Thursday, March 27, 2008

Sardines - Made in Singapore.

I'm not talking about the ayam brand that is so popular in all the major groceries stores. I'm talking about the one that is produced by SMRT. During every single rush hour period there is, every singaporean squeezes into the carriages in their mad rush to get home and can be compared to the cluster-fucked sardines in a tin can.

Back in Australia, there are frequent complaints on the quality of the train runs and schedules, where there is a breakdown and nothing come to the aid of the aussies stranded until pretty much later. Its always "Boycott Connex" and similar stuff like that.

In Singapore, I don't think we have this problem. The staff trains are pretty much the most efficient in all that I've seen. Kudos to the SMRT for their efficiency on such grounds. However, once the ugly Singaporean mentality is added into the recipe, the brew changes to one that beats the crap outta the sardines of the ayam brand.

The adults, oldies and kids alike are squeezed all the way in. There isn't even enough handles for people to hang on for dear life when our beloved train driver speeds into the underground tunnel. Women flick their head left and right, checking out for perverts who might be out to get a piece of them, or rather, their butts, to be precise. But what of the innocent male behind them? who, owning to the squeeze of the 'sardines' together with the incessasant flicking of hair like some dumb shampoo commercial of the 80s, result in them tripping and stepping on the poor kids who are dragged into the SMRT tin by their parents.

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