A view
Seems like I'm posting entries on irritations. Heh. Anyway, I believe some can relate to this. I simply hate Morning crowds, especially at the MRT Stations and most especially at Jurong MRT Interchange! Every morning... i dread taking the train, coz each time, when my train (from boon lay) comes to Jurong MRT, the train from (bukit batok, CCK etc) arrives at the same time and suddenly... hundreds of people rush out and dash to the train i'm taking (EW line) It's madness, these people actually dash all the way into the MRT train and squeeze forcefully eventhough it is very clear there is no more room in the train to accomodate them!
I know they want to reach work on time or earlier to eat breakkie, but it's crazy! They can always wait for the next train when it arrives, and since it's morning peak hour, train frequencies are higher! I feel SMRT should implement a new morning peak hour system. They should have express trains. Since now there are express buses, they should have express trains. For the express trains, they will skip a few stations, so maybe those coming from the bukit batok, cck areas, do not change trains at all and skip Jurong station, clementi station and other stations where there isnt a huge crowd. And for those who need to stop at Jurong, then just take the normal trains that stops at all stops. This way, I think there wont be any cases of people squeezing themselves into the train. The no. of people coming from Bukit Batok, CCK are just too many, it makes travelling so irritating.
Obviously, the gracious singaporean image is not shown during morning hours, actually this applies to going home too. Same thing, just that it's in reverse order.
Sigh... Singapore is a rushed society. Evryone is always in a hurry, so much so, they miss the simple pleasures in life. But honestly, I can't blame anyone, because that's how the lifestyle is like in Singapore. They give you 5 day week, so that you can have some family time (or in other words, have a life) but they expect you to give the 5.5 or 6 day effort in the 5 days. This is reflected on the 5 day school week (Sec sch, Pri Sch), you can see how the kids are struggling with time and rest. God! i think napping will never be in their category.
Singapore in the eyes of tourist and the business world is a fantastic place to be; we are cheap, strategically located, well-equipped, have superb communication systems and links, efficient transport system, delicious food and good shopping. A singaporean can tell someone all these good qualities, but when asked how are singaporeans in general, you get things like, Singaporeans are impatient drivers, very Kiasu, very gian peng, always in the rush, inconsiderate, proud,rude, materialistic, and superficial. What happened to humble, peaceful, caring, gracious, polite? I'm not saying that every single Singaporean and Pr possess the bad characteristics, but i dare say we have more of the bad characteristics than the good. For sure we see more of the ugly behaviour than the good. Maybe one might argue that Singaporeans are caring coz e non-profit organisations can always raise lots of funds and beating the record each yr. But are people really that caring and giving or are they doing it for the sake of getting something in return (a car, $10000, a condo?) Since when giving requires incentives? I wonder without any incentives, will fund-raisers actually raise the same amount? i really wonder....
I am not against Singapore nor am i against Singaporeans, but this is just my view on what I've noticed on the road, morning peak hours.. etc. Sadly, I feel that I've been forced to become a rather ugly Singaporean, simply because that is how one can survive successful.
Sigh.....maybe it's better that Singapore never become so advanced so fast, maybe life will be simpler and happier?
