Here are some of the things that they tell you about Singaporeans.
1. Singaporeans are very well mannered.
If so, why the hell they have courtesy campaign, why do I see Singapore car drive on road shoulder and try to cut lane in front of me (which of course he failed, thanks to my superb driving skill and the car full of people. Well, they are still afraid when in Malaysia)
And need I mention the frequent occurances of ill-mannered behavior at public transport? The throng of Kiasu ppl who don even want to let passengers get of mrt. What is saddening is that some parents are doing it with their children. Make a guess. What would be future generation like?
And the seemingly very tire ppl in mrt that seldom have the heart to give up their seat to ppl in need. It is even more maddening when it involves strong, healthy ppl, aka teenagers.
2. Singapore is a very clean country.
I have on many occasions, witnessed people from all walks of life (race, age, etc), being very creative by making a rubbish bin of everything, be it pavement, grass, sand, drainage, public transport.........
There is once I was behind 2 malay boy. My guess is they are in primary school. They were very happy, chatting away, laughing... All these seems fine, until one of them start to tear apart the set of newspaper he is holding, and slowly throw bits and pieces of them as he walk.
Just to be fair, race is not determining factor. I just saw a chinese opening up wrappers of sth that he bought, while walking towards bus stop. He did not even bother to throw them into dustbins which are situated at the bus stop.
Maybe they just hates the pavement, some old grudge when they were small, where they fall down on the pavement.. haha...
Well, there are many more out there who are not like that, fortunately. But It seems that more and more people are becoming more selfish. Many things in Singapore are also taken for granted.
The cleanliness that was the pride of Singapore, is the hardwork of legions of foreign workers, who cleaned the place, not to make it clean, but so that it don't look too dirty. Yes, the littering is that bad.. sigh...
The chance to learn Chinese is not given its deserved appreciation. I remembered that my secondary school in Johore actually discouraged Chinese to take Chinese language paper. We had to attend classes outside school hours and our Chinese language teacher keeps changing. We even have to source for our own teacher.
Ah well, I suddenly wanted to write all these after reading Heah's blog. haha.. He is so hardworking in updating his blog.