The Zones

Ever since i started my internship, trying to get to know people had always been a challenge for me. It would take few months to really get the people around you be comfortable to sustain teamwork in a workplace. First month of internship - felt as if i was being enlisted in a summer camp. Felt torturous because i had to endure every nine hours being there and counting down to end of shift was like waiting for drought to be over.

So just yesterday, everyone had been asking whether i would be continuing my part-time job after my internship. After sharing with them my thoughts and reasons to why i chose to rely much on this work was due to the pay per hour. Their reaction towards my childhood bucket list were predictable. None seemed quite agreed with me traveling to China.

If it hadn't been that country's name, i would have got their full support. Instead i was been thrown aback with all their perceptions about that country. They who had not traveled far away from one's home, would not know much of the culture and society outside of their comfort zone.

My subject for this post was not about the people of China or the country itself. Spare me some time to explain. Nothing offensive. It's up to you to believe in what i would say. I'm just expressing my thoughts regarding this issue i had.

I understand the frustration every Singaporean had. Singaporeans were worried about the dominance of PRC living here in Singapore. There had been the talk of the town regarding PRC not learning English. PRC wanted most Singaporeans to learn their language however they should have known that Singapore - a multi-racial country - speaks English to communicate with each other. 

Social media being almost everywhere, there had been reports that the country was not safe. Take example of a video of a human child; got into a hit and run accident with bike or car. None of the passerby came to help. They completely ignored that poor child till he/she passed away. May he/she rest in peace.

Now look at us again. We're so full of negativity. We've seen specific video. Heard rumors and gossips from unreliable source and assumed that that places like that would never be safe. If you think that a country was not safe, how sure were you about Singapore being 100% safe?

No place in this world was ever safe. Too many crimes happened and it might be happening right now at this very moment. All you need to do was to stay vigilant and proactive in every planning before going off somewhere else. 

You must had been wondering the first few paragraph had no link to one another. Perhaps if you looked at it again, those who had just known me for a month or so, they didn't know that i've been to countries that were made up of people from China. They assumed they knew everything about the country and people but sadly they were too ignorant to understand.

I'm not blaming in general neither being very defensive. I just don't like that kind of thinking. Negativity.