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because i am fair-skinned
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Yesterday i experienced my first ever racial-discrimination against myself while on the NEL towards my grandma's.

Boarding the train at the ever-busy Dhoby Gaut station during peak hours always ensures standing for the rest of your journey which really sucks when all you want to do is to knock out after a loooong day in school.

And did i mention the brood of irritating aunties with the super protuding elbows always crowding around the doors , posed for action to elbow everyone out so that they would be the first in to select choice seats ?

Nabeh.. Fuck off !!

Anyway.

The ratio of empty seats outnumbered those fucked up aunties by 1 so i giggled my way to the empty corner seat .

There was a stern looking middle-aged indian woman beside the empty seat and as i walked past her , i thought i heard her snort and when i sat down she tsk-ed very loudly and i wondered what i had done to earn her ire.

I glanced at her and she eyeballed me and with that she stood up with another loud tsk and hoisted up her barangs-barangs between her feet and by then i was already quite pissed to be snubbed for apparently no reason.

Being the big fat meanie that i am , i decided to get even with her by holding my nose and tsk-ing equally loudly as she walked past me even though she didn't smell. Its a chinese racist thing la , to pretend that all indian people smelled. Yes i know that is damn fucking mean.

She must have noticed for she turned back to stare at me before rooting herself to a spot next to the door .

The next station was Little India , the station where quite a few passengers alight so there were empty seats around and i observed the spiteful lady.

Despite the number of empty seats , she chose to walk over to another end of the cabin to wedge her fat ass between a plump indian man ( much to his irritation because he scowled when she sat down HAHA ) and the corner.

THEN IT DAWNED ONTO ME THAT SHE MOVED AWAY SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE DID NOT LIKE ME , A CHINESE.

Then i realised how it must feel like to be a minority and to be shunned by the so-called "superior" race.

But i was still angry la.

Oh by the way i had Pepper's lunch a few days ago and i think it sucked.

Its just over-priced Teppan-Yaki !!!!

$16.50 for what you can get for $6 at food courts.. Thats simply crazy.




Initially i thought it was a place to have steak on a hot-place which was why i was looking so forward to having it and i assumed that it was good because of the long queues.

STEAK MY ASS!

Its just a few pieces of raw beef chunks of dubious quality that you have to fuss over because its DIY and i couldn't help but snigger at the stupid guy in at next table who obviously grew up without an ounce of culinary know-how because he did not flip the meat over and he got beef that's overdone on one side and bloody on the other.

For $16.50 i would rather have a meal at V8 ( yeah thats always the benchmark for me ) .

Now i know why there are long queues at Pepper Lunch.. its the "Got queue , must queue also because it must be good" mentality at its best.

And i'm one of the victims.

Good night.

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listening to : kaiser chiefs - everyday i love you less and less !


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p/s : Anyone knows where i can rent SLR cameras ?!?!