触摸 - 陈伟联
听说南方从来不会有寂寞
听说在海边世界没有尽头
你哭着告诉我 你和他梦想的种种
我会是你雨天的湖泊 拥抱你的温柔
好想看你的笑容
对离开的他说
你心中那份美丽怎么找都不会再有
轻轻触摸未来遥远的风
有一天你会找回你的梦
幸福是看得透 而不是舍不得他的所有
慢慢触摸天空暖暖的火
我在这天黑了也不会走
你的快乐 除了他还 有我永远守候
不要难过
听说冬天叶子熟了会 脸红
听说在天空 有迷人的星座
一起去探险吧 也许你会喜欢而感动
你沉默的时候 我知道你的心还很痛
真想看你的笑容
对你的他大声说
你心中那份美丽怎么找都不会再有
我的思念，是一首无声的歌曲。
在我的世界里，不停播放。
我的痛，是词。
我的苦，是曲。
痛苦的思念，哀怨的歌曲。
只可惜，这首歌，只有我会唱，只有我在听。
当我看透了，放手了，
也许那就是我幸福的时候。
当我可以想你而不哭泣，
也许那就是我解脱的时候。
等待冰封的感情解冻，
也许融化了感情，
我就可以找回我要的幸福。
exercise sparrowhawk 2
this is the first time i am participating in a nationwide exercise...
although it really didn't feel such big scale...
still...
it was an "interesting" experience...
i wasn't physically in Singapore when SARS hit. listening to the stories my colleauges, i do wonder if i was here in singapore, how would i have reacted...?
can still vividly remember that at the start of SARS, jf, edwin, wp and i went to adelaide for easter break...
and on our last day there, we had to take a cab to the train station...
it was a usual hailcab&enter scenario...until about 2-3 mins into the ride..the cabbie asked
"where are you all from?"
and one of us (can't remember who but definitely not me) replied "oh, from china"
the next thing i know, the driver opened all the windows...
and was speeding to the train station...
the 4 of us exchanged amused looks in the cab...
a 15 min trip was over and done in 5 mins..
the moment all 4 of us were out of the cab...
the driver zoomed off...i think the tires almost screeched...
at that point, someone (can't remember who again) said "aiyah, just now should have coughed abit just now"
to which i replied "yeah right, then i think he would have just stopped in the middle of nowhere to drop us off"
so that was the extent to which i experienced the SARS period...
a speeding cab driver -_-
during that time, i kept very close update with the happenings in singapore...how suspected? how many confirmed? how many died? how many days till SARS-free? in a way, i was very worried...and also very helpless..being so far away from home...i couldn't help but wonder if singapore would make it...
but we did...
and so..now to better prepare for another disease outbreak...
we have this exercise...
and now, instead of just a speeding cab..
i am experiencing it as a healthcare worker..
a speeding cab is defintely more fun..and less tedious -_-
seriously..
if you can just imagine this scenario...
you are in a B2/C class ward (i.e. no air con)
wearing usual long pants, usual top with usual white coat...
AND a high filtration mask (high filtration = poorly ventilated for user)
AND a long-sleeve gown (which is also poorly ventilated)
AND goggles (to protect the eyes..duh)
AND gloves...
now, try to imagine you are doing a procedure which require the fan to be turned off...
AND the curtains to be drawn...
now, also imagine you are using about 75-80% of your strength to hold a patient in place while doing the procedure...
yes, you have just gotten yourself an image of a sauna...
can you almost feel the sweat beading on your forehead..and dripping down down down into your eyes? (oh no, u can't wipe it cos your gloves are contaminated..so no touching of your own face)
and can you almost feel the heat spreading from inside and being trapped underneath the layers of cloth?
oh oh..and can you also feel the condensation of your own breath on your own skin cos of the mask?
this is why i am sitting here nursing a very bad headache...
:(
i think i have carbon dioxide retention :"(
anyway....
that was just some whinging..
but i have to agree that this exercise is essential...
because for newbies like me who hasn't gone through SARS
if *touchwood* such disease outbreak does happen..
i will find myself very poorly prepared..
at least now..
i feel more confident...and also have the mental preparation for being in a sauna while working...
and now..
i have new found respect for the HCW who went through SARS..
i cannot imagine wearing that mask from 8 to 5...
i think instead of a headache, i'll end up with heat stroke...
the exercise went on quite smoothly...so it was good..
most people knew what to do..and those who don't were duly corrected by their colleague
i just hope that they dun make this exercise a regular routine...
well..they can make it regularly..just not routinely...
i think people lose their sense of urgency and alertness when something becomes routine...
so..
i think the exercise just ended about 10mins ago...
*phew*
the moment i get home..
i'm gonna hit the shower (COLD shower)
and wear shorts and tank top to cool myself down...
no jeans, no long sleeve for the next 2 days!
the next time sparrowhawk comes around...
i'm gonna stock up on cooling tea at home...
and maybe in the meantime..
some genius can go and invent masks and gloves with better ventilation but is equally protective...
this is the first time i am participating in a nationwide exercise...
although it really didn't feel such big scale...
still...
it was an "interesting" experience...
i wasn't physically in Singapore when SARS hit. listening to the stories my colleauges, i do wonder if i was here in singapore, how would i have reacted...?
can still vividly remember that at the start of SARS, jf, edwin, wp and i went to adelaide for easter break...
and on our last day there, we had to take a cab to the train station...
it was a usual hailcab&enter scenario...until about 2-3 mins into the ride..the cabbie asked
"where are you all from?"
and one of us (can't remember who but definitely not me) replied "oh, from china"
the next thing i know, the driver opened all the windows...
and was speeding to the train station...
the 4 of us exchanged amused looks in the cab...
a 15 min trip was over and done in 5 mins..
the moment all 4 of us were out of the cab...
the driver zoomed off...i think the tires almost screeched...
at that point, someone (can't remember who again) said "aiyah, just now should have coughed abit just now"
to which i replied "yeah right, then i think he would have just stopped in the middle of nowhere to drop us off"
so that was the extent to which i experienced the SARS period...
a speeding cab driver -_-
during that time, i kept very close update with the happenings in singapore...how suspected? how many confirmed? how many died? how many days till SARS-free? in a way, i was very worried...and also very helpless..being so far away from home...i couldn't help but wonder if singapore would make it...
but we did...
and so..now to better prepare for another disease outbreak...
we have this exercise...
and now, instead of just a speeding cab..
i am experiencing it as a healthcare worker..
a speeding cab is defintely more fun..and less tedious -_-
seriously..
if you can just imagine this scenario...
you are in a B2/C class ward (i.e. no air con)
wearing usual long pants, usual top with usual white coat...
AND a high filtration mask (high filtration = poorly ventilated for user)
AND a long-sleeve gown (which is also poorly ventilated)
AND goggles (to protect the eyes..duh)
AND gloves...
now, try to imagine you are doing a procedure which require the fan to be turned off...
AND the curtains to be drawn...
now, also imagine you are using about 75-80% of your strength to hold a patient in place while doing the procedure...
yes, you have just gotten yourself an image of a sauna...
can you almost feel the sweat beading on your forehead..and dripping down down down into your eyes? (oh no, u can't wipe it cos your gloves are contaminated..so no touching of your own face)
and can you almost feel the heat spreading from inside and being trapped underneath the layers of cloth?
oh oh..and can you also feel the condensation of your own breath on your own skin cos of the mask?
this is why i am sitting here nursing a very bad headache...
:(
i think i have carbon dioxide retention :"(
anyway....
that was just some whinging..
but i have to agree that this exercise is essential...
because for newbies like me who hasn't gone through SARS
if *touchwood* such disease outbreak does happen..
i will find myself very poorly prepared..
at least now..
i feel more confident...and also have the mental preparation for being in a sauna while working...
and now..
i have new found respect for the HCW who went through SARS..
i cannot imagine wearing that mask from 8 to 5...
i think instead of a headache, i'll end up with heat stroke...
the exercise went on quite smoothly...so it was good..
most people knew what to do..and those who don't were duly corrected by their colleague
i just hope that they dun make this exercise a regular routine...
well..they can make it regularly..just not routinely...
i think people lose their sense of urgency and alertness when something becomes routine...
so..
i think the exercise just ended about 10mins ago...
*phew*
the moment i get home..
i'm gonna hit the shower (COLD shower)
and wear shorts and tank top to cool myself down...
no jeans, no long sleeve for the next 2 days!
the next time sparrowhawk comes around...
i'm gonna stock up on cooling tea at home...
and maybe in the meantime..
some genius can go and invent masks and gloves with better ventilation but is equally protective...
i'm in love...
with salsa...
plucking up the courage to head down to hard rock by myself last thurs...
it was a very 'releasing' experience..
to finally be able to look at my instuctor in the eyes and say 'i went social dancing'
when i saw my instructor grinning at me and giving me pat on the back made it even more worthwhile...
but of course..
the real 'release' is being asked to dance by guys whom i dunno at all..
and to actually heck care that i am making a fool of myself...
i couldn't catch the lead, i did almost everything that was NOT wat the guy want me to do..
but hey, i had fun...
i laughed,i spun, i twirled...some guy even 'dipped' me...
and when i left, i felt like i finally am having fun after a very long time..
but...
insecurity still shrouds me...
as i wonder if these guys are gonna avoid me at all costs when i go again this thurs..
maybe i'll be labelled as 'the girl who can't dance' at hard rock...
*grimace*
oh well...
even if that happens..
i guess i can take comfort that at least i had the chance to dance with a few guys...
and to finally realise that i really suck at catching leads...
hopefully
it'll all come with practice..
and my instructor (and his 'gang' of good male dancers whom he asked to dance with me) assured me that i am doing fine..just too nervous..
perhaps after a few more social dancing experiences..
i can stop blushing like an idiot..
stop grinning like an idiot..
stop saying 'sorry sorry' like an idiot..
basically...
stop being an idiot..
today's training was to learn the neck drop (or something like that)
training's getting tougher...
and requiring more and more time commitment...
i see my dream slowly unfurling before me...
with each training sesison...
i feel the dancer in me coming more alive...
but...
insecurity haunts me at all times..
perhaps..i have a dancer in me..
but...
is this dancer...a salsa dancer?
i really dunno...
but i've come so far..
i've fallen in love with this totally new dance to me...
and so...
i'll keep going...
and keep trying...
and perhaps..
one day...
you will see me performing...
perhaps..perhaps...perhaps...
with salsa...
plucking up the courage to head down to hard rock by myself last thurs...
it was a very 'releasing' experience..
to finally be able to look at my instuctor in the eyes and say 'i went social dancing'
when i saw my instructor grinning at me and giving me pat on the back made it even more worthwhile...
but of course..
the real 'release' is being asked to dance by guys whom i dunno at all..
and to actually heck care that i am making a fool of myself...
i couldn't catch the lead, i did almost everything that was NOT wat the guy want me to do..
but hey, i had fun...
i laughed,i spun, i twirled...some guy even 'dipped' me...
and when i left, i felt like i finally am having fun after a very long time..
but...
insecurity still shrouds me...
as i wonder if these guys are gonna avoid me at all costs when i go again this thurs..
maybe i'll be labelled as 'the girl who can't dance' at hard rock...
*grimace*
oh well...
even if that happens..
i guess i can take comfort that at least i had the chance to dance with a few guys...
and to finally realise that i really suck at catching leads...
hopefully
it'll all come with practice..
and my instructor (and his 'gang' of good male dancers whom he asked to dance with me) assured me that i am doing fine..just too nervous..
perhaps after a few more social dancing experiences..
i can stop blushing like an idiot..
stop grinning like an idiot..
stop saying 'sorry sorry' like an idiot..
basically...
stop being an idiot..
today's training was to learn the neck drop (or something like that)
training's getting tougher...
and requiring more and more time commitment...
i see my dream slowly unfurling before me...
with each training sesison...
i feel the dancer in me coming more alive...
but...
insecurity haunts me at all times..
perhaps..i have a dancer in me..
but...
is this dancer...a salsa dancer?
i really dunno...
but i've come so far..
i've fallen in love with this totally new dance to me...
and so...
i'll keep going...
and keep trying...
and perhaps..
one day...
you will see me performing...
perhaps..perhaps...perhaps...
:(
some people are spamming on my tagboard
and i have to remove it.
i'm sad............
now i cannot read the tags people leave me...
*SOB*
sighz...
well..if you do have anything to say to me...
can leave comments instead bah...
y got people spam me?!
argh!!
**************************************************
yesterday...
as i was walking home from the MRT...
an uncle blew cigarette smoke right into my face..
and in that moment of fighting to get oxygen into my lungs while trying to not grimace at the yucky smell...
i really begin to wonder why do people smoke?
so far..the reasons i've heard are...
1) it relaxes me...
2) it keeps me awake and alert...
(note that 1 and 2 are actually contradicting each other...)
3) it chases mosquitoes away - contributed by one of my patients who used to smoke
4) i can't poo if i don't smoke i.e. smoking prevents constipation - my dad's favourite
5) it looks cool (yeah right...)
6) quitting will make me sicker (huh?!?!)
7) cos my peers are all smoking...
8) cos my parents are both smoking...
9) cos my grandparents and parents are all smoking...
10) i got addicted when i was a fetus cos my mum smoked when she was pregnant with me...
honestly...
the first 6 reasons are just crap...
cigarettes can't make you relaxed and alert at the same time...
if it can, then people won't need to valium and red bull...
chasing mosquitoes away huh?
you don't need cigarette smoke for that...there's insect repellant...
my dad can't explain the relationship between bowel movement and cigarette smoke...
cos i dun think there's any relationship at all...
smoking is not cool...
except to people who smoke maybe...for most non-smokers, a cigarette is more a turn-off than turn-on, thank you very much...
a patient of mine claims when he goes cold-turkey to quit, he fainted a few times
moral of the story is: don't quit cold-turkey lah!
need to let your body adapt to the lack of poison you know? and now, there's nicotine patch to help your body slowly get used to being poison-free...
sometimes i think peer pressure is the most guilty culprit for all these youngsters puffing their lives away...
throw in chain-smoking ah-gong, ah-ma, daddy and mummy...
these kids don't really get a chance to say No...
maybe ah-gong gives him/her an ang bao for every cigarette he/she smokes?
okie...not that extreme...but if you grow up in an environment filled with cigarette smoke...it's hard to say No...
very sad...but true
and the last reason was given to me by this young girl (like...15 years old) who had her first puff when she was in primary school..
her first cigarette? given by her smoking mum who was pregnant with one of her younger brothers..
and oh yeah, daddy and elder brothers+sisters all smoking...
i do wonder if it's true that she was born with a nicotine addiction...
since when she was just a little fetus, all these nicotine has crossed from her mum's blood into her...
whether it's a valid reason is another issue...
that any pregnant mum continues to smoke is just...NOT RIGHT!
a little life is being ruined by the mum's irresponsible behaviour...
that little life can be born premature...with low birth weight and have to suffer through the pains of being in the NICU for days, weeks or months...
just because mum can't say NO to cigarettes...
my dad smokes like there's no tomorrow..
he claims he has cut down...
but intuition tells me that he just cut down the number of cigarettes he smoke at home...
when he's outside, he probably smoked twice as much to make up for it...
but i have no proof..so benefit of the doubt lah..
my dad is cutting down *woohoo!*
-_-
okie..that was lame.
my mum always like to say my dad has smoked our bungalow and mercedes away..
not that we want to live in a bungalow or drive a mercz
but that's the amount of money he spent on ruining his lungs..
take for example...he smokes 1 pack a day since he started smoking at the age of 17..
dad is 55 y.o. this year...
that's 38 years...or 13870 days
meaning 13870 packs of cigarettes...
multiply that by the cost of a pack of cigarettes...say $10 a pack?
that's SGD$138,700!!!(which will take me about 6 years to earn this amt of money!!)
and that's based on my estimation of the price of cigarettes now...
not taking into account inflation rates and that my dad probably puffed more than a pack a day in the past...
okie, so maybe no bungalow..
but definitely puffed away a mercz...or 2 VW beetles...or 2 toyota corrolla altis 1.8...or almost 3 nissan sunny 1.6EX (all based on current pricing, excluding COE)
and if we all think really really really hard...
there is nothing good about cigarettes!
well..except for the huge revnue we bring in by taxing on it...
-_-
cigarettes is a total waste of money because
1) it shortens your lifespan
2) whatever left of your broken body at the end of your life is barely able to breathe properly
3) it causes air pollution
4) it harm everyone else around you, even those whom you love
5) birds/fishes choke on cigarette butts littered around and die
seriously..
working in a ward where i see chronic smokers come in and out again and again for the same reasons within the span of days to weeks...
it's very sad...
they come in so SOB (short of breath)
needing oxygen and barely able to talk sometimes...
not forgetting they also cough so much, their throat hurts and quite a few of them have told me how much they regret smoking...
seriously...
cigarettes ruin your life...
maybe not right now cos you are young and your lungs is still able to compensate...
come to the point when your lungs are so damaged that you can't even walk from your room to the toilet without feeling like you're gonna die from SOB...
is it worth it?
just to look cool?
or to chase mosquitoes away?
or to make sure you can poo properly?
or for relaxation/keep awake?
why not try improving your dress sense to look cool?
try using insect repellant to chase away the mozzies?
try eating more fruits and vegetables and drinking enough water?
try meditation/yoga/exercising to relax...?
and there's always red bull/coffee to keep you awake...
there is not good reason to smoke...
and a million ones to NOT smoke...
but i also know that there is not one good reason to make a smoker quit...
until they realise for themselves that the years of puffing comes with a price to pay...
to all the smokers out there (including my daddy if he ever reads this blog)...
please...
dun wait for the day when you cannot breathe...
stop right now..
QUIT right now...
it's never too late to quit...
and it's never too early to start trying to quit.
some people are spamming on my tagboard
and i have to remove it.
i'm sad............
now i cannot read the tags people leave me...
*SOB*
sighz...
well..if you do have anything to say to me...
can leave comments instead bah...
y got people spam me?!
argh!!
**************************************************
yesterday...
as i was walking home from the MRT...
an uncle blew cigarette smoke right into my face..
and in that moment of fighting to get oxygen into my lungs while trying to not grimace at the yucky smell...
i really begin to wonder why do people smoke?
so far..the reasons i've heard are...
1) it relaxes me...
2) it keeps me awake and alert...
(note that 1 and 2 are actually contradicting each other...)
3) it chases mosquitoes away - contributed by one of my patients who used to smoke
4) i can't poo if i don't smoke i.e. smoking prevents constipation - my dad's favourite
5) it looks cool (yeah right...)
6) quitting will make me sicker (huh?!?!)
7) cos my peers are all smoking...
8) cos my parents are both smoking...
9) cos my grandparents and parents are all smoking...
10) i got addicted when i was a fetus cos my mum smoked when she was pregnant with me...
honestly...
the first 6 reasons are just crap...
cigarettes can't make you relaxed and alert at the same time...
if it can, then people won't need to valium and red bull...
chasing mosquitoes away huh?
you don't need cigarette smoke for that...there's insect repellant...
my dad can't explain the relationship between bowel movement and cigarette smoke...
cos i dun think there's any relationship at all...
smoking is not cool...
except to people who smoke maybe...for most non-smokers, a cigarette is more a turn-off than turn-on, thank you very much...
a patient of mine claims when he goes cold-turkey to quit, he fainted a few times
moral of the story is: don't quit cold-turkey lah!
need to let your body adapt to the lack of poison you know? and now, there's nicotine patch to help your body slowly get used to being poison-free...
sometimes i think peer pressure is the most guilty culprit for all these youngsters puffing their lives away...
throw in chain-smoking ah-gong, ah-ma, daddy and mummy...
these kids don't really get a chance to say No...
maybe ah-gong gives him/her an ang bao for every cigarette he/she smokes?
okie...not that extreme...but if you grow up in an environment filled with cigarette smoke...it's hard to say No...
very sad...but true
and the last reason was given to me by this young girl (like...15 years old) who had her first puff when she was in primary school..
her first cigarette? given by her smoking mum who was pregnant with one of her younger brothers..
and oh yeah, daddy and elder brothers+sisters all smoking...
i do wonder if it's true that she was born with a nicotine addiction...
since when she was just a little fetus, all these nicotine has crossed from her mum's blood into her...
whether it's a valid reason is another issue...
that any pregnant mum continues to smoke is just...NOT RIGHT!
a little life is being ruined by the mum's irresponsible behaviour...
that little life can be born premature...with low birth weight and have to suffer through the pains of being in the NICU for days, weeks or months...
just because mum can't say NO to cigarettes...
my dad smokes like there's no tomorrow..
he claims he has cut down...
but intuition tells me that he just cut down the number of cigarettes he smoke at home...
when he's outside, he probably smoked twice as much to make up for it...
but i have no proof..so benefit of the doubt lah..
my dad is cutting down *woohoo!*
-_-
okie..that was lame.
my mum always like to say my dad has smoked our bungalow and mercedes away..
not that we want to live in a bungalow or drive a mercz
but that's the amount of money he spent on ruining his lungs..
take for example...he smokes 1 pack a day since he started smoking at the age of 17..
dad is 55 y.o. this year...
that's 38 years...or 13870 days
meaning 13870 packs of cigarettes...
multiply that by the cost of a pack of cigarettes...say $10 a pack?
that's SGD$138,700!!!(which will take me about 6 years to earn this amt of money!!)
and that's based on my estimation of the price of cigarettes now...
not taking into account inflation rates and that my dad probably puffed more than a pack a day in the past...
okie, so maybe no bungalow..
but definitely puffed away a mercz...or 2 VW beetles...or 2 toyota corrolla altis 1.8...or almost 3 nissan sunny 1.6EX (all based on current pricing, excluding COE)
and if we all think really really really hard...
there is nothing good about cigarettes!
well..except for the huge revnue we bring in by taxing on it...
-_-
cigarettes is a total waste of money because
1) it shortens your lifespan
2) whatever left of your broken body at the end of your life is barely able to breathe properly
3) it causes air pollution
4) it harm everyone else around you, even those whom you love
5) birds/fishes choke on cigarette butts littered around and die
seriously..
working in a ward where i see chronic smokers come in and out again and again for the same reasons within the span of days to weeks...
it's very sad...
they come in so SOB (short of breath)
needing oxygen and barely able to talk sometimes...
not forgetting they also cough so much, their throat hurts and quite a few of them have told me how much they regret smoking...
seriously...
cigarettes ruin your life...
maybe not right now cos you are young and your lungs is still able to compensate...
come to the point when your lungs are so damaged that you can't even walk from your room to the toilet without feeling like you're gonna die from SOB...
is it worth it?
just to look cool?
or to chase mosquitoes away?
or to make sure you can poo properly?
or for relaxation/keep awake?
why not try improving your dress sense to look cool?
try using insect repellant to chase away the mozzies?
try eating more fruits and vegetables and drinking enough water?
try meditation/yoga/exercising to relax...?
and there's always red bull/coffee to keep you awake...
there is not good reason to smoke...
and a million ones to NOT smoke...
but i also know that there is not one good reason to make a smoker quit...
until they realise for themselves that the years of puffing comes with a price to pay...
to all the smokers out there (including my daddy if he ever reads this blog)...
please...
dun wait for the day when you cannot breathe...
stop right now..
QUIT right now...
it's never too late to quit...
and it's never too early to start trying to quit.
started this photo sharing thingie on flickr..
just started uploading some pics up..
but only can upload 20MB per month..so cannot wholesale upload my photos on..
now only got a few photos..
but well..
guess it's something to take a look at if u are bored :P
here's the link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/niyihs/
back to doing KAA...
siiiiggghhh...
just started uploading some pics up..
but only can upload 20MB per month..so cannot wholesale upload my photos on..
now only got a few photos..
but well..
guess it's something to take a look at if u are bored :P
here's the link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/niyihs/
back to doing KAA...
siiiiggghhh...
i am really out of touch with the latest topics in town...
well..apart from a daily update of the world cup happenings from my daddy...
recent big hoo-ha about singapore ranking 30 out of 35 cities for courtesy...
or something like that...
and i've read friends' blogs commenting on that..
as well as stomp star blogs...
somehow..
as i was reading these entries..
i got very irritated at some of the responses...
i personally have been to a few countries in europe...
and i admit, that most people there are quite courteous...
and of course, 4 years in melbourne have opened my eyes to the 'warm, friendly and sincere' service of the aussies...
good for them *applause*
back in singapore for like almost 8 months now...
there will be times when i get really pissed off at the lousy services..
especially at supermarkets...
but i do get people holding doors opened for me
(not because i am a female cos those who opened doors for me ranged from teenagers to aunties/uncles)
and most of the time, hawkers and shopkeepers say their 'thank you'
yeah, we dun get the 'hi, how are you?' like i did when i shop at safeway in melbourne...
but this is a cultural thing...
cannot expect everyone to suddnely change their habits...yeah?
takes time..
we are behind..that is true..
but it's not as if we are total gone case...
no?
i think..the rude people are usually the shoppers, not the shopkeepers...
unreasonable demands made and they still think they are right...
for instance..
this lady at BK was asked politely to stand aside to wait for her burger...
her response was 'huh? must wait? this is fast food still must wait. you all never cook ready then serve one ah?'
poor uncle behind the counter painstakingly tried to explained that the burger she ordered has just been sold out, so need to wait for a new batch blah blah blah...
and rude lady just go 'aiyah. shut up lah. just go get my burger can or not?'
wtf...
i feel sorry for the uncle...
in fact..
everyone queueing up who heard this were either glancing sympathetically at uncle or glaring in disbelief at lady.
horrendous isn't it?
uncle must be feeling damn unappreciated for the kind service he was giving...
okie...
wat's my point?
well...
instead of blabbling on about how singaporeans are rude...
and tsk-ing at people who are not polite...and branding singapore as 'hopeless'...
and how the europeans/americans/australians are way ahead blah blah blah...
why not YOU as a singaporean (well..if you are a singaporean reading this..) start by being more polite?
it all starts with ourselves...
for one..
stop criticising your own countrymen and praising all the others...
do your part...there will always be black sheep...
just don't be one of them...
things may not change for a long time...
but i think we have shown improvement...
at least...
some NTUC aunties give me a smile when i say thank you after she gave me change...
(in the past, they'll just ignore you and serve the next customer)
bleah...typing this entry making me feel very restless...
i think i just can't stand it when my friends start comparing singapore and country X, Y or Z and feel like singapore is crap..
because singapore is not crap...
it's way far from being the perfect place to live in...
but country X, Y or Z isn't paradise just because they have better internet or free porn or have salespeople who smiles and say 'bye'...
in fact...
these countries will never have one thing singapore has...
authentic singaporean cuisine
to me...
without those food...
no place can come close to being as good as singapore...
:D
well..apart from a daily update of the world cup happenings from my daddy...
recent big hoo-ha about singapore ranking 30 out of 35 cities for courtesy...
or something like that...
and i've read friends' blogs commenting on that..
as well as stomp star blogs...
somehow..
as i was reading these entries..
i got very irritated at some of the responses...
i personally have been to a few countries in europe...
and i admit, that most people there are quite courteous...
and of course, 4 years in melbourne have opened my eyes to the 'warm, friendly and sincere' service of the aussies...
good for them *applause*
back in singapore for like almost 8 months now...
there will be times when i get really pissed off at the lousy services..
especially at supermarkets...
but i do get people holding doors opened for me
(not because i am a female cos those who opened doors for me ranged from teenagers to aunties/uncles)
and most of the time, hawkers and shopkeepers say their 'thank you'
yeah, we dun get the 'hi, how are you?' like i did when i shop at safeway in melbourne...
but this is a cultural thing...
cannot expect everyone to suddnely change their habits...yeah?
takes time..
we are behind..that is true..
but it's not as if we are total gone case...
no?
i think..the rude people are usually the shoppers, not the shopkeepers...
unreasonable demands made and they still think they are right...
for instance..
this lady at BK was asked politely to stand aside to wait for her burger...
her response was 'huh? must wait? this is fast food still must wait. you all never cook ready then serve one ah?'
poor uncle behind the counter painstakingly tried to explained that the burger she ordered has just been sold out, so need to wait for a new batch blah blah blah...
and rude lady just go 'aiyah. shut up lah. just go get my burger can or not?'
wtf...
i feel sorry for the uncle...
in fact..
everyone queueing up who heard this were either glancing sympathetically at uncle or glaring in disbelief at lady.
horrendous isn't it?
uncle must be feeling damn unappreciated for the kind service he was giving...
okie...
wat's my point?
well...
instead of blabbling on about how singaporeans are rude...
and tsk-ing at people who are not polite...and branding singapore as 'hopeless'...
and how the europeans/americans/australians are way ahead blah blah blah...
why not YOU as a singaporean (well..if you are a singaporean reading this..) start by being more polite?
it all starts with ourselves...
for one..
stop criticising your own countrymen and praising all the others...
do your part...there will always be black sheep...
just don't be one of them...
things may not change for a long time...
but i think we have shown improvement...
at least...
some NTUC aunties give me a smile when i say thank you after she gave me change...
(in the past, they'll just ignore you and serve the next customer)
bleah...typing this entry making me feel very restless...
i think i just can't stand it when my friends start comparing singapore and country X, Y or Z and feel like singapore is crap..
because singapore is not crap...
it's way far from being the perfect place to live in...
but country X, Y or Z isn't paradise just because they have better internet or free porn or have salespeople who smiles and say 'bye'...
in fact...
these countries will never have one thing singapore has...
authentic singaporean cuisine
to me...
without those food...
no place can come close to being as good as singapore...
:D
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