"Does Singapore deserve its 'miserable' tag?" BBC
journalist, Charlotte Ashton, definitely think so when she wrote an op-ed on
the BBC’s website which has went viral in Singapore.
As a true blue, born-and-bred Singaporean I will ask this; “Is
the sky blue?” Or maybe I should ask, “Is that even a question?” Come on, who
in Singapore was surprised by Mrs. Ashton’s account of crouching on the floor of
an MRT train with no one to help her? This is Singapore! You expect someone on
the street to stop and waste their time to help a complete stranger; even if
she was pregnant?
If Mrs. Ashton expected that, she is sadly mistaken. It may be a culture shock to her, but as a
true blue, born-and-bred proud Singaporean, I can safely say what happened to her is expected and very normal. So yes; Singapore truly deserve
our ranking as the world’s most miserable country.
3 comments:
Miserable and proud. One day it will be your turn to need the grace of a stranger.
If god is really there, pls ensure the grace of the stranger is not there..
A helpful stranger? Not in Singapore. In Singapore, those guys are rarer then the dodo...yes, I know the dodo is extinct.
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