On 18th Oct 2006, a 40 years old Chinese man died after jumping into e tracks of an incoming MRT train at Chinese Garden. Behind e tragedy unfolds a truly heart breaking story.
The deceased n his family were ants (becoz they were very poor) living in e rich materialistic realistic world of Singapore. Money is an important factor, never to do without. Food, water, shelter education all need to be brought with money. How much you get depends on how much money you have. The more e merrier of coz.
E family of 4 survived on a bare min of $1400 for a double income n $500 when e deceased loses his job. Here i am complaining that my pay (of similar range to their double income) is never enough for myself.
They lived in a 3 room flat with e bare essentials. A dining table, a study table, a small tv, matresses for a bed, a wardrode n fans were basically so much of what they have. They often have to go hungry n often only get to survive on maggie mee. They can't afford anything much more than the necessary essentials. N here i am complaining that i wan more features in my room (including a larger bed, a water feature, a bigger wardrode etc) and tasty foods in expensive restaurants. N never once in my life have i tasted the pangs of hunger.
I think i or we should really re think about how lucky we are to have all that we have and all that we have achieved. There are people out there who survived n live days by days on e bare min n here we are chasing the ever more gains.
