I Also Have A Baby Bump, So What?!

This morning on the train... There was a foreign worker in construction overalls in a corner seat in one cabin. He's tired and needs a break. Fine, I decided - Today shall be a "Target The Woman" day.

I approached a woman in a priority seat in the next cabin and politely asked for a seat. She stares at me suspiciously for a long time till the train doors close. Then tell me indignantly that "I'm also!". Ok, maybe you are but do you have to take that long to answer, and be so impolite about it? Not sure if you realize it, but it's certainly not obvious with your bag covering half your body. And if I were you, I would help ask the passenger next to you out of shared sympathy. After all, I'm carrying 10kg more bump than you at this moment.

So I ask the man next to her who chooses to ignore everything and stare at his phone. Once again, he takes a long time to stare at me. Hmmm... I don't think my bump is invisible at nearly 8 months? (Plus I'm holding on to it to support its size.) Then grouchily gets up. I sit down in relief and rest my aching back and churning stomach...

Why Did The Man Push A Pregnant Woman - To Get To An Arriving Train

It is the evening peak hour on at an Interchange MRT Station. I am on the downward escalator riding towards the train platform. A young man in office wear pushes me to rush to get to a train which has just arrived. The train has not even stopped, and the doors were still closed. I stumble and pushed back to correct my balance. I hold my tummy protectively in a reflex action.

He sees me, yet walks down a few steps and glares back, ready to pick a fight. Even when he reaches the bottom of the escalator, he turns back, glares and mouths something really vulgar. He was ready to turn violent anytime. It's really a challenge taking public transport in Singapore these days...