This post is for yesterday 8th October 2007. I was One Minute late to write this post. Sorry.
Today...I witness a True Singaporean Act by a True Singaporean. They could actually be defined as people who are 1)Truly born in Singapore, 2)Arrogant, 3)Money-minded, 4)"Kiasu" and the list will just go on and on. From this, you could conclude that I am not really proud of being a Singaporean...but what can I do to change that? 'Cause I was born here. Anyway...back to the real story. This post is entitled "A Bank's Drama?" And, yes, it happened at a bank. The POSB Bank at White Sands. This afternoon, my brother & I accompanied my mum to the bank. While waiting for my mum's turn to be attended, my brother & I sat the small sofa placed there watching the long queue getting shorter. Yup...it was a pretty damn long queue. Then, at one time, two Kaur ladies (Mother & Daughter) queued up. I can tell they're Kaurs 'cause of their facial features and appearance...they are usually smart in English 'cause so far I know my ex-classmate always gets an A for English and is now Debating in the new Media Competition "The Arena". Also, my ex-tuition English teacher is a Kaur. Okay...back to story. Later, the Mother went out for awhile, maybe to the toilet or something, leaving her Daughter to queue. When she became the third from the back of the queue, the Mother came in and "cut the queue" to queue up beside her Daughter. Then, the last person of the queue, a bald 50-year old Chinese man, asked aggresively "Why are you cutting the queue?" Then, the Mother was like "I'm queueing up with my daughter." And the next question from the man surprised me,"Are you sure?" I was like "
Who in the World doesn't know their daughters???" The Daughter replied, "Ya, she's my mother." The man asked the question again,"Are you sure?" I was like SURPRISED he could still asked that question..."
Who doesn't even know their mothers?" The Kaurs kept saying "Ya" to him but it looks as though he was listening to a native language instead of English. He's so....ergghhh, irritating, wanting acceptable reasons trying to make the Kaurs leave or something. Terrible. Fortunately, a Chinese man, who was in his 30s & was in front of the Kaurs, stood up and said "Ya...the two of them queued up first." Shockingly again, the bald guy asked the question again. I was like
"What the Hell is your Problem?" Then, all three of them kept saying "Ya", and finally, he accepted their answer and just leave it alone. And after that, i guess due to shame, he walked out of the bank. I felt happy when he walked away. Hee. As the queue progress, the Kaur Mother looked at me, and I gave her the same boyish smile (like to the China guy in my previous post) and mouthed "Hello" to her. She grinned at me. I looked away looking at my phone and everywhere else, but I could still saw her staring at me. I don't know why. Heehee. But I just didn't do anything. Till now, I still couldn't stop wondering what's the guy's problem...
