Alamak

A journal on the red dot. Agenda sold separately.

According to Coxford, “alamak” is a “Malay expression of dismay, surprise or alarm…”

We prefer to slap our foreheads when obviousness stares us in the face.

Four Things the Circle Line Stickers Tell Us

In particular, the fancy term “revenue service” found on notices and stickers in all MRT stations.

  1. Some business-minded mangement person approved it

  2. They’re looking forward to the revenue when the line starts to run

  3. You live in Singapore, where key public infrastructure and services are run by profit-making entities

  4. Such entities are designed to “earn maximum revenue” before “servicing the public”

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