Tioman Island:The Queue
Went to Tioman Island. Ah Ho jioed me. And just so happens Steph is having day off after night shift. So go loh. 4 of us. Ah Ho and his female fren came to pick us at Johor. Ah Ho is the driver.
Wah but tat day is PH. The bus to woodlands check point opens the door for ppl to exit when it hits the jam about a km away.
So we walked. Lui2 and i walked with other ppl as we look at the unmoving line of vehicles. I can imagine the bus drivers or cargo drivers cursing in their vehicles.
"Chow Bye Bye... KNN jam until like that still need to work. Sian Ah!! KNN..."
We took 1.5 Hrs to get thru the custom. Lui2 breezed thru with her foreigner passport as usual, while i squeezed tuna-ed with e other ppl going to malaysia truly asia for their long week end holiday.
Then there is this short plump woman in the queue beside me with her guy fren. As the bunch of ppl squeezed forward, the crowd in front of me was blocked by a pillar.
So those in my queue had to queue around that pillar, forcing us to push towards the plump woman's queue. It was a mess when everyone was just pushing their way forward while trying to maintain their own queue so ppl beside them won't cut-in in front of them.
I was then standing off to the plump woman's side of the queue. It's very hot there, nobody wanted to stay there any longer than necessary. And looking behind, the queue is getting longer by the minute.
That woman saw that i was pushing towards her direction. So she pushed back with her bag to defend her territory and told her fren in mandarin:
"Dont' let him cut queue, he's standing next to u. China man."
She's thinking that i am really from China who only understands China Mandarin, and doesn't understand local mandarin. Either that, or she's trying to be sarcastic. Her fren glanced at me with unfrenly eyes, and turned away. I kept quiet as usual in situations like these.
Inside i was always thinking about something that i should have done, but didn't. I feel like telling her, so wat even if i'm from China? Is she any more capable than ppl in China? Is she any richer than ppl in China? Is she even aware that she's being a racist when the irony is that she's a Chinese too?
I wanted to tell her don't think Singaporean very high class just becos she can only see China ppl come over to our country to work as construction workers getting a lowly wage. (Compared to hers lah.) There is a bigger world out there where more successful China ppl earn tons of money and setting up huge corporations.
So in the end, when she noticed that the queue she's at is going very slowly, and her other fren is in front at another queue, she hollered to her fren to let her join them. After that she happily 'excuse-me excuse-me' her way thru and CUT to the other side.
So only she can cut queue lah?
I went thru finally. Not very much later than her, anyway.
Wah but tat day is PH. The bus to woodlands check point opens the door for ppl to exit when it hits the jam about a km away.
So we walked. Lui2 and i walked with other ppl as we look at the unmoving line of vehicles. I can imagine the bus drivers or cargo drivers cursing in their vehicles.
"Chow Bye Bye... KNN jam until like that still need to work. Sian Ah!! KNN..."
We took 1.5 Hrs to get thru the custom. Lui2 breezed thru with her foreigner passport as usual, while i squeezed tuna-ed with e other ppl going to malaysia truly asia for their long week end holiday.
Then there is this short plump woman in the queue beside me with her guy fren. As the bunch of ppl squeezed forward, the crowd in front of me was blocked by a pillar.
So those in my queue had to queue around that pillar, forcing us to push towards the plump woman's queue. It was a mess when everyone was just pushing their way forward while trying to maintain their own queue so ppl beside them won't cut-in in front of them.
I was then standing off to the plump woman's side of the queue. It's very hot there, nobody wanted to stay there any longer than necessary. And looking behind, the queue is getting longer by the minute.
That woman saw that i was pushing towards her direction. So she pushed back with her bag to defend her territory and told her fren in mandarin:
"Dont' let him cut queue, he's standing next to u. China man."
She's thinking that i am really from China who only understands China Mandarin, and doesn't understand local mandarin. Either that, or she's trying to be sarcastic. Her fren glanced at me with unfrenly eyes, and turned away. I kept quiet as usual in situations like these.
Inside i was always thinking about something that i should have done, but didn't. I feel like telling her, so wat even if i'm from China? Is she any more capable than ppl in China? Is she any richer than ppl in China? Is she even aware that she's being a racist when the irony is that she's a Chinese too?
I wanted to tell her don't think Singaporean very high class just becos she can only see China ppl come over to our country to work as construction workers getting a lowly wage. (Compared to hers lah.) There is a bigger world out there where more successful China ppl earn tons of money and setting up huge corporations.
So in the end, when she noticed that the queue she's at is going very slowly, and her other fren is in front at another queue, she hollered to her fren to let her join them. After that she happily 'excuse-me excuse-me' her way thru and CUT to the other side.
So only she can cut queue lah?
I went thru finally. Not very much later than her, anyway.
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