Title sounds like a suicide! Yes! It is a suicide post, not physically, but literally!
Many times I heard/read complains about our society, our government, our transport or about anything, I refuses to give in but chose to give hope. A hope for improvement, a hope of change, a hope for upgrades and a hope for the better. Truly I love where I come from and where I am. Leaving for the better is definitely in my list, however my heart was reluctant. I still love this country and I love the fact that I am still here.
The little hope in me has finally sank into depression when I put myself to taste the less luxurious drive in life (not on purpose). I am not the kind of person to rely on public transport and to go party in the city. Hence, it was never really an issue to me. Well, on the other hand not many are as fortunate to have their own car and hence to rely on the public transport. I truly respect their patient and strength to brave through the unexpected.
So, what am I trying to say?
I took a little trip down to the city yesterday. Besides driving, I chose to take the public transport. Well, thanks to the implementation of Ladies ONLY Coach, I definitely felt so much safer to travel alone. However to my surprise, I found male in that deck too! Males in group, male alone and male with girlfriend! Are they lost males? or maybe just unaware? Well, the question is 'Is there sufficient information to create awareness on this issue?'. There are blurry announcements (due to 'cacat' speaker), There were pink poles to mark the ladies coach, there were banners but 60% hanging, there were train guards reminder (I only saw in Sentral) and notice (on sliding doors). Initially, I thought they have scrap off the idea, then a guard shoo 50% male to the other deck and left another 50% behind and do nothing about it. Ah, then it hit my mind, yes, the ladies deck is still applicable! Besides the deck issue, punctuality is one big issue too!
But what about people getting in the public transport?
In high school, we were taught to line up to get our food, queue up to go up a bus, do not push, give seat to the older generations/ disables and only throw rubbish into rubbish bin. Any many times we heard graduates say, ' I have return what I've learn back to the school!'. And I guess this statement is very true! In this country, there are no such thing as queue! That is why we have numbering system! But we can't do that to get into a train no? When we are in the society here, face the fact that queuing pushing is the idle manner of getting there! Silly me queuing up to get into the train as what I did in other country, makes me a fool among the people! The lesson learnt :- queuing will never get in!
real life scenario :- The train arrives, all ladies moves towards where the door stops (literally like many sperms swimming and fighting towards the egg). The door open, and before the people could get out, a chinese lady screams "PUSH!". No! she is not delivering baby! She is commanding everyone to push in! AND YES! All ladies PUSH!!! and we push our way into the train! AMAZING! Even the guards to not have the power to control the crowd. Whistles does not seem to be very useful in this situation. They just stood there and shake their heads after trying their best.
People say, when you are flying with the eagles, fly like an eagle! So, when you are waiting for train in your own country, don't act like fake tourist!
Sad to see this in our own country no? Contradicting to what we've learn no? Head knowledge here is just for leisure! Real life knowledge is our surviving skills.
Things that I could not avoid, I was squeezed, my toe was stepped (there goes my glossy nails) and pushed!
So enough for the public transport! I truly do not what to go into pickpockets, drinking in train stations, throwing rubbing into the train track (might be the cause of delay for KTM?) and many more! If i do, this will take pages to fit into this post!
Let's see our younger generation. In the news papers we read about them scoring more and more As each year and their achievements are getting better and better. FYI, they are only like 5% (maybe) of our total younger generation. What happen to the others?
It is not wrong for high schoolers to hang out during school holidays, but what kind of character and attitude they bring can be an issue to the society. We might not see it but in the long run yes, we can feel it! As I was walking around the city, I begin to see many things. There were many teenagers (say 15-18yr old) hanging around the malls, the streets, the walk way (blocking pedestrians) and the stairways. They were not just hanging around but acting around too! Besides doing what they should do, there were acting like hooligans around the city. It is not Sex and the city, it is the Hooligans and the City. They were going around screaming, running and doing funny things every where. Well, you would say it is apart of growing up. I don't feel peace in that place, shopping is definitely not a paradise there (without a car minus jam) and safety is an issue! Ah, before I forget, I saw teenagers smoking too! Are they allow to buy cigarettes? A big sigh. . . . . That is our social issue.
Moral in school is just a joke in real life. We cant blame fully on school education, we must first start at home. Hence, please do not have TOO MANY KIDS if you DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO NURTURE THEM AND SHAPE THEIR CHARACTER. We do not want future rubbish, but a future talented generation to fulfills our nation's vision. We definitely do not want to be lead by hooligans but a man of good character and integrity. Government is not fully to blame, citizens have their part to play too.
Improvement?
There are still long way to go. The only improvement I see is my pocket/wallet! Cash flowing out to keep my wallet lighter! "like" it?
I would prefer:- show us the improvements before raising all the fees. We tired of paying more and seeing less (or maybe only 10%?)
There are many potholes on the roads. Don't just pay to cover the problem, but use the effort to solve the problem.
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