Monday, October 26, 2015

Please do something about it!!!

Before i moved here, i thought it is a very well organized place..forget about the chaos, forget about the nasty people, forget about robbery etc...well, i guess no one can be perfect.

last time when i lived in HK, I had a lot of dramatic experiences...which spiced up my life soooo much...and once in a while, you encounter someone committing suicide right in front of your eyes; sometimes you see movie stars filming or just doing casual shopping or eating; sometimes you get fire fighters in your building because your neighbours almost burn your house; sometimes you get such severe cyclone that you are either stuck at work or don't have to go to work; sometimes you get sent to hospital via local ambulance; and sometimes, your transportation just breaks down....

Well, after counting the number of drama in HK, i suddenly think my life in Shanghai and Singapore so far is normal. hahaha...

I remember when i first came in Mid June, my colleague told me to be careful of the transportation in singapore because it breaks down all the time... i didn't think too much of it. i just thought this wouldn't happen to me...guess what, after he said it, that weekend, i encountered some issue with the MRT...it was stopping and braking every 2 seconds...i was secretly praying that it would reach the next stop coz i didnt want to be stuck in the tunnel! luckily it went back to normal... then the second week, when i was about to take bus...the bus was quite crowded and i saw a lady getting off, saying angrily to the driver that he should not be picking passengers anymore! wow, i thought singaporean like to complain, but asking driver not to pick up passengers because of a crowded bus? to me, that bus was not even crowded by my standard. I had seen worst in China & India! nevertheless, i got in because i didnt think the lady had the right to ask me not to take bus...stood there for 30 seconds...why the bus not moving?! turned out the bus' AC was not working. it was like an oven inside.... oh, so the lady was talking about the broken AC...not the crowd. so we got off the bus and waited for another one.

just two weeks ago, i spent about 1 hour going to work...well, it was because i was waiting for my bus at the bus stop and each and every bus that came, were FULL! why so many people taking bus that day? It didnt come to my mind that the MRT was broken...so i waited for 4 buses..each took 10-15 mins to come. Someone human has this habit...i kept thinking the next one would not be full...then the next one came, i would still think the next one would not be full...after 4th time, i figured something must be wrong, so i walked a bit to another bus stop to take another bus... turned out that bus was quite full too, but not full enough that i couldnt get on. I overheard someone saying the MRT broke down! Darn. they should have arranged more shuttle buses as contingency plan mah...look at HK, they are so fast.

then today, coz i was bringing my champagne to office...i have to rush because i have to make sure it is in good condition, so i purposely walked to the main station near my place...guess what, the MRT was down again this morning...the good thing is, the line that is broken is not as crowded...so i still managed to take buses...FOR FREE~~~ saved SGD$1...well...that makes me happier than last time coz i could get to work on time and for free...hehe

In my opinion, first time is accident, second time is coincident, third time is maintenance problem, more that that is it needs attention!

well, i've moved here for slightly more than 3 months but actually in town for 1.5 months and 4 maintenance issues already? am i lucky or the someone should do something abt it!


3 comments:

jenn said...

maybe u should share your expertise with them. Looks like they need some outsiders help haha...

break down is normal part of our lives here. Sometimes u see traffic lights but they are for display only :P

Singaporean complains and eventually get what they want. over here, we complain and we eventually live with it coz change will not happen :(


Jane Jane said...

complain complain there till tired of complaining and just accept the fact is their strategy lo...haha...

lj said...

I thought Singapore should be much more efficient than these, n strange enough the ever complaining Singaporean can bear with these.

Couldn't agree more with Jenn! sometime even lazy to complain anymore.