Did she ask herself why the trains are so overcrowded even as AssMRT makes record profits? In fact did she ask why is the whole fcuking piece of nose shit so overcrowded with FTrash?
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I RETURNED from overseas a few months ago, and I feel disgusted to announce there has yet to be a day when I am not appalled by the rudeness and discourtesy of one resident or another.
We need nationwide campaigns to remind us of the need to treat each other graciously and with respect. Why are people so threatened by the prospect of showing simple kindness to others? Is it so difficult to be civil?
Why do we have to be told to let people off the train before shoving our way in? Why must we resort to designated 'reserved' seats for those in need? Every seat on the train should be offered to someone who needs it more, reserved or not.
I am embarrassed to have to watch an expatriate tell a young, able-bodied, well-dressed man to offer his reserved seat to an elderly woman. I am even more ashamed when the expatriate thanks the young man for finally doing the right thing.
I have lived in California for six years.
=> So BIG FCUK?
Yes, I smile when I come across strangers. When I do that in Singapore, people look at me like I'm weird. A few will smile back but others are simply too shocked to even respond. How did we reach this point?
We live in an amazing and accomplished cosmopolitan nation but our behaviour towards one another reflects none of that. That we need courtesy and kindness campaigns at all should be taken as a serious sign of the demise of our moral culture.
No one is foraging for berries here. It is safe to treat others with kindness. We live in abundance, even in the current economic climate.
Giving up your seat on buses and trains, helping without being asked, cracking a smile every once in a while, and saying 'please' and 'thank you' like our kindergarten teachers taught us will not threaten anyone's livelihood or security. But it does make our society more palatable, and happy people accomplish more. This is simple positive psychology.
I urge all Singaporeans to wake up to a more positive and friendly attitude. If you're having a bad day, do something nice for someone else. You may be surprised, you will feel better too. Positive energy has a way of recycling itself.
=> Up turn the downturn thingy?
Ow Shen Huai (Ms)
http://www.smc.edu/clubs/ags/htmlstatic/transfers05.html
Transferred Students - Spring 2005
Ow,Shen Huai
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I RETURNED from overseas a few months ago, and I feel disgusted to announce there has yet to be a day when I am not appalled by the rudeness and discourtesy of one resident or another.
We need nationwide campaigns to remind us of the need to treat each other graciously and with respect. Why are people so threatened by the prospect of showing simple kindness to others? Is it so difficult to be civil?
Why do we have to be told to let people off the train before shoving our way in? Why must we resort to designated 'reserved' seats for those in need? Every seat on the train should be offered to someone who needs it more, reserved or not.
I am embarrassed to have to watch an expatriate tell a young, able-bodied, well-dressed man to offer his reserved seat to an elderly woman. I am even more ashamed when the expatriate thanks the young man for finally doing the right thing.
I have lived in California for six years.
=> So BIG FCUK?
Yes, I smile when I come across strangers. When I do that in Singapore, people look at me like I'm weird. A few will smile back but others are simply too shocked to even respond. How did we reach this point?
We live in an amazing and accomplished cosmopolitan nation but our behaviour towards one another reflects none of that. That we need courtesy and kindness campaigns at all should be taken as a serious sign of the demise of our moral culture.
No one is foraging for berries here. It is safe to treat others with kindness. We live in abundance, even in the current economic climate.
Giving up your seat on buses and trains, helping without being asked, cracking a smile every once in a while, and saying 'please' and 'thank you' like our kindergarten teachers taught us will not threaten anyone's livelihood or security. But it does make our society more palatable, and happy people accomplish more. This is simple positive psychology.
I urge all Singaporeans to wake up to a more positive and friendly attitude. If you're having a bad day, do something nice for someone else. You may be surprised, you will feel better too. Positive energy has a way of recycling itself.
=> Up turn the downturn thingy?
Ow Shen Huai (Ms)
http://www.smc.edu/clubs/ags/htmlstatic/transfers05.html
Transferred Students - Spring 2005
Ow,Shen Huai
