issues.

it's time to talk abta issues.

we'll start from the mildest.



issue 1. mrt etiquette



if u take the mrt,

u might have observed this before

and shook ur head so many times

that u suffered from a neckache the next day.

this morning,

i saw a school boy around 10years old

cutting the queue in front of the mrt door

pretending to see some niao poster.

it didnt really matter to me,

cos i was only going to take the train for one stop.

but when the train was coming to a halt,

the queue crinched.

pple almost had their faces pressed against the door

(from the inside, of cos)

but fortunately,

since it was Outram Park,

a fairly big number of passengers tried to alight.

the appalling thing came -

the boy squeezed his way thru the people

who were trying to come out.

it was highly disturbing.

he is only a primary school boy.

what will happen to him?

will he grow up with such values?

or will he change?



a few hours ago

when i was coming home around 9 plus pm,

i sat comfortably on the corner seat

of a whole row of EMPTY seats.

across me,

another guy sat in the other corner

of another whole row of EMPTY seats.

the door of the cabin opened at the next stop,

and this lady, about 3rd to enter the cabin,

ran in.

and i really mean run.

not dash, but run.

run at the fastest speed u can

without having to make an E break to avoid the pole.

i looked up.

she spoke with an accent.

the accent that belonged to people

who have booming voices,

and whose whispers = our conversation volume.

get the drift?

anyway.

it was utterly disgusting.

cos there were EMPTY seats!!

and she had to RUN.

well, there were ppl behind her,

but she RAN.

i m so not exaggerating this time round.



issue 2. simplicity vs complexity



ive been so tired of thinking,

and ive tried, and am currently trying,

to not think too much.

take things at their surface level.

but it's just so hard.

wad do u do

when uve done something

and really made an effort to do it

and one word from someone -

and the most unexpected someone -

kills ur efforts?

wad if u talk to this someone so much

that u never thought she'd say things behind u

but the fact is she does?

im trying so hard not to think so

but she does.

and if i were to take it simply

that she did it,

that'd be it.

but im not thinkin so,

i gotta think in the complex manner

that she has her reasons

and things arent the way i think them

even though everything points so.



issue 3. rights



basic rights -

to close a bedroom door;

to open ur letter w/o eyes on it;

to write a diary w/o it being read;

to say what u wan w/o getting slapped.

it's improving,

but im suffocating.



issue 4. bias



against the issue or against the man?

sometimes we can try really hard

but when a bias is present

it's really difficult.

this has been proven in world issues

and i shall not elaborate further.

but small issues like the most basic form of bias

can make such a big difference.

but one thing's for sure -

people give to people.

(too lazy to quote the author)



there are lots more issues on my mind

right this minute.

but im losing it -

cant articulate them properly.



my life's been busy

but not fulfilling.

i feel like a piece of crap,

wasting oxygen with every breath i take.