I boarded a train at City Hall while reading a hard bound copy of the Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith. I moved towards the center of the car to save myself from the continuous inflow of passengers in the train. And as I excused myself to a throng of people while nimbly moving towards my spot where I intend to continue my reading quietly, an old lady screamed the following words:
"Your bible offends me!!!"
I didn't realize that those angry words was meant for me. As I stood on my spot reading my novel and still oblivious to what was really going on, she continued to rant against Christianity. She even used the name of her father to attest to her mockery. I can easily guess that she is a traditional Taoist, which nature is to pay homage to their ancestors.
People around her just shook their head in shame. They knew it is against human rights to show discrimination which Singapore is trying to uphold for its citizens who comes from different countries, races and even religion.
What's worse is that she even ranted that Christians do not act as Christians. I looked back and gave her "the" look but I never bothered to answer back. There I realized that she must have thought that the black hard bound book that I was holding must be the bible she abhorred. I stiffled a laugh and continued to ignore her.
Eventually, she decided to get off at Lavander station and continue to rant about the things she hated about Christians. As I took a recently vacated seat while being stared at by people, I held my chin up and said in my almost flawless Singaporean accent, "She thought I was holding a bible. She didn't know I was only reading a novel."
 | is she qualified to be called a "moron"? |
 | buti sayo napatapat yun. ang galing how u handled it. d ko alam kung ako un nandun sa situation na un |
 | cheers to you monica! that's the best way to deal with racists! keep it up! =P |
 | lol, old people are funny. |
 | you got to hand it to "them"...just a few more days and I won't be seeing so much of "them" |
 | same scenario happened to my former boss. A singaporean uncle verbally attacked him by pointing a finger at him and referring him as "you filipinos" for a simple case of not being able to move towards the center of the bus because its already full of commuters. Funny nga, pinatulan niya yung matanda. He called him "Racist old bastard!". |
 | uy grabe ha! I wonder how I will react if that happens to me.
Malamang hiritan ko siya na:
"Sorry you're absolutely mistaken, old lady.
This happens to be a fiction book and not the Bible.
I'm kinda guilty coz I haven't touched the Bible for years."
and give her a wicked smile.....*me bad* |
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I boarded a train at City Hall while reading a hard bound copy of the Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith. I moved towards the center of the car to save myself from the continuous inflow of passengers in the train. And as I excused myself to a throng of people while nimbly moving towards my spot where I intend to continue my reading quietly, an old lady screamed the following words: