I think I'd fight harder for animal rights if I had animal rights too, honestly. The following are (my) rights that are infringed everyday on this sunny island:

Adequate rest! or time away from "work" work. 8 hours is not supposed to be a luxury. How come they have "eat two fruits and two veg a day" and "keep fit" campaigns but not "get enough sleep" campaigns?? I think the last is more important, seriously. I get moody and suicidal when I run low on sleep for a prolonged period. Or sociopathical. (I want knives!!!!)

Respect for my personal space! No wonder we get such bad service - the longer I spend on the morning commute on the mrt, the lighter my trigger gets. People shoving into me, squishing their way in so they can have enough space, but forcing me to imitate the grand green old ladies whose bent backs and branches have a stability I cannot seem to achieve. I'll go berserk one day, I swear. And the service sector needs to smile and serve other pissed off people whose patience was pushed to the limit on public transport too. Maybe even the person who'd pushed them. No wonder, really.

Affordable greens. It is still cheaper to get a doublecheeseburger than a small bowl of boiled veggies. (which is what my yong tau fu is now reduced to.)

Shelters at traffic lights. We get so much rain, I don't know why the gah men don't go waste some of their ridiculously large surplus on small plastic shelters (rectangles about the size of the shiny metal tables at amk library) so people don't have to run from the safety if the nearest block, across the road. Given the bad habits of Singaporean drivers, who will do their best to squeeze in between pedestrians crossing when the GREEN MAN is ON to get to the all important appointments they so clearly have, pedestrians bursting out from the nearest shelter to sprint across the road are probably accidents just waiting to happen.

Eve.

PS I hung up on you because I'm not going to waste time talking to you when my time is limited and you clearly are just filling time until your more important appointment.

I am, after all, a being lost to decency and honor.

Yet another ring on the tree at2:13 PM

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