Annoyed!

Its been raining a lot here in Singapore.. so much so that it irks me. It irks me when I wear long pants and they get soaked through (sometimes up to knee level!). It irks me when I wear skirts and dirty water splashes onto my lower leg when I step on puddles. It irks me when I wear my pretty sandals or heels to work and they get ruined by the time I reach the office. It irks me when I always have to carry an umbrella in my already heavy bag, and the day that I forget to do so (today), I get caught out and got home drenched to the skin. But above all that, i really really hate the musky smell of laundry dried pathetically in stale damp air!

So.....rain, rain....go away.....please?

On the bus home earlier, I witnessed a selfish act that annoyed me. Yes, I'm in an irritable mood, but selfish people really get on my nerves!

I boarded the bus at around 6.20pm, together with a very pregnant lady (I would guess that she is at least 8 months pregnant as she looked ready to pop!). After we boarded, we walked through the crowded bus, with me hoping that someone would give their seat up to the pregnant lady. No one did. Everyone just continued in their ways, either chatting, playing with their phone, or just doing nothing.

The pregnant lady stood near a group of teenagers (perhaps she thought they were her best chance to get a seat). The teenagers totally ignored her, and continued chatting about movies and shopping. I could not help but send them my disgusted glare, and I just secretly hoped that someone would get off at the next stop so that she could sit down. In the end, the poor lady only got her seat after standing for 15 minutes, during which she had to use both hands to hold on to the pole in order to keep her balance on the moving bus.

It is sad that some Singaporeans simply lack graciousness and civic-mindedness. Many of us are so self-absorbed that we become selfish. It really irks me when I see such selfish acts. Unfortunately, they seem to have no signs of diminishing.

The late Princess Diana once said "Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you." So wait no further, PAY IT FORWARD!