basic acts of courtesy..
i'm not sure if it's coz we're singaporeans. at times, i do feel ashamed to be known as a singaporean but this probably applies to most countries. as technology improves, it seems as if people's sense of morality, ethics and basic sense of courtesy are disappearing.
while boarding or alighting the bus or train, everyone will squeeze with one another, fighting for the seats. even when pregnant ladies or old people board the bus, nobody will volunteer to give up their seats. i simply don't understand why. when these people get a seat on the bus or train, they can pretend that nothing has happened though a pregnant lady is standing right in front of them. honestly, i look down and despise these sort of people. what's wrong with standing on a bus or train if u're young and healthy? why can't people just be a bit more courteous? i simply don't understand. this has happened in so many occasions that sometimes i feel like scolding these people. it's such a simple thing to do, yet...
it's the same for saying 'please' and 'thank you' when u need a favour from people or if someone has helped u. don't take it for granted that people are supposed to help coz we are not. is it so difficult to say thank you to people u don't know? i've come across some occasions when there are people who just stand right in front of the door and expect u to open it for them when they see u approaching. we're completely strangers and yet, i'm being expected to be their butlers and open the door for them so that they can even save the strength to open the door. what kind of logic is that? unless your hands are crippled or useless, if not i don't see why u can't open the door yourself.
i'm sure there are many more times when i wish that people would be a bit more courteous. i'm not saying that i'm totally perfect, but i do try to do whatever i can. i'll always say thank you and please, and i'll give up my seats to people who need them more than me. that's the least i can do. at least it makes other people's day and it does make mine too. to be able to help.
guess what vincent said is right. i should either be a volunteer, or open an orphanage or old folks' home. haha. it doesn't take much to do that little bit. it doesn't kill or make u lose an arm or a leg to help someone. so why not just take that little bit of effort to make someone happy? it will make u happy too, to have helped someone. :)
i used to peep at other people's newspapers when they read it on the bus or train, but jeremy taught me not to do it coz it's actually quite rude. i've learnt not to do that coz i don't like it when others do it to me too. the phrase 'do not what u would not want others to do unto u' really does apply in this situation i guess. wanna thank jeremy for teaching me this. jer, u've taught me many more things n i still remember them! hehe. :p
so, hopefully everyone can just do that little bit more to brighten someone else's day. that will make this world a nicer place to live in. ^_^
while boarding or alighting the bus or train, everyone will squeeze with one another, fighting for the seats. even when pregnant ladies or old people board the bus, nobody will volunteer to give up their seats. i simply don't understand why. when these people get a seat on the bus or train, they can pretend that nothing has happened though a pregnant lady is standing right in front of them. honestly, i look down and despise these sort of people. what's wrong with standing on a bus or train if u're young and healthy? why can't people just be a bit more courteous? i simply don't understand. this has happened in so many occasions that sometimes i feel like scolding these people. it's such a simple thing to do, yet...
it's the same for saying 'please' and 'thank you' when u need a favour from people or if someone has helped u. don't take it for granted that people are supposed to help coz we are not. is it so difficult to say thank you to people u don't know? i've come across some occasions when there are people who just stand right in front of the door and expect u to open it for them when they see u approaching. we're completely strangers and yet, i'm being expected to be their butlers and open the door for them so that they can even save the strength to open the door. what kind of logic is that? unless your hands are crippled or useless, if not i don't see why u can't open the door yourself.
i'm sure there are many more times when i wish that people would be a bit more courteous. i'm not saying that i'm totally perfect, but i do try to do whatever i can. i'll always say thank you and please, and i'll give up my seats to people who need them more than me. that's the least i can do. at least it makes other people's day and it does make mine too. to be able to help.
guess what vincent said is right. i should either be a volunteer, or open an orphanage or old folks' home. haha. it doesn't take much to do that little bit. it doesn't kill or make u lose an arm or a leg to help someone. so why not just take that little bit of effort to make someone happy? it will make u happy too, to have helped someone. :)
i used to peep at other people's newspapers when they read it on the bus or train, but jeremy taught me not to do it coz it's actually quite rude. i've learnt not to do that coz i don't like it when others do it to me too. the phrase 'do not what u would not want others to do unto u' really does apply in this situation i guess. wanna thank jeremy for teaching me this. jer, u've taught me many more things n i still remember them! hehe. :p
so, hopefully everyone can just do that little bit more to brighten someone else's day. that will make this world a nicer place to live in. ^_^
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