Picnic by the Pool

Daughter started swimming a couple of weeks ago. This is one of the mornings at the pool. Things were as usual. The kids were quite happy. As in every holiday, the crowd was more than usual...which meant that the pool was a little more crowded.

Earlier on we noticed this group of kids ... I wouldn't have paid attention if not for the way they were dressed. Kids had no swimming costumes nor caps.

The pool has the usual rules but seems like they're not being followed or enforced. Worse still they were eating in the pool and the crumbs were everywhere! I got so irritated that I went to pick up that particular crumb right in front of them! But that didn't do much good, I think. Some people just don't seem to get it. From the kids, it's already bad enough...from the parents....aiyo! If it's a picnic they're looking for, then they should go to the beach!

And as though the crackers were bad enough, soon the kuih-muih and what-have-you-nots made their appearance. They started to dole out food to the kids who were in the water... forgetting that this is a public pool and not some beside-the-river picnic spot.

And then this...not too far away. Two kids were eating nasi lemak. And they jumped back right into the pool without washing their hands after eating. The nasi lemak containers were classy enough...Tupperwares...but their attitude towards such things as civic consciousness leaves much to ponder about. So, we've introduced Pendidikan Sivik into our already many subjects... add that to our Pendidikan Moral and Pendidikan Islam....you would think that our people should have good public consciousness... Nah! Wishful thinking!