As proud as i am to be a SINGAPOREAN, the extent of kiasu-ness (which i am sure many singaporeans are capable of displaying) totally puts me off at times. Take the other day when i was returning home frm bugis as an example,
Despite knowing that one should never consider the alternative of bus-ing home during the peak hr, i boarded 960
and what exactly did i do that for?
well, its a straight bus home and it saved me some walking distance. tt's exactly why (: anw, 960 was filled to the
brim front steps. As if it wasnt frustrating enough that i am taking an hr plus to get hme instead of the usual 45mins, random pple had to aggrevate my frustration.
Like i said, the bus was already very packed, with even the front steps fully occupied. So at subsequent stops, the bus driver did not even bother opening the front door to allow more ppl on board. Only the back doors were open for alighting. Then there was this family (nuclear or extended, i dont know. and do not wish to know as well-they r all of the same
kind anw. nt to b racist or peoplecist or wadever.
) anw, yah. they were trying desperately to get onto 960.
The next bus was probably in like, what? 10minutes? but no, they refuse to wait any longer. So they went to the back door and SCURRIED up the steps, which yours truly was already standing very uncomfortably there. I was further squashed. and angered.
i was on the verge on WTF-ing at them?! like wth. As if it wasnt enough to piss yours truly off, they had to tap their stupid Ezlink on the machine which then sent off a loud squeal of warning bleeps. NOT ENOUGH! they had to do it AGAIN. like hello? can u freaking read? it blatantly says there, "ERROR!
PLS FREAKING TAP AT THE FRONT"
Obviously the bus driver heard the loud bleeps and thus she stood up from her seat and hollowed down the aisle, "DONT TAP UR EZLINK FROM THE BACK! COME IN FRONT!"
Thus this fat lady started using her fat elbow to jab this guy beside her n motioned him to pass on her ezlink to the front of the bus to tap. HAHA! that guy looked so damn pissed (as well), he unplug his earphones and said, "go in front urself and tap LAH!" when he jolly well know that its impossible to board the bus from the front. So, he's indirectly telling that bunch of monkeys to,
GET YOUR ASS OFF THE FREAKING BUS!!
exactly my sentiments! URGHH!! bt wad did the fat lady do? she continue jabbing the guy!!! So Guy
bo-pian n had to help her pass the card to the front. Then 4 more ezlinks joined the passing game. I TELL U LOR! at least 10 freaking minutes was wasted just cuz of these people!!!
bt it was still bearable until... (This was wad exactly happened)
I was holding on to this pole thingie (my balancing skills arent all tt fantastic, u see.) and one of these monkeys was clinging onto the same pole as i was too. Everyone was happy. THEN! he changed his mind! He decided he din wan to hold the pole anymore instead he wans to LEAN on that pole. So? my hand was squashed under his body weight. and do u noe how violated i felt?!
Bt no, i was not prepared to just withdraw my hand and let him have his way. and thus i rotated my fingers in such a way my nails were jabbing into his sides. BUT NO! he did not budge and i just get this sick feeling his enjoying it?! i was thoroughly disgusted and thus i took my hand off.
Minutes later, i realised that he had shifted his weight and his body was no longer in contact with the pole. His bag was. Therefore, i happily went back to gripping the pole. Almost instantly, this idiot started reaching into the pocket of his UBER-TIGHT jeans and dug out his handphone (with much difficulty, trust me. its
that tight. i don even noe hw he manage to fit the phone in it in the first place)
Anw, in the process of doing tt, he had to tilt his body to the right and AGAIN! press his body against my fingers. AND I TA BULEH TAHAN ALREADY PLS! so i TSK! him damn loudly and withdrew my hand with such outrage. and he still had the cheek to look at me with that pretended sheepish look. I WAS ALL OUT TO GORGE HIS BIG BLACK ROUND PUPILS OUT OKAY! bt i decided against it and gave him MY DEADLIEST DEATH GLARE instead.
He immediately repelled from pole and
shrivelled away in fear. HRMPH! THAT ASS! i was therefore, in a damn grumpy mood all the way frm bugis to home.
That is not the only display of kiasu-ness okay. I mean like i am alright with singaporean's occasional bouts of kiasuness bt like, please dont overdo it? it can be quite annoying loe. hmm! Paiseh for posing smth of so much angst after like nt updating for quite some time =X
steamboat with jess, yan and her mum tmr night (: sassy and sparkle!! HERE I COME~~ yay~~
{ 7/19/2008 }
