This 24 year old divorcee has been living in Marsiling carpark for past 4 years

[Rogue Trader]

Young woman sleeps in carpark for 4 years
Lianhe Wanbao - 6 hrs 57 mins ago

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A reader told Lianhe Wanbao about a young woman who had been sleeping in a HDB carpark for four years.

Lulu (not her real name), has been sleeping at the stairwell of a carpark in a HDB estate in the north since she was 20 years old.

Lulu explained her predicament to reporters.

She had wilfully gotten married when she was 19 but divorced a year later after she fought with her husband.

She returned home to her parents' flat in Marsiling with her baby daughter but did not find support from her family.

She said, "My father felt that I wasn't taking marriage seriously. Whenever he spoke to me, he was harsh and sarcastic. I found it unbearable."

In one fight with her family, Lulu pushed her father and the older man fell to the floor.

After this, she was chased out of the house by her own family.

Lulu has stayed at the carpark ever since.

She appears to use an umbrella to get what privacy she can on her makeshift space laid out with cardboard boxes.

The security of her belongings consists of a "Don't Touch" sign pasted on her luggage.

Lulu adds that she has a new boyfriend now and the man sometimes stay with her overnight at the carpark.


Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 5 February 2012.

 

[LeMans2011]

NO class. The Japanese destitutes would have used paper cartons to erect a proper "room", while the French homeless at subway use comfortable mattresses. Why isn't she selling tissue paper? That could have earned her a HDB flat

 

[Ramseth]

NO class. The Japanese destitutes would have used paper cartons to erect a proper "room", while the French homeless at subway use comfortable mattresses. Why isn't she selling tissue paper? That could have earned her a HDB flat

At least, Drifter got better class. He's living in a big designer cardboard house with his wife and his pitbull around Nihonbashi area. His pitbull has drilled daily to be on guard at the sentry cardboard kennel on the look out for me if I pop by.

 

[scroobal]

Find this quite hard to comprehend that it lasted even a few weeks let alone years. I am sure that there is more to this than what has been reported. One should be able to rent a room. I am sure she should have secured a job.

 

[ZorrorroZ]

Maybe when she went to see her MP, she was asked if she wanted 3 meals in a restaurant, hawker centre or carpark. And then told that Singapore's poor have it way better than anywhere else in the world, so just shutup and fark off...

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng will visit her and bring her to geylang for employment.

 

[1sickpuppy II]

Find this quite hard to comprehend that it lasted even a few weeks let alone years. I am sure that there is more to this than what has been reported. One should be able to rent a room. I am sure she should have secured a job.

Yes I do agree with you that is a bit hard to swollow until I came across this chap in my office. He is forced to stay in JB as HDB refuse to sell him a house. He told me his side of the story but I will take a pinch of salt with it. He is 50yo divorcee ( wife ran away with another man ). Forced to sell away his house so to split 50/50 with ex as ordered by the judge. Later when he reapply to buy another flat was told he cannot as he already bought 2 flats and he cannot secure a loan from HDB as he was too old and income too low. End up lan lan stay in JB in a rented condo. Funny thing is his son is serving NS keep say to us " Fuck no house in SG for fuck son need to fight to defend SG "

 

[halsey02]

Find this quite hard to comprehend that it lasted even a few weeks let alone years. I am sure that there is more to this than what has been reported. One should be able to rent a room. I am sure she should have secured a job.

It should be taken with a pinch of salt, for the story have too many holes to believe. Jumbo is complaining, that no body wants to wash dishes at 1k plus a month, Bus companies are complaing that, they have a shortage of Captains. Surely, a simple sales job will bring in some income, she is female; getting jobs are easier.:p

 

[geylangchickenloyangduck]

nah beh...from her silhouette, she will make good in Geylang.

Come here and stand and she will have a bed every night to sleep...no, work on.

 

[Fook Seng]

I know of some body whose job aptitude is so poor that no job could be held for a long term, even the simplest of jobs. Some people are so badly prepared for the job market, it could be low IQ or it could just be going to the wrong school.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

She had a marriage which lasted for a year and brought the child back to her parents to look after. And she still has the cheek to say that her dad was harsh and sarcastic?

 

[laksaboy]

Bed Made Lie.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/you've+made+your+bed,+now+lie+in+it

Let's see which captain save-a-ho will rescue her now.

 

[michael_368]

wow living in the car park for 4yrs, how come no one report all this during years?

 

[Raiders]

Marsiling would be flooded with perverts tonight, roaming the handful of mscp there

 

[saratogas]

Lulu is a name of Geylang mamasan...

 

[wMulew]

Lulu adds that she has a new boyfriend now and the man sometimes stay with her overnight at the carpark.

WTF!!!! How come the bf don't ask her to live with him. Or the bf also homeless? She seriously needs to stop dating losers!!!!

 

[Singaman]

Although a sad story, there's definitely more to it. Some things the reporter left out (purposely?)
- did she approach any organisation for help
- who is her mp. did she approach her mp for help
- is she working now?

and the MOST IMPORTANT how is the health of the baby now?

There is a formula to this kind of typical sad stories - it is to make peasants feel lucky and grateful to have a roof over their heads and 3 meals to eat. That is why the important questions are never asked/reported, but max out the details of the sad things to pull at your heartstrings and make you think: "wa, lucky I not like her! My life actually not bad wor."

 

[halsey02]

wow living in the car park for 4yrs, how come no one report all this during years?

Kawanku!, get it?

 

[Froggy]

Boyfriend 15 years old still underage.

WTF!!!! How come the bf don't ask her to live with him. Or the bf also homeless? She seriously needs to stop dating losers!!!!

 

[IreneYeoh]

How to live in a carpark for 4 years? I can't even imagine for 4 days. How to bathe?