china pplz

yesterday there was a china-nese woman in her 40s sitting behind me on the bus. she was complaining very loudly to her friend over the phone. one part i overheard was about singaporeans.

she was talking about a guy from work i think, about how he treats her badly because she's from china and behaves as though she's inferior to him. she said if this was back in china, she wouldn't even have to give a shit about the guy because he's just a nobody, but because she's here in a foreign land, she has no choice but to comply.

at first i felt quite sorry for her to have to put up with shit from losers because her circumstances forced her to. then as she continued complaining (Very Loudly), i started to get quite irritated and i felt sorry for the loser who has to face her at work everyday. maybe he treats her badly so that she'll shut the hell up.

there's always 2 sides to a story, and last night i experienced both sides. amazing.