I did some competitive-like game of Floorball last Friday evening with a few of my GESL teammates against other GESL teams. It was part of the “Mini Olympics” N*E held for the GESL teams to earn $$$ for their service project. Of course, only the winners in the different sporting activities will get the $$$, not those who participated. Three kinds of sport were played that afternoon i.e football, basketball and floorball. Anyway, we had a fun yet tiring time playing. Of two games played, we won in the first and lost in the second, which saw us heading home. During the first game, I was nearly sent flying, almost squashed by a really big guy against the wall and I ended up squashing a little white something slightly more than halfway through the game. I must say that it was exciting despite all the little incidences. And it sure was a really good excercise. Lol. 😀 I jokingly asked my teammate to conduct or hold Floorball practices just for us. Heh!
Anyway, I like to voice my opinion about Women in Maternity Dresses and other issues regarding that.
Here is a chronicle of the first time I had to face such an issue. I was on the MRT one day and I was enjoying my seat after having to stand for a few stops despite it being during the so-called non-peak hours. So, there I was, enjoying the airconditioning when in came this slim and small size woman with a male friend (whether he was her husband or not, I did not know and do not know). She was wearing this black with yellow prints shapeless sun dress and she was standing infront of me where I was able to see her side profile. And I saw a bump. I thought to myself, ‘Four ways of looking: 1. She’s pregnant. 2. She has already given birth hence the bump and the not-slim arms. 3. She’s just fat. 4. She’s not holding on to the overhead handbars or the handles but balancing herself.’ Mind you, I had to think of these four because of that dress she was wearing (and the way she was standing) or else I would had given up my seat almost immediately. The dress sure did look comfy and it looked like those cotton ones. And do real pregnant women stand on the trains like that, not holding on to any handles to support themselves? Even non-pregnant women hold onto handles and bars just for safety sake. When I had made up my mind and was about to offer her my seat (despite it would look really stupid that I offered my seat so late), she got off. All these took place within the time space of three station stops.
Lessons I had learnt from that incident: If pregnant, wear obvious maternity clothing. If no longer pregnant but the bump is still there, wear non-maternity clothing. Thereby lessening the confusions caused to the public.
Have any of you ever come across such a scenario where you do not know whether she is pregnant of not???
Child Of Woe 