Girls, beware of perverts on MRT
Reference from AsiaOne Digital 20 July 2008 (Kelvin Teh ) Click on link to see article
The next time you take public transport, be suspicious if you find any handphone that seems to be mysteriously trained on you. Someone can very well be filming or taking pictures of you.
A few mornings ago, as I was taking the MRT to work in an irritatingly-packed train, I glanced up from the magazine I was reading and noticed the man standing in front of me.
Dressed in nondescript T-shirt and jeans, he was holding up his handphone as one would when messaging - except that he was not busy pressing away on his phone.
Instead, he was holding it there in his raised hand while occasionally shifting his hand position slightly. To most people around him, it seemed like he was looking at text messages.
I next trained my sight on where his handphone was pointing to and, immediately, my suspicion was aroused.She was a pretty young lady, conservatively dressed in office wear. She was also dozing, unaware of the scene unfolding before her.
My curiousity aroused, I leaned forward and, true enough, the man was secretly filming the woman with his handphone.
My first instinct was to glance around to see if anyone else had noticed, but everyone was oblivious. I waited a while more, just to ascertain that the pervert was filming her.
And then, I felt rage.
I gave the man a hard shove in the back, pushing the shocked fellow aside. Next, I woke the woman up gently and whispered to her that she was being filmed.
She was stunned and her first reaction was to look up at the fellow, who immediately exclaimed in Mandarin: "I don't have hor. I was just playing with my handphone ok!"
Yeah, right.
At this, the woman folded her arms protectively around her chest but refrained from saying anything.
To avoid embarrassing the girl further, I did not confront the man. In the meantime, the bewilderment on everyone's faces was palpable.
Although I have heard and read accounts of cameras hidden in changing rooms and perverts secretly filming under the skirts of ladies, to witness this personally is shocking.
That person being filmed could very well be my sister or one of my female friends. That a perverted stranger is storing pictures of someone you know - that is a disgusting thing.
But, then again, I guess I am not surprised. Too many such stories have surfaced all too often.So girls, just look out for yourself.
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Cynthia's thought: Girls out there, two things!
1) DO SOMETHING & dun be afraid to speak up. Don't suffer in silence should u be in a similar situation. The pervert is more scared & more to lose if he is caught. Suffering in silence will only encourage he to target more gals in future!!!!! *JUST SCREAM FOR HELP*! Or ask the person beside you for help.
2) Can we just give the skimpy FBT shorts & short mini skirts a miss. Exposing so much flesh will turn other men on unnecessarily & u might find yourself in DEEP S***!
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9 comments:
tsk, pervos.
at this rate we may have to wear spacesuits everywhere we go. sigh
spacesuits may be a good idea if there's a new outbreak of some new virus.. or air pollution..
but in hot hot Singapore..
Philip. =P
Aiya, as they say in school, chemical attack or explosion or whatever. HAHAHA :D
you posted in school?
yay i'm SKIPPING SCHOOL TOMORROW!
http://ebiz.youth.sg
i'm in the organizing committee of Singapore's first ever mega-bazaar of online entrepreneurs and it's being held at SMU tomorrow and Saturday.. heh can go pop by if you want.. selling merchandise there too..
advertisement. (i just realised we have a story in today's New Paper! a 2-page writeup!)
Philip. =D
Talking about singapre being hot. well we can all dress decently without over revealing.
To be frank most of the time people just follow fashion blindy. Dressing what everybody says it's cool.... (I was in young once too kz!)
you probably didn't really need the last qualifying statement but.. aha.. we understand. *blink blink*
my best friend describes my dressing as rather outlandish. not the freakishly weird kind, but the 'not-in' kind.. but i think it represents me more than if i were to try to wear what others would wear (and i don't like that) - i don't like to do what everyone else does etc - so i guess your dressing represents you to some extent.
on a more personal note, i think the better way to solve the problem is this: don't look. turn away. message to the guys. yep. hard to believe and hard to practice but it's a wonderfully good habit to cultivate.
but i must say this. to school-going girls. learn to sit properly even though you may have your fbts on, because it's really not nice for a guy in a lecture theater to turn around and then immediately peel himself back to face the front because of girls who sit higher up but don't know how to sit. total turn-off. and that's jc. to think that in jc girls would be more conscious of their behaviour..
Philip. =D
better not come to my school then. the first hour and your eyes will be so sore you want to pop your eyes out.XD
ouch.
Philip. =P
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