asked yourself. when was the last time that you are nice to someone? do u feel good bout it? or does it really a sincere thing that you did to please others around you, or is it just a pure innocent act that you did?
being a non regular commuter, i realize that when there is someone, who is really in need of a seat in a packed mrt cabin, stepped into it, everyone seated will be in their "auto-sleeping" mode. or otherwise, they will be switching themselves to the "auto-stupid super busy doing my own stuff" kinda mode.
its not always that i commute to werk, but when i did, everyone who got a seat will be in this particular mode. then, when the needy person stepped out of the cabin, they will be auto-switching themselves to the look around/kepo mode.
does it always happen when i was in the train or does it always happen?
then, come a day when i was in the train and there was a group of boys and gerls that stepped into the same cabin with me. sweet decent looking gerls and boys next door looking guys. age not more then 14 year olds. they got themselves seated. they look like the noisy type. but then again, i was wrong. they "shouted", "squabbles" and laugh using sign languages. obviously they attracted attention to other commuters, but, i believe they dun give a damn bout the happenings around them.
well, the cabin was packed. however, there are no one else standing and all the seats are taken. on the other end of the row from their seats, there are another group of school students. abled body students, aged not more then 17 years old.giggling,making fun of these handicap kids. taking loudly and making fools of themselves. i really got agitated but like most Singaporeans, i just keep my anger and just stare at them, hoping that they will get my hints. however, it didnt work.
few stops after, there was this pregnant woman who entered into the cabin with her super large pram. she looked around for seats. seeing that everyone has switched on to anither mode, she then decided to stand. the students who were busy chatting and commenting bout the mute kids, look at her and just smiled. i really took a pity on the lady and ofer her to stand at the non-opened door side which i was standing. but realizing that her pram might not be able to stay put, she decided to just stand infront of the kids. all abled body adults suddenly fall asleep, as if they were in a trance. non was awaken by the tots of letting this pregnant woman to take their seat.
being a father, i know how it felt. burden with a heavy stomach and then, having to balance urself and the pram that occupy another small life, she must be cursing and swearing.
then, i saw three of the handicap kids, stood up, offer their seats to her. in fact, they pushed the pram for her and helped her to balance herself on the moving train. Gosh! i was really proud of them. they put their bags on the two empty seats, so that the legth of the pram would not blocked anyone and she can seat comfortably. i can really see how appreciative she was, thanking them. when she was seated, everyone was on their awake mode.
shame on you! why does God created abled bodied people with no brain and heart? just wished that God take one of their sense away and replaced them with a good heart. who knows, maybe the world will be a better place then.
