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Thursday, January 1, 2009
2009............. A New Year and More/ 2:32 AM Well............ The year 2009 is finally upon us and personally, i don't feel any different from yesterday, which was the year 2008. The only thing which changed was the fact that i don't need to report to school on 2 Jan 2009. Instead, i'll be reporting to Basic Military Training School 1 on the 8th of January 2009. While we should always look to the future, we should always reflect on the past and see what lessons we can draw from it. Isn't that the whole reason why we learn history.
Anyway, 2008 has been one of the more life-changing years for me, compared to the minute differences between the transition in between the former years. One thing was probably the A levels which i had to take in that year. Even though I knew it was important, I still feel that what i did to prepare for it could have been so much more and that is a regret which will linger around in my mind for eternity. However, i guess nothing i can do now will be able to change any of that. So, in the worst case which might happen, i'll just have to retake it next year while in the army. The only thing i can do is to pray and just commit the As to God. He's never failed me for my PSLE, my O levels and i should trust him for my A levels as well. Apart from exams, another difference which impacted my life was the friends i made in JC. In VS, i thought friends were just people you hung out with in school, talked to whenever you were bored, or go out whenever you had nothing else on. In VJ, these people made me realise that friends were such much more than that. Friends are not just companions you have when you're away from your family. Friends help you when you're in need, have silly conversations with you till 6 in the morning, call you to tell you funny stuff, share their problems with you and also hang around just to be there. I just wanna thank everyone who's been a friend to me throughout the year 2008, you people have impacted my life more than you know, be it for better or for worse. Without you guys, 2008 would not have been as memorable as it is now. I'm kinda lazy to list out everyone so yea you know who you are. Well, it's a new year, a new beginning to a whole new phase of your life. Personally I don't see why people treasure 31st December of each year more than others. They say oh it comes only once in a lifetime and all that rubbish. Doesn't every day in your life come only once in a lifetime?? If you don't feel that way i'm sorry for you since you're probably living like a re-run of your life everyday or something. If you ask me, i think one should treasure each and every single day of your life because they don't repeat. Every day will only be there once, and we should learn to cherish every moment with our friends and family because your days are numbered. Every passing day is a day less you'll have. So, let this 2009 be a whole new experience, make sure every moment is a moment well spent. Wishing everyone a very happy new year!!! Friendship is not friendship without trust, without it I walk alone James P.Michels Jr. |
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Pulchritidinous Residues Of Memories (PROM)/ 1:39 AM Prom................ What can i say.................. There were expectations I had of it and the only thing which didn't meet the standard was the food. I'm gonna drone, whine and complain about the rubbish food that Swissotel serves. Seriously, 90 bucks for such disgusting food?? I rather go to a coffee shop and eat kaya toast. You would think that 90 bucks would warrant at least a decent menu if not good food. The nicest thing on the menu was the dessert and it wasn't fantastic. The food was so awful that Hui Leng and I dipped everything they served in the soy sauce provided. Fortunately, the soy sauce turned out to be great or we would all have been poisoned by the dishes they served. The cold dish was full of weird things. The sze chuan hot and spicy soup was awful (they say hot and spicy but it tasted sour??). The chicken was dry, bony and tasteless. The fish was fishy and smelly (simple dish also turned out so horrible). Harngs' slice of fish even had scales on it????? The mushroom was ok but kinda weird since normally restaurants don't serve mushrooms as a dish..... It's usually accompanied by either scallops or abalone. The noodles were plain, dry and bland. The vegetables look like they were decolourizing or something. Dessert as I said earlier was the only reasonable dish in the whole menu. Its either the committee all have no taste buds or swissotel likes to scam students.
Apart from the food, only 1 other incident didn't make it as fun as it should have been. 2 unreasonable bitches (YES you heard right i'm gonna flame them here and now cos they're stupid, stubborn, inconsiderate and selfish). The situation is as follows...... Our table IC Sim Harng-Yi vaguely recalled that we were assigned the wonderful number 30. However, when we got to the table, we found out that it was occupied. Since Sim Harng-Yi is known to be senile at times, he went to check the number we were assigned to. Amazingly, he wasn't wrong and we were indeed given table number 30, a prime location right in front of the stage. Hence, he set out to undo the injustice that our table members suffered. Striding with purpose to table number 30, he tried to explain the situation to the 6 people who mistakenly sat at our table. After the realisation, 4 reasonable people decided that they were given the wrong table and were willingly to give up their seats. HOWEVER........... 2 stupid bitches insisted that they were at the right table and continued sitting there despite persuasion from the other 4 nice and reasonable people. Not wanting to confront the 2 annoying dumbassess, we proceeded to report the situation to the committee so that they could solve this issue. 2 representatives were then sent to address the matter. Despite explaning and re-explaning the situation to the 2 stupid blockheads, they still refused to move their fat asses away from their solid gold chair. AND if they couldn't get any more stupid and irritating, they decided to fold their arms in protest. The 2 representatives got angry and had tried to relocate the 2 morons but to no avail. Being the magnanimous people that we were, we decided to give in to the 2 sluts and sit at another table which was not as well-located. Furthermore, because of the 2 selfish and self-centred bitches, 3 other tables had to relocate since their table had only 6 people from their class (no surprise that no one wants to attend prom with them). Thus, the other 4 people from the other class had to shift over and be away from their class due to their inherent selfish attitudes. 1 table which had gotten settled and comfy even had to be evicted because of the selfishness of their actions. And that about sums up the story of the 2 dumb, annoying bitches who ruined the beginning of 48 people's prom night. Moving on to happier things, prom was kinda cool since you really see everyone at their best, all styled up, looking cool/handsome/beautiful/elegant. The girls at our table looked awesome, all dolled up and wearing rather tasteful dresses. Everyone was late since it was raining rather heavily. We were supposed to meet at 6:30pm but ended up congregating 45 minutes later. Entering Swissotel was like a transition into a world of poise and elegance. Everyone looked so formal, a vast contrast to the mundane and identical school uniforms we normally wear in VJ. People were taking photos everywhere since it was the last time most of them would see the others. Took some photos while waiting for the tardy people to arrive.............  3 of us again (we were the few who were early)  Harng-Yi looks fat but maybe its just cos of me :D  He bought a tie for $12.90 which was 2 bucks cheaper at a shop upstairs We could only take a few shots on the ground floor since we were being chased by the ushers to enter the ballroom for who knows what reason since the doors weren't even open yet. Upon reaching the second floor, we found Jomaine and everyone rushed to take picture with the only girl present from our table.  Jomaine looked elegant (she looks like a tai-tai) While waiting for the doors to open, took more photos with random people.  Ian looking like he wants to burst out laughing but exercising restraint  Eng Hwee looking really sad cos Xin Hui hadn't arrived yet  Jia Hao, one of the few rare people who noticed straightaway that I wasn't wearing braces And finally............... The girls arrived looking stunning and everyone decided to take even more photos.  2 fans having their picture taken with a hot and famous Bollywood actress  Solo picture with the Bollywood actress (hot stuff!!)  Marcus and his $30 haircut  Jermyn trying to show the world that he has huge eyes  Dunno what's up with that expression  Hui Leng looking chio  Serene looking glamourous  Zheng Whye likes to be different  Jomaine looks like a rich grandmother here hehe  Winner of the best dressed award  Xin Hui looks like Xiaxue but she insists that she doesn't  Jasmine not wearing heels and bending her legs and yet she's still taller......... After Xin Hui arrived, we could finally enter the ballroom since we could complete our table already. That's when the trouble as forementioned started. However, we didn't let it dampen our spirits and continued taking even more pictures in the dark, dark ballroom.  2 crashers taking pics with the 2 cool dudes  Everyone looking happy except for Wai Hong who looks like he's forced  Kenneth Phua  Cool dude who sang "Always be my baby"  EPPS forever!!  Matthew looks real sad (at first i thought it was me but i realised he looks like this in every shot)  Dhilshad looks real slutty (think its the eyes hehe)  Indians rock  Hui Min looking pretty  Mu Jung looks rather uncomfortable if you ask me  Abhishek the vegetarian  Trying to look like the receptionists  I like this photo even though its rather blur  We look like we're wearing the same thing.......  Mao with his cool hair  Wee Ho looks kinda funky  We look like we're attending a wedding  My face looks fat here  Xian Jun wore a white outfit (trying to stand out??)  Hui Leng looks the oldest in this photo  Xiaxue and me.................oh wait its just xinhui :(  Chinese and Indian living in harmony  Hehe (inside joke) All in all, i think prom was a rather fun and memorable experience. Really happy that i made the decision of going to prom. All the memories, all the happiness, all the sadness......... You sorta relive it on the night of SDD. The night sums up every single moment you ever experienced in VJ and all i can say is, the memories were wonderful, be it happy or sad. I'm glad i came to VJ and i'm glad the journey was a pleasurable one. Meeting great friends and growing up in our second home is a memory that I will carry with me for eternity............... True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice. Samuel Johnson |
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
We've got to the other side......now what??/ 12:33 AM I'm feeling extremely bored and so here I am blogging again.... If there are any grammatical errors or illogical sentences its most probably cos my brain cells have died. People like xinhui can actually think of taking her SATs now....... But can't really blame people like her since they have 5 more months to bum around whille unfortunate people like me have just about a single month left. The lack of time kinda restricts my activity planning and having-fun schedule. I can't take up a course, go on many different holidays or even get a job.
The worst thing is that there's nothing much for people after As to do in Singapore. We can't even go surfing, skiing, snowboarding, sandboarding, biking up a mountain, admire natural scenery or even sun-tan. We don't have snow, nice smooth fine sand, a mountain, nice forests or even a nice beach where we won't choke to death from oil in the ocean. Sentosa doesn't count since its sort of a tourist attraction and the place is usually cluttered with foreigners. Even exploring the entire country won't take more than a day since we're so incredibly tiny. The only surfing we'll ever get to do in Singapore is Internet surfing. At this current point in time, every moment spent seems to be so wasted without a purpose (such as going to school). No duties to perform, no tasks to carry out. It feels weird not to be burdened or worried in Singapore. Luxury time seems especially luxurious only when its scarce. Once it becomes so freely available like in the present situation, it no longers seems valuable or fun. How ironic eh...... I was watching this channel 8 programme about how Quan Yifeng and Christopher Lee go around doing community service and fixing up people's houses. They were filming the state of the house and it was an utter mess. The kids draw on the walls thinking its the most natural thing in the world. Their fridge had 3-month old mouldy apples and stains which needed to be scraped off with the tool they use on the walls. Seriously, how can anyone even eat the food that's been stored in the fridge. No wonder the guy has gastric pains and their 4th son is some demonic little boy....... What was funny was the presence of a very snazzy looking computer sitting in the midst of all the old stuff in their living room. It was kinda out of place in that shabby two-room flat if you ask me. Then it got me thinking....... If i fail my A levels will i end up in such a sorry state as well. Its a really horrible feeling to live in poverty and be so powerless to remedy your present situation. Not being able to eat what you like, saving every single drop of water just so utility bills could be reduced. I should seriously stop watching such shows.............. It just gets me more fearful about the future. I wanna envision myself going to art auctions, bidding on extravaggant art pieces as well as attending company functions where only the richest are invited. The future suddenly seems so uncertain, so fragile. This illusion seems like it'll shatter at any moment..................... Love doesn't make the world go round, it makes the ride worthwhile. F.P.Jones |
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The End of a Long and Ardous Journey......../ 10:39 PM OK ok everyone can stop complaining that I never update already.......... Not my fault people lazy to blog because of the dreaded A levels right!!!! Not like the people who complained actually updated their own blogs anyway............... eh dhilshad??
Anyway, the end of the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level simultaneously signals the end of our lives in Victoria Junior College. Though the path towards the A levels has been a rocky climb, you feel all the more triumphant once you complete it. However, sad to say I'll not be missing a single moment of the As. Even though studying may have been exceedingly torturous, it sorta gave all students a goal, a purpose in life for existing. It also made the whole process of playing all the more enjoyable since time constraints made playing all the more exhilerating. How sad that we need something awful in our lives before we appreciate the joys we can derive from it. Suddenly all the activities that we plan to do "after As" all become a reality. They no longer seem so distant and faraway. Funny how whenever we don't wanna do something, we always say we'll do it after As. Now that As no longer exists in our lives, everything comes rushing back in a surging wave, destroying the fragile fabric of ignorance we weave around ourselves.............. after As hmmmm....... what does it forbode. A new journey down a new path, new friends and new adventures...... a whole new world awaits us. The next deciding step will be the results i suppose (sound like some pokemon story......). Anyways, wayne had better plan a proper class barbecue because if I get banned from booking any more facilities in East Meadow I'm gonna be so mad I'll go burn down his house....... Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Anais Nin |
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
The Cruel Cycle of Our Lives/ 10:40 PM Ok i bet everyone is finally happy to see a new post besides the one about my birthday... I haven't been blogging because I've been busy (not studying contrary to popular belief). Just idling away precious time even though the dreaded A levels are looming nearer. Just about everyone who's gone through JC life say that A levels are the worst periods of their life and that they'll never want to go back.
Then, it got me thinking. Why are we studying so hard? I bet many of us never questioned why we needed good grades. Its just been somehow so deeply etched withing our minds that we think this is the supposed norm of life. WHY? In all Singaporeans, we're all fighting so hard for a job we don't want, for more money we don't need and for material possessions we throw away. Seriously, what is it that we're truly after? Can't we all just be happy living simple lives without all the hassle of modern complexity. Even the cavemen in 10,000 B.C were happier than we are now. Let's look at a typical son of Singapore. Birth Hooray, everyone's happy that you got out of your mum's womb in one piece. The estactic doctor included. He even smacks you just to check you have a fully-functional nervous system. Your mum looks at you and collapses out of exhaustion. Your dad looks at the bloodied mess he's holding and thinks, "What a mess...... Wonder if he's mine?" Childhood This is supposedly the happiest time of one's life since you don't have to worry about the endless pile of bills existing on your parent's desk. You just whine for any new thing you see in a toy store and its yours. Unless your parents are murderers, arsonists, rapists or paedophiles, you're most likely to experience a really good time. At least, until a sibling comes along. And lo and behold, you're no longer the one fussed over, everything becomes "let the younger one have it", "be a good older sibling". Sounds familiar? Teenage Years And then comes the start of a whole new chapter where problems start arising in all parts of your life. Self-consciousness, puberty, raging hormones, studies, stress, rebellion. These are just a few of the many problems that begin to surface once you leave your childhood behind. Your parents just tell you to study hard, study hard, study hard. They always tell you the same old story. If you don't study next time you'll grow up to be a garbage collector or road sweeper. It sort of gave me the impression that if you studied hard and became smart, you became a lawyer, doctor or engineer. If you were stupid, well you just became a road sweeper or garbage collector. I sometimes picture myself sweeping the floor beside Tampines Community Centre and talking to passer-bys who questioned my sanity. Really interesting thoughts. Too bad I can't pixelate my thoughts or they'll be uploaded here. Then i started watching Channel 8 Drama serials and they had NIGHT-SOIL COLLECTORS!! It obviously existed in those stupid kampong settings but I didn't know obviously. So I pictured night-soil collecting to be this process whereby the collectors go around collecting human excrete with this silver aluminium can and dropped it in the sewers. Fertile imagination I know. Anyways, back on track. we all fight to become the very best in school, not only for pride but also because we don't want to end up being poor and becoming beggars (I'm really sorry if you're a beggar and you're reading my blog but chances are it won't happen since you'll be too poor to afford a computer unless you're using one at a LAN shop). All our lives we slave and work to walk towards a path we know is filled with more OT (Overtime) and long office hours with little time spent with our loved ones. Adulthood Thus begins the nightmare of the living. Bills, bills, bills and more bills. We slave and drive ourselves to work more to earn a never-ending supply of money. Great, now that you did well in all your exams, you're now a DOCTOR. After all the decimating of graves and dissecting of numerous corpses, you're finally able to operate on the living. You face sick old men, bloodied bodies involved in accidents as well as patients stricken by rising epidemics. All for the sake of what? MORE MONEY.......... And why do we want more money? So we can have a nice houe and a nice car. But many fail to ask themselves one simple question. Are they truly happy? The money we earn is never enough. We scrimp and save every penny just so we can have a nice relaxed retirement free from monetary problems. How wrong they are..... Old Age This stage is only possible if you're lucky. Most people don't even make it here. They get hit by cars, struck by lightning, die of cancer, jump off buildings, stabbed to death or spontaneously combust. These are the majority of the sad sad people who die before they get to use the vast store of money they were hoping they could use for retirement. AND guess what? Now they got their kids fighting over the money. Since no one ever settles issues about money outside court, everyone hires a nice lawyer with a big fat pay cheque. They sue each other and fight over stupid money and get themselves embarassed on national TV. But nooo, they don't care. Why? Because they love paper so much, paper we call money. The thing we print stupid designs on and suddenly the whole world wants them. At the end, none of the kids turn out the winner. Every cent goes into the happy lawyers who pray for more clients like these everyday. Funny isn't it. How ironic life can be. MORAL OF THE STORY: BE A LAWYER!!! THEY'RE THE ONLY WINNERS IN THIS GAME OF LIFE. THAT'S WHY I HOPE TO BECOME ONE. Happy studying!! Hope this post has brought a bit of laughter in your dreary day of mugging. When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. William Arthur Ward |
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Happy Birthday To Me!!/ 10:30 PM Finally I turn 18!! Woo!! But as the cliche goes, with great power comes great responsibility... So even though I can now buy cigarettes and alcohol I must learn to resist this awesome temptation (even though I have no great desire to poison my lungs and turn them tar black). Furthermore, I am now no longer a juvenile in the eyes of the law..... I'll be jailed and possibly hanged if I commit arson or murder though I sincerely hope I never do such things.
Anyway just a big thank you to all my friends whom made this day such a special and meaningful one for me. Harng-Yi, Wayne, Xin Hui, Serene, Hui Leng, Shi Kang, Jermyn, Aravind, Dhilshad, Li Yin, Joe, Abhishek, Saranya, Xiaoqin, Jomaine, Marianne, Andrew, Wai Hong, Kenneth, Siew Hui, Hui Qing, Aruna, Marcus, Yisi, Zhini and Zhi Lin. It is not my intention to miss anyone out and if I have, I apologise and I'll rectify it immediately. Thank you all. Your presence has made a great difference in my life and today I finally realise why we value the people we call our friends. Thank you for one of the best birthdays ever! A friend is like a rainbow. They brighten your life when you've been through a storm. Jenna Palmer |
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
1001 things i hate about Singaporeans using public transport/ 11:07 PM As the title suggests, this is gonna be a really long and angsty post about stupid people that do stupid things in public places for stupid reasons. If you're guilty of these things, this is not directed at you in any way or whatsoever. Just smile to yourself and think how fun it is pissing people like me off.... In no particular order:
1. People who sit on the outside of seats when they're on publics buses. This is one of my pet hates when i'm outside. Seriously, if you wanna hog a seat obviously designed for 2 people, go buy your own motorcycle. Or better yet, go buy a car. This way, you can hog all the seats you want and nobody really gives a damn. Many of them argue that they were gonna alight soon and that it's a hassle to force your way past another person just for a few more minutes. BUT!! This only applies for 1 in 1000 people if you ask me. Travel from Woodlands to Changi also called gonna alight soon?? If everybody bothered to actually move in and share the frickin seats, wouldn't the seats be more effectively utilised instead of leaving the darn chair empty??!! What's Worse..............People who sit on the outside of the 2 seater seats, and put their stupid bag in the empty spot. I think this is the epitome of selfishness if you're using public transport. If they owned the bus i couldn't argue but they don't so just put the bag on your lap for goodness sake. Will it kill you to apply a few more Newtons of foce on your thighs? For all you know you get better shaped thighs because of the excess force on it over long periods of time. 2. People who do not move to the back of the bus Another symptom of a selfish society. Isn't is just plain irritating how these idiots refuse to move to the back of the bus? The back of the bus got bomb is it? So nobody dare to go near? They just sorta expect you to squeeze past them and move to the back out of your own accord. Especially when the bus is crowded, the bus driver always has to turn around and start shouting before people actually start moving to the back of the bus. I know typical Singaporeans all kiasu and wanna be the first to escape when their stop approaches but remember that it is at the expense of many others who are waiting to get on the bus and some might even miss it due to the lack of space in the front.  The problem is so prevalent that SBS has to hold a campaign to get people to move to the back of the bus? Do you have any idea how silly that sounds? What's worse.............. People who refuse to move in and camp at the door of the bus even when their stop is an hour away. They expect you to just move past them and stand at the back while they just stand right in front of the door, blocking the exit and not even bothering to actually move to ensure that people can get out of the bus. This is especially true if that person is FAT! There was one case where this huge blubbery fat woman stood right in front of the exit and refused to move despite this girl trying desperately to squeeze past her. The poor girl missed her stop and chose to exit by the front door instead. ARGH!! 3. People who do not wait for you to alight before they board. This is more evident in MRTs rather than buses since a bus has a designated entrance and exit with the occasional exception of completely loaded ones.  See the nice beautiful yellow lines so carefully painted? They are there for a reason all you dimwits who appear not to understand what the sole purpose of the lines are for. As you can see from the diagram, the arrow pointing outwards takes priority over the two neighbouring arrows pointing inwards. This shows that you're actually supposed to let passengers alight before you actually move in...... Ok take a moment to digest all this. If you never understood what the yellow arrows meant and you've suddenly been enlightened, then you're excused. Just think about it, people often try to get in a train especially when its crowded during peak hours. If nobody let passengers alight, how are you supposed to get on if there's no space to get on. So in future, just let the damn passengers alight before you board. What's worse....... Aunties and Uncles who shove their way past alighting passengers and push their way into the train. Just because you're old amd mouldy doesn't give you the right to push OK!! People are just polite enough not to push back or else they'll get dirty stares by passer-bys . What's worse is if this annoying oldies actually fall and you'll be deemed the villian. But sometimes its just so tempting to shove them right back. After all they started it.......... 4. People who blast music on public transport. This really applies more to certain groups than others (I won't mention who lest i get sued for certain undesirable comments and get thrown into prison). Same comment as point 1. If you wanna blast your stupid music and show off your bad taste in song selections, go get a car. This way you can blast all the shit load of music you want and nobody could care less. See those snazzy convertibles which play music till their whole car vibrates?? Well you can't do anything about that since its your own business if you wanna burst your own ear drums. Just don't do it on the bus!! Its like a smack in the face when you finally get some time to catch forty winks and this inconsiderate ass-hole starts blasting music with his cheapo speakers obviously bought from a pasar malam, and obviously trying to pass if off as an Apple one. I think there should be a rule against making too much unruly noise on public transport. Hello!! Why do you think earphones were invented? Obviously not to disturb others around you right? If you wanna pose as a wealthy and spoilt kid at least get earphones so you look civil enough to pull the rich-boy look off. What's worse...... GROUPS of people who blast music and attempt to talk to each other!! If you do meet them, just know that you're damn unlucky and you should go home immediately before any other misfortunes befall you. What is the point of blasting DIFFERENT types of music together? You all think very cool is it?! According to the Principle of Superposition, they overlap and the resultant amplitude is the sum of the vectorial displacement of each individual wave..... In simpler terms, it produces a mess we normal humans call noise. As if not peculiar enough, these strange creatures who look like humans actually try to communicate with each other through speech!!! However, their speech usually takes place at volumes triple of normal humans. When combined, it makes one hell of a din in a closed and compact area such as a bus or a train. If you wanna talk to each other, just shut the bloody speakers off and have a nice normal conversation. The only possible explanation is if this group of people were practicing for a debate within a vacuum-sealed hall. 5. People who try to squeeze past train doors just to get in. I really think these are the most brainless people in society. One example would be this old couple running up the escalator to catch a train which was about to leave. The old woman got in while the old man was hurrying behind (i have no idea why he ran slower than his wife. Must be the drain in testostorones as you get older). As the door closed, the old man lounged forward and used his hands to prevent the door from closing. Of course the train driver opened the doors and he walk proudly in thinking that he managed to open the door with his SUPER STRENGTH. His wife was chiding him and the silly old fella was actually proud of what he just did. I wouldn't have minded if the door suddenly clamped on his shirt and dragged him across the whole track if it would have just shut him up. Not only are you placing yourself at risk, you're also jeopardizing the safey of the other 200 passengers in the train. And think of the poor MRT staff who have to clean up the mess you'll leave if you were dragged across the entire track. Furthermore, your legendary story will be told for generations to come and rumours of hauntings might even arise (sounds remotely intriguing). What's worse....... People who just squeezed past closing train doors and if successful, they'll think they're so freaking cool and start boasting to their friends. You'll hear the stupid showoff prattle on and on and on from Boon Lay to Pasir Ris. 6. People who do not stand on the left of the escalator Don't know what's up with people these days but the campaign to stand on the left of escalators seem to have worn off over time. I know Bedok still has the little stickers on the sides to remind you to stand on the left. This is most annoying when there's a train arriving in 2 mins and once you make it past this last flight of steps, you'll be one step closer to your destination. However, what stands in your way is this idiot who is obviously illiterate since he/she can't read the numerous signs which say "Please keep left on escalators". These people appear not to have any consideration for others who are desperately atempting to catch the swiftly departing train. Most probably due to the fact that they missed their own train so they're taking it out on innocent fellow train-takers. Sort of a mentality where "If I miss my train, so do you". Ok i'm just making this up..... Or perhaps there are really such evil, scheming manipulative people out there (at this point I know what you're thinking..... I am NOT one of these people. Shoot yourself in the butt if you did even consider such a possibility). What's worse........ People who know that you're trying to get past and pretend to be engrossed in a conversation with a friend just for the sake of not having to move. These people are the most annoying of the lot. Often, they'll give you a quick glance and if they catch you looking at them, they'll just turn their head in one swift motion and talk endlessly to their very surprised friend. Maybe its for some self-amusement they can later brag about to the others on the train to enrich their dull and dreary little lives. After all, everyone likes to brag so you can't blame them...... Thus concludes my displeasure with certain dominant situations within our lives that we have grown so accustomed to. Let's all work hard to make Singapore a warmer and friendlier place to live in!! (I know i sound like some slogan for a courtesy campaign organised by a government but i have to end off on a nice and positive note in case i get sued and this can be a redeeming factor). The better you know someone, the less there is to say. Or maybe, there's less that needs to be said. Anonymous |
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