Rite.. PHew.. Rainy day aint it..? NEarly got caught off guard by the mischievous Rain clouds Couple of times.. Lucky i got my umbrelllaaa... MUahaha.. OK.. today was pretty mundane.. NOrmal Tuition then HOme routine..^^..

Hmmm.. anyway.. i realised that the good work of the courtesy campaign launched many years ago is definitely unravelling now. THere were many incidents before, but i normally shrug them off.. BUT today, i met an incident that kinda pissed mi off a little..

I was coming home from my tuitioning Sessions.. And there was this middle aged house wife with a pram and a few should i say.. screaming kids..


So i went in first and politely pressed the "open door" button.. THe Lady pushed the pram in.. Loaded with stuff from NTUC Fair Price.. And commanded mi.. "HOLD" she said.. OK.. FIne.. I'l hold, and being a polite young man, i gave a smile in acknowledgment. She Totally ignored mi, and went chasing after her kids who were having a whale of a time playing a game of Tag...

I held the door.. As lOng as i could... until the door's automated timer went off, and the doors closed despite my attempts.. So being nice.. I took the lift down again.. to Look after the stuff and the pram.. Right enough.. she was there waiting..arms akimbo..

Now.. the funny thing is.. she had expected mi to bring the stuff down back to her.. and there was no sign of Gratefulness anywhere..

So when she entered the lift.. her kids in TOw.. She rummaged through her bags.. suspecting that i could in any case have pocketed any of her tins and candies.. Oh Juz GReat.. that was an ultimate insult.. BUt never mind. FORget it.. i tot..

The next blow came fast and hard.." AIYA.. Young man Nowadays no strength ah... PRess button also dun noe how to press ah.."

HEY!! its not my fault.. THe door's mechanism's built that way.. !!

By that time, i was almost boiling.. Jus great.. So now do i look like some Japanese LIft Stewardess..? IF i was.. Many of my frenz will be taking photos of mi and wanking to it in the Dead of the nitez..

I'm not paid to HOld doors and such.. I mean yes.. of course.. for courtesy sake.. I will and always Hold and open doors and such.. But then. .come one.. dun take it for granted.. at least show a sign of Appreciation.. a simple thank you wont hurt.. would it..?

But NOOOO.. Singaporeans arent really into the thank you stuff. if a person does it.. its out of their own free will. u can jolly well not do it.. no one forced you.. HMMM.. so am i being the 'jian" cheap one ard here..?

Come to think of it, i've always been the one who holds the door at the lift, pressed the buttons for ppl.. and more often then not.. without a thanks..

PPl will go like.. five.. or eight.. or ten.. and i'll dutifully press the buttons to their level.. Hmmm.. maybe i was a god damned Lift stewardess in my previous life..

But hey.. what the hell. .. i'm not going to stoop to their levels and follow their example.. Chivalrism and gentlemanliness still is an important upbringing of mine.. ^^ so cheers to Chivarism.. may it never die!!!! ^^ Ahmen..
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