i would wake up at 5:30am and walk the other end of sg, along siglap linear park from bedok to upper east coast road to have breakfast at soy eu tua, then to east coast park and marine parade on the way back. around 6am maids would be out walking dogs and washing cars. some maids would be cooped up behind fences in the back of semi-detached homes hand-washing clothes for their employers, and many are starving skinny. it's modern slavery deep in the heart of affluent sg. street cleaners would be out around 6:30am, a company of them spread out in squads and platoons to take care of various sections of siglap and bedok. by 7am, workers on bikes would be speeding to their factories along the bike path and students would be escorted on foot by maids to bus stops and schools. by 7:30am, those who could afford cars would be dropping off their precious cargo at the opera estate school gate and causing a traffic jam along fidelio. the routine is the same the next day, like clockwork, until sunday when it breaks, as folks wake up much later and maids dress up by 8am to catch bus no. 42 to kembangan station. if any sinkie in siglap were to kpkb that life's not fair, i'm gonna slap himher. :oIo: