Ugly Singapreans
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
11.07.2006
This morning, I went to Tiong Bahru Plaza to get some Ziploc bags for my journey to KL. Took bus number 195 from my place than when I boarded the bus, it was full, so I had to stand. I saw a man sitting on the green seats alone with his bag on the same seat beside him, and there was this old man whose also standing with me, I wanted to approach the young man but he alighted on the next stop. For god's sake, please, if you are a person who's blessed with a good vision, please read the message beside those seats, those seats were prioritized for people of old age and ladies who are pregnant, if you fit neither of those categories, please stand and make way for those who need those seats more than you do!
Upon reaching my destination, I went up to Popular Bookstore in search of those Ziploc bags but to no avail despite my endeavors, so I went down to level 1 and have a smoke, I was sitting near the MRT station and while I was smoking, I noticed this old man sitting on a wheelchair because of an amputated right limp, he was selling packets of tissue papers. No one wanted to purchase the materials that he was trying hard to sell. I stayed on for 20 minutes to observe that poor old man and his surroundings but his sales still remained static thus I took out $10 and went over to asked him how much he charged for the tissues papers, he told me, "$1 for 3 packets." So I took 1 packet and pushed the $10 to him and told him in hokkien, "uncle, heng li lim kopi eh." Meaning, "Uncle, keep the $10, for you to enjoy coffee." After that, I proceeded my way home.
It's really disheartening to know that not many Singaporeans, young and old alike tends to help people like that old man. I was proud being a Singaporean while I was serving my time with the Army because of the camaraderie and brotherhood, we laughed together and defended our motherland together. When I was being discharged from the Army, I saw and felt a whole different Singapore. At times like these, I'm really ashamed to call myself a Singaporean. If we, as Singaporeans, fail to unite and help each other along the way, who's going to help those people that I encountered earlier? United Nations? World bank? One must know that even this amount of monetary aid is not huge, all these little gestures bring smiles upon them. I hate those people who's so highly educated and wears a tie to work, when they passed by the old man on the wheelchair, they didn't even bother to shoot a glance at him, or they're just pretending not to know. I may be poor in my academics and my lungs may have blackened due to smoking but my heart is still red and my soul is still conscience. How could our politicians require us to move on or ahead while there are people who don't even care about donating a dollar or two to the poor? I don't think I'll join the political movement of "Moving Ahead." Instead, I think I'll stay behind to push the wheelchairs of those being left behind. Please Singaporeans, if you're reading this, please open your eyes to see and your hearts to feel. Stop pounding on whether was it wrong for Zidane to head butt another player. Singapore is a clean, green and safe country but it's never enough when our own peoples are exhibiting selfish acts. United we stand, divided we fall; I love my country, so please love it together with me. Adios!
dictator*s thoughts at 1:57 PM
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wah.. impressive post dude
like i've always mentioned in forum, singaporeans need to go to a school which teach them courtesy, benevolence and being kind.
like i've always mentioned in forum, singaporeans need to go to a school which teach them courtesy, benevolence and being kind.
I know some of the factors that somehow contributed to our ugly modern Singaporean behavior.
1)They tend to have the mentality of, " I help him, who would help me?"
2)Too laze to even care.
3)Sometimes, they want to do good deeds but they are afraid of gossips that will surround him/her after the deed is done like, "why this guy/girl so stupid?Donate so much money ect.”
4)Afraid of being conned like the NKF incident.
1)They tend to have the mentality of, " I help him, who would help me?"
2)Too laze to even care.
3)Sometimes, they want to do good deeds but they are afraid of gossips that will surround him/her after the deed is done like, "why this guy/girl so stupid?Donate so much money ect.”
4)Afraid of being conned like the NKF incident.
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11 July, 2006
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11 July, 2006
even on radio... deejay saying traffic news, got rude guy still called radio station and say the deejay say wrong road.... pengz
If the deejay reported the road wrongly, I say the guy who called to correct him did nothing wrong (provided he isn't rude or anything)
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11 July, 2006
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11 July, 2006
yah
i think as long as the guy wasn't rude to correct the DJ, there's nothing wrong with it. The guy is helping to clear the situations.
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i think as long as the guy wasn't rude to correct the DJ, there's nothing wrong with it. The guy is helping to clear the situations.