Coronavirus in Singapore

Chill the f*ck down Singaporeans!!

Yesterday, the Singapore government reported three locally transmitted cases which couldn't be traced to the previous patients and also PRC, the origin of the virus. Because this is a sign that is a local transmission and ain't an imported one, MOH raised their alert level a notch higher to Orange, which is the second-highest on their scale, and merely advises people to take care of personal hygiene. In no way is their circular written that a lockdown would be implemented, and schools aren't even ordered to be closed yet.

So the typical kiasi Singaporeans interpret it the kiasi way - lockdown is imminent. Whole island reacts like zombie would rise anytime and rush to get daily supplies, resulting in queue in stores that stretch to metre and depletion so severe the bosses of NTUC, ShengSiong have to come out and urge people to stay calm and don't hoard and that they have plenty of supplies to sufficiently distribute to everyone.

But, as a typical kiasi Singapore would interpret to such a statement: their focus is that they have sufficient supply, not to stay calm, so they would go out and buy more instead!

At the event of potential difficulty, the ugliness of the society comes out blindingly apparent and the over-reaction to something so tiny is what place Singapore so high on the stressful environment list.

Singaporeans obsession to over-react to every incidents, however tiny it is, is what causes Singaporeans so stressed. They don't know how to live - they live like they work. When a mistake is committed, the first thing to do is to find who is liable and how to prevent another from happening. Unlike the rest of the world where the natural first response is to determine how severe it is - if it's minor then reprimand and fix it and move on but if it's major, fix it first and reprimand later. Not Singapore. Singapore pattern is, got problem? Faster check whether it is mine. If it's not mine, not my problem. No sense of society. No sense of responsibility. Whatever they do, only they themselves matter most. Just like when this warning of virus is raised.

I don't know why anyone actually enjoys Singapore. I mean, sure this country is awesome. The infrastructure really is outstanding and I love their MRT with every fibre of my being and their economy really is the envy of the whole world. But the people here, facepalmed.

If you live the way you work, you're giving yourself a lot of undue stress.

Life doesn't always go smoothly. Sometimes mistakes happen, and our lives aren't meant to be planned. What goes along comes around and what is meant to be is meant to be. You cannot make your living so rigid and treat it like it's something that has to be scheduled. You cannot see people do something and then kiasi and follow suit. I still cannot understand why peer pressure is so significant in Singapore to the point the whole island country subscribes to only one life - do well, work well, go kiasi and follow all newest trend and then what? Die of old age while still cannot take out your cpf?

I really don't understand Singaporeans.