That's it! After slightly more than 3 months of observation I've come to the conclusion that the folks in Singapore are becoming more apathetic, indifferent and heartless! If you're wondering what prompted this reaction in me, read on...

I am now about 5 1/2 months pregnant, I take the MRT to and from work everyday. For the uninitiated the MRT is Singapore's equivalent to HK's MTR, London's tube and NY's subways, etc. Okay, back to what I was saying.... I have been observing the passengers in the MRT for slightly more than 3 months now! Why? Because I'm pregnant and because of my rising awareness of the need for us pregnant women to have a seat in the MRT! OK, just because there are some pregnant women who take it for granted that they should be given seats does not mean that all of us preggies are like that! It is really tiring to stand for a good 15 - 20 minutes whilst trying to balance so as to avoid from having a closer view of the train's floor!! I'm not kidding! Wait till you are carrying an extra 8 - 16 kg on your abdomen!! You'll know what I mean then.

Anyway, what really riles me is that the folks here just pretend NOT to see you if you are pregnant!! They would just stare at you ~ as if to say, 'Oh you'd love this seat won't you? Too bad I got it first', these are the really heartless ones!! Then there are those who are in a dilemma ~ the ones who are trying to figure out whether they should or should not give up their seat but who will finally just pacify their conscience with a maybe 'Hey, I'm tired too!' and forget about giving you a seat. Of course there are those who just cannot even be bothered to look at us preggies ~ maybe they have the kid's mentality of hide and seek ie. "if I close my eyes and don't see them then they won't be able to see me too!".

Yup, we have them all here in Singapore!! Any and every excuse under the sun that can be used to avoid giving up their seat will be tried and used. Occassionally we do have the nice people ~they are really rare here!~ who will give up their seats for us preggies. Whenever I come across these people (can you believe it? I have only come across 3 of such nice people in the last 60 days (2 months)?) I make sure I thank them properly for giving up their seat for me. May God Bless them.