If you are a lady into pregnancy of 5th month or so, would you choose to sit or stand?
I think i would take the former choice.... that's the best opportunity to get a seat in the mrt
without having to fight for one or go to the last mrt station and turn back to get a seat. ;)
But the below pregnant lady chose otherwise which gets me thinking n scratching my head....
Heavily Pregnant Lady Leaning Dangerously on the Pole of a MRT Cabin
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Are There More Depression Cases Surfacing Up in Singapore in Year 2010?
The other day, I was discussing abt the situation of mental patients with my retiree friend Nelson over a cup of coffee and or beer.
Nelson told me nowadays there seems to be more vaga bonds , poor ones and mental people at his place in Jurong West area.
Examples of depression & or poverty cases that we have been able to see at his Jurong West coffeshop:
It made me wonder how can such highly-improbable things be happening in a "relatively rich" and "developed" country?
I also have been observing more of such cases occuring in this part of the island.
Begging, Sleeping on the Streets, Sick Ones, Home Alones, Depressed Ones, etc.
I would like to specially mention about the vagabonds who are making themselves
comfortable at the shopping cenetre here.
These vagabonds are really pitiful, i met one of them whom I wish to called Mr D.P (his initials).
D.P has been sicked , jobless and lost his wife to cancer few years ago.
D.P is also an achoholic and went into depression after he lost his wife thereafter.
You can see D.P drinking his way from morning to evening, only filling his stomach
with some light food stuffs only during breakfast, skipping lunch and dinner altoghter.
D.P used to be a production manager in a local firm commanding a pay of abt SGD$5k-7k here but as to how he lost his job is also anthr question mark on my mind ...
He moved into this area for about a month and seeking accomodation with his fleshly sister at a nearby block.
But he is seen sleeping at the shopping centre here, it really make me ponder why when he has a 5 room flat in CCK and yet he chose to suffer on the streets here?
When i saw and tried to wake D.P last morning for Power Nasi Lemak & Teh-Ah-Lia (~2a.m.), I couldn't bear to do so bcos' he's alrdy deep asleep and his whole body is shivering curling up like a helpless shrimp.... he really looks pitiful when you look at how he sleeps without blanket, and so do the rest of "his companions" nearby.
Can the relevant authorities take care of such cases like providing accomodation and
simple meals for such ones?
Individaully, how can we reach out to such "poor" ones?
For myself i have been trying to look for suitable tenants for his flat
and providing some pocket money for his meals, hoping he'l not xchange for alcohol ...
Maybe its high time to take a hard look at how we can start improving hectic lives for the locals here ;-?
SEE VIDEOS BELOW:
Latest mental case at Outram Park MRT on 1 June 2011.
An Indian Drummer near Boon Lay Hawker
ATM Begger Aunty near Boon Lay Shopping and Hawker Center
Depressed Woman Beating Herself at Boon Lay Coffeshop
Uncle talking to himself inside a SBS 335 Bus
This is the cocked-eye man who intimates passerbys
thru' his fingers-poking method and staring at you.
U just have to clap both your palms soundly
or unknowingly 'take a glance' at him, he will do that to you.... sigh -^ ***
~ to be continued.... ~
We welcome your frank comments as to how to improve people's life here....
Not The End Yet.
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Nelson told me nowadays there seems to be more vaga bonds , poor ones and mental people at his place in Jurong West area.
Examples of depression & or poverty cases that we have been able to see at his Jurong West coffeshop:
- A young girl (~ 20yrs old) staring at the table and keep howering around as if she is lost or like what my friend says she is possessed and keep thinking the table is blocking here? :?:
- A cocked-eye looking man keeps staring and pointing his fingers at people who clapped their hands at him >:<
- A kind man who always come to us asking for S$2.00 but usually we joke to him that our "platinum club President" Mr Raja King is not here to provide the funds ... :D
- Vagabonds repeatedly reserving seats at Senior Citizen Corners below his HDB flat in Jurong West St 42.
- A man who keep talking and pointing to himself as if he is an actor. My friend Nelson found it rather entertaining during lunch/breakfast at Jurong West Hawker Center at Hong Kah Point.
- A Malay man who keep following others and asking passerbys if they know who is Mr Mahathir?
It made me wonder how can such highly-improbable things be happening in a "relatively rich" and "developed" country?
I also have been observing more of such cases occuring in this part of the island.
Begging, Sleeping on the Streets, Sick Ones, Home Alones, Depressed Ones, etc.
I would like to specially mention about the vagabonds who are making themselves
comfortable at the shopping cenetre here.
These vagabonds are really pitiful, i met one of them whom I wish to called Mr D.P (his initials).
D.P has been sicked , jobless and lost his wife to cancer few years ago.
D.P is also an achoholic and went into depression after he lost his wife thereafter.
You can see D.P drinking his way from morning to evening, only filling his stomach
with some light food stuffs only during breakfast, skipping lunch and dinner altoghter.
D.P used to be a production manager in a local firm commanding a pay of abt SGD$5k-7k here but as to how he lost his job is also anthr question mark on my mind ...
He moved into this area for about a month and seeking accomodation with his fleshly sister at a nearby block.
But he is seen sleeping at the shopping centre here, it really make me ponder why when he has a 5 room flat in CCK and yet he chose to suffer on the streets here?
When i saw and tried to wake D.P last morning for Power Nasi Lemak & Teh-Ah-Lia (~2a.m.), I couldn't bear to do so bcos' he's alrdy deep asleep and his whole body is shivering curling up like a helpless shrimp.... he really looks pitiful when you look at how he sleeps without blanket, and so do the rest of "his companions" nearby.
Can the relevant authorities take care of such cases like providing accomodation and
simple meals for such ones?
Individaully, how can we reach out to such "poor" ones?
For myself i have been trying to look for suitable tenants for his flat
and providing some pocket money for his meals, hoping he'l not xchange for alcohol ...
Maybe its high time to take a hard look at how we can start improving hectic lives for the locals here ;-?
SEE VIDEOS BELOW:
Latest mental case at Outram Park MRT on 1 June 2011.
An Indian Drummer near Boon Lay Hawker
ATM Begger Aunty near Boon Lay Shopping and Hawker Center
Depressed Woman Beating Herself at Boon Lay Coffeshop
Uncle talking to himself inside a SBS 335 Bus
This is the cocked-eye man who intimates passerbys
thru' his fingers-poking method and staring at you.
U just have to clap both your palms soundly
or unknowingly 'take a glance' at him, he will do that to you.... sigh -^ ***
~ to be continued.... ~
We welcome your frank comments as to how to improve people's life here....
Not The End Yet.
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