as a concerned citizen of the society who takes public transport regularly for lack of the luxury of being chauffeured around, i propose that SBS Transit put up the following notice on all their buses installed with the devil's spawn: TV Mobile.


"why hello.
welcome to SBS Transit. your "used to be friendly until we installed TV Mobile" local bus operators. we hope you have a pleasant journey with us. and we also hope you enjoy the annoying broadcasts we have lined up for you on TV Mobile, available in 2 out of the 4 official languages of Singapore. english and yes, chinese. for the rest of you poor souls who were so unfortunate that you had to be born as a non chinese speaking individual. tough luck. being the minority does not entitle you to the privilege of enjoying TV Mobile shows in your mother tongue. so please. bear with us for catering to only the majority population. and if you find that difficult. please either take up mandarin language courses. or alight and take either a cab or an SMRT bus. thank you for your kind understanding that it is in our nature to sideline and marginalise the minority groups of this society.

p.s: feel free to write in to ST forum if you wish. but rest assured that we will delay in responding to your queries and also try our level best to ensure that we still do not include minority language programs."


is it just me or is SBS transit showing a blatant disregard for the minority groups in singapore by ignoring the discomfort, pain, suffering and overall unhappiness of these people when forced to watch mindless chinese and korean variety shows on the extremely pixelated and unstable TV Mobile? is it any wonder than that we'd rather pay ridiculous amounts in road tax, bid for exorbitant COE rates, and pay handsomely for a moderate to average car than to undertake the hazardous and highly nerve-wrecking experience of taking public transport? and since when are there more koreans than indians or malays in this little red dot?

ever since the introduction of TV Mobile into SBS Transit buses, life for me as a commuter has been nothing short of miserable. i have been force fed chinese and korean variety shows, breakfast shows, mtvs and commercials. dude. if i were that desperate to drown in chinese-ness. i'd watch channel 8. or channel U. is it any wonder then that some ignorant foreigners often go "Singapore? thats a part of China right?".

come on people. you claim that english is the lingua franca of the country. and yet you insist on televising chinese drama serials on TV Mobile. well if you really think that the chinese aunties and uncles will die from the barrage of english flooding their poor sensitive "mandarin only" ears. then wat about our malay and indian aunties and uncles? you think they like having to tolerate listening to english constantly attacking their hearing? im sure as hell they dont appericiate it. and then what do you insensitive imbeciles do, but add mandarin gibberish to their agony. its like rubbing salt on an open wound. no?

all im saying is.

if you're not going to cater to the minority groups by giving air time for malay and tamil programs. then please be considerate and save us the horror of sitting through chinese and korean shows.

if ure gonna torture us. then at least keep it to english which is more universal and less bewildering.

and if you insist on further damaging our already short sighted population by unleashing flickering screens and pixelated images. at least make sure you have a large variety of programs to keep us sufficiently entertained.

i realise that repetition is the way to imprint msges onto the subconscious. but why in heaven's name would anyone want to have Eason Chan's latest concert dates and songs imprinted in their subconscious? be warned. the next time i have a nightmare of Eason Chan in his tight gay singlet and tatty denims or of Diva on a Dime putting together another tacky outfit, im gonna find some grounds to sue SBS Transit for emotional trauma.

i know its sad but seriously.

Korean variety programs that display giggly, high pitched, and annoying hosts who get retarded contestants to behave in increasingly embarrassing ways are just not my cup of tea, thank you very much.

By the way.

I don't speak Korean.

Or Mandarin.