Friday, September 22, 2006
This week has passed extremely slow. Dad drove me to camp every morning at 6.30. Next week onwards I will be taking bus, so have to wake up at 5?
I must, even though I highly wish I could avoid, be used to:-
1. Waking up early, way before the roosters cuckoo;
2. Taking long bus ride of at least 2 transfers, totalling 1.30 hours;
3. Acting busy when there is no work to do;
4. Acting obedient;
5. Getting scolded by officers, even if I am right;
6. 12 hours of work;
7. Putting down all my dignity, cleaning, greeting sirs knowing that most would not reply, etc; and
8. Half-hour leisure time each day before I turn to bed.
I am most displeased with Point 7. A message was sent camp-wide by a major emphasising on strict conformance to military courtesy. That means a low-rank personnel has to greet the officers, in order to avoid punishment. But since the major emphasises on COURTESY, shouldn't he also ask his muther fucker officers to reply when being greeted????? I always thought courtesy is a two-way process. A camp mate told me we have no choice, just get used to it. I wonder if officers from other countries are the same as that of Singaporeans. I am really doubtful.
But to be fair, there are one or two officers who are really good.
Today when I got onto the second deck of the bus, I saw three unoccupied seats behind. So I walked to the back. When I reached, all seats were occupied by the bags of those passengers, all were asleep. Despite my calling them "excuse me," there was not even a response. I know they were sleepy and didn't hear me, but shouldn't people be considerate enough to put their bags on their laps, especially knowing that it is a peak time? Singaporeans are just so Singaporeans.
I have been reading the news lately, especially those pertaining to the IMF. Many foreign delegates praised Singaporeans for their warm Asian hospitality, that they were greeted everywhere with a smile. Reading those news just wanna make me puke. You will know why I say this. All fake!
I guess I am going crazy talking about Singapore, as if I am not a Singaporean. But I have no choice because I don't get to choose my nationality. When I saw some officers' cars's window pane being pasted with Singapore flag stickers, I am fantasizing about breaking those stupid windows into bits and pieces.
The schools I have attended have all failed in their NE for sure.
|Melvin Ng| 11:03 pm|
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