//the ugly sight//

very often, i have to keep my eyes on the ground while walking.
at least, when i'm walking around my neighbourhood.
not because there are coins or 2-dollar notes left lying around.
it's because of those dark brown or black oblique shaped thingy.
in layman terms, dog shit. (and, of course even if there's a scientific term to it, i wouldn't know or want to know)

fortunately, i have not (yet) stuck my shoe into any of those puddles that's ever so common in my neighbourhood. esp in the void decks or pavement.
it's probably because the stench first invaded my breathing pathway as a warning.
this, i don't know if it's a good or bad thing.
a blessing in disguise? a smelly one indeed.

well, previously the situation wasn't that bad, cuz cleaners often came to mop the floor and clean up those mess.
many people always think a housing estate gets dirtier as it ages and my case bore a testament to that.
i've realised the cause is due to the diminishing number of cleaners.
when we first moved in, cleaners came almost everyday to sweep and mop the floor in the public corridors and void deck.
nowadays, the situation is far from it, i hardly ever see them anymore, once a month would be more probable.
however, it really wouldn't be fair to blame it on the cleaners.

in the first place, why are there dog shit and litter around?
I, for one, never littered.
In fact, I could safely say the same for the majority of my fellow HDB residents.
ever so often when I spot sweet wrappers, potato chip wrappers and cans around, my suspicions goes to two groups of people.
1. students who are studying in the schools nearby
2. construction workers who are building the flats nearby
although i've never seen with my eyes those perpetrators, but i'm quite certain about my guesses.
after all, they either don't live in this particular housing estate or don't care about the cleanliness of this housing estate.
thanks to them, i'm practically living in a rubbish dump.

what's even worse are those who bring their pet dogs for a walk.
well, i seriously doubt about the 'walking' part, but i am really pertubed by the 'shitting' part.
of course i'm not so inhumane as to complain about dogs answering the nature's call when they have to.
but those owners, most of them living in the private estate just a stone's throw aways from my HDB estate, i'm seriously wondering if they are bringing their canine for a walk or simply for a poo.
Even if it's for a poo, shouldn't they clean up their pets' mess afterward?
instead of relying on those practically non-existent cleaners.
and mind you, it isn't even their job to clean up your dog's poo.
HDB dwellers like us contributed to their wages.
even if you paid conservancy fees, that's for your area, your atas private estate.

each time a puddle disintegrates, another puddle forms freshly a few metres from it.
i've had enough.