Top 5 Dislikes

5. Waking Up Early In The Morning

I bet everybody hates to wake up in the morning, be it for school or work or what not, I feel that this is a routine that every single person in the universe have to go through. You know, we grow up reading stories or watching television programs that will feature AT LEAST one character waking up in the morning feeling fresh and happy, stretching their arms with smile on their faces. And most of the time, the actors wake up looking like they have never tossed and turned in their sleep the entire night. 

Apart from the fact that our utmost disgusting selves are revealed every morning, I simply feel annoyed when someone disturbs my sleep and I wake up only to realize that it is 7AM on my non-working day. 

I NEED MY REST!!!!!

There are times when my family members decide that 7AM is the perfect time for them to vacuum clean the house, or to turn on the radio with the full surround stereo system turned on at full blast.... Seriously?! If the tables are turned, they would be screaming their heads off at me to turn the damn radio off because they need their sleep and rest since they worked overtime the night before but when it comes to me, noooo, wake up wake up wake up it is already late (only 7:15AM) and I don't care if you worked extra hours yesterday because IT IS TIME YOU WAKE THE FUCK UP!

I have my alarm turned on every day at 7AM in order for me to wake up in time for work. There are times when I wake up before my alarm rings, say 6:30AM, and when I glance at the clock, it states 6:30AM with a halo casting over it and that precious 30minutes matter so much. 

 

And..there ARE times when I snooze my alarm and wake up an hour later which will cause me to immediately jump out of my bed and run towards the bathroom without turning the heater on. Speaking of which, this leads to the following point :

4. Cold Showers

I always always always shower with hot water. I would say that I am quite afraid of cold water. I tend to forget to turn the heater on before going to the bathroom to shower and when I turn the shower on, it's like as if there are thousands of pins going down your back, sending a shiver down your spine. 

Whoever invented the water heater, I salute you for that. Every time I travel, I always check the hotel bathroom if a heater is installed. Most of the time, luck was on my side. I do remember my trip to KL a few years ago and my family stayed over at this hotel apartment, a very nice suite overlooking the city. I forgot to check for the heater installation on that trip and I immediately jumped underneath the shower head and turned the nozzle up, only to have super icy cold water spilling on me. I tried to turn the nozzle around but the nozzle could only move upwards and downwards, indicating the on and off controls for the shower. I searched for a possible switch around the bathroom which indicates the water heater but to no avail. I survived the cold shower in the end and told myself  "Turn the heater on before you get into the bathroom the next time." That night, I decided to take a shower and to my horror, I noticed that there was no switch for the heater outside of the bathroom. I felt sticky after a long day out exploring the city and I HAVE to shower right before I go to bed, a habit I instill in myself. For that 5 days in KL, I had to muster up some courage twice a day JUST TO TAKE A BLOODY SHOWER. 

3. Inconsiderate Public Transport Commuters

Singaporeans definitely understand what I am talking about. The rave about people in trains or buses with inconsiderate behaviors go on almost every day. 

People who would queue up waiting for the trains or buses along the lines that we shouldn't cross when the transports have not arrived yet.

Look at the green and red lines. They are there for a purpose. Firstly the red lines that the red arrows are pointing at are signs for you to keep clear away from the space that the green arrows are at. The red lines act as barriers from the commuters that are about to alight the train so that the people that are entering the train do not bump into anyone while getting on it. This means that the people that are going to get on to the train need to wait for commuters to alight first. NOT PUSH THEIR WAY IN THROUGH THE CROWD WHEN THE COMMUTERS ARE ABOUT TO GET OUT.

I seriously do not understand a reason why people would need to push their way in in order to get into the bloody train. Can't you wait for people to alight from the train first THEN you get in? It's an easy task to accomplish, you know. The train is not going to leave you if you wait for others to get off first.

The main reason why these people act this way is to be able to get a seat in the train. I've seen so many people rushing in and you see their heads darting towards every direction of the train finding a seat and when they find one, everyone scrambles to get to that same seat. Really, is standing while getting to your destination a hard thing to do? I personally think that getting a seat in the train is a privilege. But I feel that once you notice someone who deserves a seat when other seats are full, you jolly well stand up and offer your seat to that person! Practicing good deeds is definitely the way to go.

2. The Morning Rush

Speaking of people rushing in and out of public transports, here is another point that I would like to elaborate. I loathe the morning rush. Hate it to the core. It sucks to know that everyone is rushing to get on to the trains and buses in order to get to work on time. Due to this factor, every single public transport is full to the brim and it makes it impossible for you to get on to a ride and be punctual for work. 

This is something I have to deal with almost every time I go to work for my 9:30AM call-time. I wait for the train to head to Jurong East for 3 minutes and when the train arrives, the train is full. I decide to wait for the next train that is coming in 2 minutes. While waiting, the queue behind me elongates. When the 2nd train comes in, the train is full too! I sigh and maintain my patience and wait for another one that is coming in another 2 minutes. For all I know, the queue behind me elongates further and snakes around the entire platform. The next train, which seem to arrive after forever, looks pretty much okay, not much commuters in it. So when the train doors open, everyone behind me starts pushing to get into the fuckin' train and I suddenly find myself in the middle of the train without moving my legs at all and with the help of a gazillion people pushing me. Sometimes the train that I was in was so full I swear that my feet weren't touching the ground. 

The deal about the morning rush is that you have billions of strangers around you, pressed against you and you just have to act like you're okay with it and comfortable with the position that you're at. Some people stink, some people have bad breaths and you just wish you can staple their mouths close so that you won't have to inhale the bad fumes emitting from them. Some people fidget around and you just wish that they would keep still so that their elbows will stop nudging your ribs painfully. And some people just wouldn't shut the fuck up and their loud voice just ring into your ear as if they were born with a megaphone in their mouths. Having to tolerate with other people's bad behaviors is something that I should include in my damn resume because I am seriously experienced in that!

1. Insects/Lizards In The Bathrooms/Restrooms

If you are an avid reader, you would have recall that I have stated in my 30 FACTS ABOUT ME post that I absolutely hate lizards and insects. If I am granted a wish, I would wish for all of these insects and creatures to cease to exist. Especially lizards. Lizards torment me every single day. 

Every single time I walk into a bathroom or a public restroom, my eyes do an automatic scan for lizards or insects that might be crawling around the cubicle. There are plenty of times when I trudge into my bathroom and I see a lizard run across the floor and I hop back out of the bathroom screaming my head off as if a killer is out to chase me to my death. I hate these 'surprises' especially when I am in dire need to pee. Let's not mention about the mess that happens when I am given these 'surprises' at these kind of situations. 

I hate the fact that I would need to co-exist with these creatures because they obviously do not give me my time of day. I always force either my dad or my maid to shoo a lizard out of my room if there is one, or else I would not enter that room knowing that I would have to share that space with that bloody creature in it. Even seeing a picture of lizards and insects disgust me. Personally, I would volunteer myself to be squashed in a train full of people with annoying habits than to be in the same room with any of these monstrosities.