needs the moral education.
I would like to start my own Paris and Milan blog. To showcase and mock these behaviour of Singaporeans.

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