Tuesday, March 21, 2006
i've got a badminton game in like 30 mins and here i am blogging. well i'm sure i'll still be on time. *crosses my fingers*
it's been getting really hot these days, and we're not even into the full swing of summer yet. it's times like this when i miss my air-con. come to think of it, i havent slept with it for like, 2-3 years? i havent a clue how long, but i've totally forgotten about its existance.
one more week for the medcine students and we'll have to call them DR. so and so. ha!! time really flies huh. oh well, i'm just looking forward to monday. maybe we shld get weiquan to come along to. though i'm not really sure if he wants to watch munich. speaking of which, the good thing is that they are still showing munich in the major theatres so hopefully they'll hold out for one more week!
the other day, i was at clementi ordering bubble tea (yes my cravings have come back, and the slashed prices of just 1 buck per cup certainly doesnt help). i realised that the bulk of singaporean, or at least the bulk of singaporeans ordering bubble tea then, are not the least polite. i mean, regardless of whom i'm placing an order with, i always say 'please' (unless of course i get stuck in a chinese-english translational problem in which case i may forget). and when i get my order, i ALWAYS (no exceptions this time) say 'thank you' regardless of the quality of service provided. i mean we talk about the low standards of customer service here in singapore but, really, if we dont deserve anything better. people always seem to say that retail employees always seem to treat westerners better as compared to asians or locals. i believe the main reason is not because they are more likely to purchase anything in particular, but rather, it's the manner in which they do their shopping. somehow, i always seem to feel as if we chinese feel that since we're paying for the service, we deserve and demand to be treated nicely AND that we do not have to reciprocate. this sort of master-servant mentality is really so passe in our world. i was really appalled that day because it wasnt just the older generation of people who were acting like that, you had kids, probably in primary school who did exactly the same thing. "pearl milk tea" *gives money, snatches drink, leaves*, and it certainly wasnt just 1 kid. i mean where did all the courtesy education lessons in primary school go to?
haha i guess i gotta go, but i shall continue later.
{10:22 AM}
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