Tips For Train Rides During Peak Hours.

Do Pardon Me For This Ugly Drawing And My Limited Vocabulary And Poor Usage Of English. These Are Based On My First-Hand Experiences.

I've Been Taking The Train To Work For The Past 3 Weeks. It May Be A Short Period Of Time And Yet, I've Seen So Much Happening In And Outside The Train. During The Rush Hour, The Trains Get Really Packed And I Often Encounter People Raising Their Voices Just Because They Got Pushed And Shoved. I Know It's Uncomfortable, But Do Note That Everyone Is Feeling The Same. The Fact That Some People Have Lower Tolerance Level Can Lead To Staring Incidents Or Even Conflicts.

The Trains Here May Be Really Crowded During Peak Hours, But It's Really Nothing Compared To How It's Like In Japan. I've Been To Japan And I've Experienced The Train Rides There Before The Morning Rush Hour (Around 6.30 Am). They Are Already As Packed. Couldn't Even Imagine How It Would Be Like When It's 7 And Even Later. Taking The Trains In Singapore May Seem Really Horrible, But Sure Enough, You Haven't Seen The Worst. (But You Could Well Argue That Trains in Japan Don't Breakdown As Often)

Now, Here Are Just Some Of My Opinions On How Train Rides Can Be Less Uncomfortable/More Tolerable (Enjoyable..? Not Really).

1) Queuing Up Before The Arrival Of The Train

I Do See People Doing So Most Of The Time But When The Train Arrives, The Queue Immediately Vanishes And It Feels As If Everyone Is Competing To Get On The Train. These People Should At Least Respect That Since They Are Already In The Queue, Then STAY IN IT. Not Like It's The LAST DAMN TRAIN That Is Coming. 赶着去投胎 (Rushing To Be Reborn)? Translations Taken From Google.

2) Allowing People To Alight First

This Is Where Shit Happens. There Will Always Be People At The Train Exit Blocking The Way Out Of The Train And Hence, Some People Will Take A Longer Time To Get Out. Before Entering The Train, Do Make Sure That These People Have Alighted Before Boarding. You Don't Want Them To Be Shoving You On Their Way Out.

3) Try Not To Listen To Music And If Possible, Don't Watch Dramas/Movies Etc. And Read Newspapers At All

It Is Generally Alright To Listen To Music So Long As You Are Aware Of When The Train Is Stopping At Each Station. This Will Allow You To Make Way For Those Who Are Getting Out Especially If You Are Standing Near The Exit. You Don't Want People To Be Screaming At Your Ears. If The Train Is Too Packed, Kindly Step Out Of The Train To Allow Others To Alight First.

If You Are Watching Drama/Movies, Chances Are You Aren't Even Aware. Hope You Get Shoved Out Of The Train Without Even Realising. Muhahaha!

Reading Newspapers Is One Of The Really Selfish Things To Do On A Train. When Everyone Has Already So Little Space To Themselves, Suddenly There's This VIP Who Whips Out A Newspaper And Takes Up The Space In Front Of Him Instead Of Moving In For More People To Board.

4) Spraying Some Perfume/Deodorant/Taking A Bath

I'm Not Too Affected By This Personally But I Believe Many People Are. Everyone Is So Close To Each Other That You Can Literally Smell Someone Else's Body Odor And Trust Me, It Can Be Really Disgusting. But Then Again, Spraying Too Much Perfume Can Have A Reverse Effect Too. Taking A Bath Would Be Just Right To Keep You Smelling Fresh.

5) Saying Sorry/Excuse Me/Thank You When Making Way/Giving Way

Basic Courtesy. Words Like This Are Really Pleasing To The Ears. I'm Sure If You Are Polite, People Would Give Way To You Willingly.

5b) While Exiting, If The People Standing Near Is Unaware (Watching A Movie Etc.), Kindly Tap On Their Shoulders To Alert Them

At Least Warn Others Before You Are Going To Push And Shove Right? Don't Give Others A Heart Attack. Who Knows, They Might Be Watching A Horror Movie. But If They Really Are, Tapping On Their Shoulders Could Be Even More Creepier.

6) During Train Emergency Brakes, Grab Hold Of Someone Who Has Loss Their Balance If You Are Holding On To A Handle.

This Happens Quite Often, Especially If There Is A Train Ahead. I Got Caught Off Guard Once When The Train Brakes Were Jammed But Thankfully, This Kind Lady Actually Grabbed Hold Of My Hands. Don't Just Look Out For Yourself. Be Nice And Lookout For Others Too! (: Of Course, Do Notice Where You're Grabbing Too, You Don't Want People To Misinterpret Your Kind Intentions And Accuse You For Molesting.

Here Are Also Some Problems Which I Have Noticed But Have No Ideal Solutions To:

There Is Uncomfortable, And Then There Is TEN TIMES More Uncomfortable Just Because Someone's Hair Or Face Is 1 Inch Nearer To Yours. Imagine A Lady/Gentlemen Stand Facing You And Her/His Lips Are Just Centimeters Away From Yours. When This Happens To Me, I Just Look Down Or Look Away. Looking At Someone In The Face Can Get Really Awkward And When The Train Brakes, The Unexpected Could Happen.

As For Farting On The Train, Holding Your Breath Would Be Ideal. Allow Others To Breathe In The Air First. When You Start Seeing That The People Around You Has Fainted, That's When You Know It's Safe To Continue Breathing.

Jokes Aside. I'm Sure If Everyone Puts In Even A Little Effort, Train Rides Will Be Much More Tolerable. We Will Be Able To Start Our Day Well Rather Than Being All Grumpy.

There Is Nothing As Hard In The World As Understanding Yourself.

An Awesome Week.

Work Life May Not Be As Interesting But At Least I Have Scheduled Weekly Tues-Dates To Look Forward To. And Fri-Dates With My Parents As Well. And Well, Time Passes Really Quickly When You're Busy. 2 Weeks Down!! 20 More Weeks To Gooooo!

Another Meet Up With Course Mates Again For K Session On Friday. Had A Blast~

And While Me And My Friends Were On Our Way Back On The Last (Or Last Second?) Train, Someone Vomited. It Was Near The Doors Of The Train. And As Usual, I Never Fail To Surprise Myself. 90% Of The Time I Don't Really Know What I'm Doing. It's Like I'm Only In Control 10% Of The Time.

At That Point In Time, When I Saw This Lady Vomiting, I Never Really Thought Of Cleaning Up The Mess. Really. This Isn't My Job. It Clearly Isn't. So I Offered Her All The Tissue That I Had In My Bag, While My Friend Also Offered His. She Did Not Even Respond So I Place The Tissues At A Seat Beside Her. A Lady Also Walked By And Offered Her A Plastic Bag.

And I Stood There Waiting. Hoping Someone Would Clean Up The Mess Miraculously. But Of Course No One Did. People Just Avoided And Moved Away, Disgusted.

Putting Myself In The Shoes Of Someone Who Was Entering The Train, He Could Slip, Fall And Land On The Pool Of Vomit. Putting Myself In The Shoes Of Her, She Would Be Feeling So Embarassed. Can Totally Understand That If It Was Me, I Probably Would Be Too Shocked To Even Make Any Movement Because I Could Imagine Everyone Staring At Me.

This Is When I Did The Craziest Thing I've Ever Done In Public. I Walked Over, And Started Cleaning The Mess. Of Course I Didn't Really Care About The People Looking At Me Because Obviously The Stench Was Bothering Me More. I Almost Threw Up As Well, But I Got It Done With And Alighted The Train. Luckily I Had My Friend Around To Carry My Bag For Me.

After Which, My Friend Actually Told Me She Was Drunk. I Never Really Thought Of That, But I Guess She Could Well Be (Because She Did Not Even Say A Word The Whole Time). And Logically Speaking, Maybe She Did Not Deserve My Help, But I'm Helping Those People Who Are Entering The Train And Risk Slipping And Fall.

It's Not Like I Wanted To Be A Hero And This Clearly Doesn't Make Me One. Not Like I Saved Someone's Life Or What. But I Guess Life Is Boring Without The Want To Constantly Help Others.

Sometimes, It Feels Like An Addiction.

因为不想接受

不能接受

又能怎样

The Things That We Can't Explain In Life, We Live With It.

I Survived My First Week At Work Miraculously.

Thought I Was Already Doomed On My First Day. Work Sure As Hell Was Tiring. Way More Tiring Then Studying. But At Least At The End Of The Day, It Feels Fruitful. It Feels Like I've Accomplished Something. But Staring At The Computer For Hours Is Really No Joke. Working On Those Excel Spreadsheets Can Be Really Really Frustrating As Well Because Excel Works In A Funny Way At Times.

Anyway To My Surprised, My Department Had Lou Hei And Buffet Lunch On Thursday In The Office. There Are Also Other Events And Bonding Activities Aside From Daily Work - CIP And Department Outing. I Guess These Activities Is To Make Working Life More Interesting And Not Too Mundane.

Anyway, I Usually Sleep At Around 1 Am Before And Now I Can Hit The Sack By 11 Pm. Really Goes To Show How Tired I Am. And I Must Admit It Can Get Really Annoying At Times In The Morning When Everyone Is Pushing And Shoving Around In The Train.

Overall, I Would Consider My Experience So Far To Be Good. I'm Given Work To Do And I'm Always On Task. And I'm Given More Work To Do. This Allows Me To Past Time Really Quickly. The Working Hours May Be Long From 9 - 6.30 Pm, But If You're Working On Something, You Don't Even Notice How Fast Time Passes By.

Well Anyway, Treated My Parents To Dinner @ Eighteen-Chefs On Friday Because Why Not, And Cooked Spaghetti For Lunch Today. My Dad Actually Said My Spaghetti Was Better Than Eighteen-Chefs And All I Used For The Sauce Was Just Packet Chili Sauce, Tonnes Of Tomato, Celery, Mushrooms And Chicken Meat (Because There Wasn't Any Ready-Made Spaghetti Sauce). To Me, Maybe There Was Still Much Room For Improvement But At Least I Believe It's Way Healthier This Way By Using Natural Tomatoes And Well, Life Isn't Just About Eating Good But Also Eating Healthy And I Can't Emphasize This More Than Enough Because We All End Up Having Health Problems.

太多时候

我们把一切

当作是理所当然的

只可惜失去了

才懂得珍惜

We Can't Keep And Collect Life's Best Moments In A Bottle, But Yet They Never Will Leave Our Hearts.

Yesterday (Friday) Was Simply Awesomeee. KTV With My Clique After Which Had Steamboat With My Fellow Course Mates. Walked All The Way To The Flyer To Enjoy Chingay 2015 And River Ang Pao. There Were Fireworks Too.

Sorry For The Lack Of Pictures. Was Really Lazy.

At Times I Wonder, Why People Would Even Keep And Bottle Up Their Feelings. And I Realise There Are Two Main Reasons. One, There Is Absolutely No One They Can Trust. Two, They Feel Like They Should Not Burden Anyone With Their Feelings. And Then I Realised When Both These Reasons Add Up, You Get Someone Silly Who Keeps All Their Feelings To Themselves, Because They Cannot Share Their Feelings Simply With Someone They Trust Or Don't Trust. That's Me At Times But It's Only Because I Can Handle It.

And For Those Who Can't. I Really Really Hope They Will Think About It As A Whole. Think About Your Friend's Point Of View. Would They Want To See You Fake A Smile? That's Really Cruel To Them. Bottling Up Your Feelings Is Simply Selfish. If You Care, You Would Share Because Isn't Caring About Sharing? This Will Also Strengthen A Friendship Because Your Friend Would Feel Like They Are Reliable And Can Be Trusted.

Well, Internship Starts Next Week. Life's Gonna Be Really Busy. But I Guess Being Busy Is A Good Thing. Let's Hope Everything Turns Out Well.

只能说

我没资格

去爱