02 July 2008

on the mrt...

i was on the mrt to meet kaii. i was standing and facing people who were sitting down. the mrt stopped and the guy sitting down in front of me got up and left. i was about to sit down when the woman standing beside me suddenly got to the seat before me. so i was not too happy with that because i had just walked quite a fair bit and i was drained from the humidity and the heat of singapore, of which i was not adjusted to yet[its winter in melbourne now] and was thinking uncharitable thoughts like no wonder she's plump, she sits down so much and that seat was mine!

yes, not very nice of melissa lim. i know.

anyway, what happened next was very nice. she suddenly stood up and gestured towards this old man clinging onto the railing to take her seat.

a lot of people say that singaporeans are rude and selfish. but we definitely have the capacity to be nice.

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