Picture Discussion

Basically, this picture depicts a scene of a group of teenagers in the local Mass Rapid Transit, commonly known as the MRT. The MRT is famous for its world class transport, which is rather popular among Songaporeans as an alternative to travel to town due to its high speed and smoothness throughout the whole journey.

This picture may be taken for membrance and to capture their happiness at that time.

From the picture, I believe that these eight teenagers are out for an excursion or maybe just a simple gathering where everybody gets to enjoy themselves. Looking at each and every one of them, the smiles on their faces suggsested that they were ecstatic to be out on that day with their friends. Such outings or getherings should be encouraged as the teenagers are able to socialise with one and other, and strengthen the ties among them. This could be part of their teenager-hood for rememberance purposes.

The girl grabbing the pole for support in the MRT is doing something not very sensible. As seen from the sides of the MRT, the surroundings of the train is pitch black, which is to say, the MRT is still on the move to the next station. What the girl is doing now can be deemed as pretty dangerous, because should the train come to a halt suddenly, she might be thrown out of her present position and might get hurt. Hence, in my opinion, I feel that this group of teenagers should take this picture when the train is stationary so as to ensure that their safety is not threatened. Otherwise they could request one of the passengers to help them take the picture. It would be a more rational way for them as the MRT is not an ideal place to take pictures.

Also, i have noticed that one passenger sitting opposite them, is looking at them. The other two passengers at the end seats were glancing across the MRT, wondering what are the teenagers trying to do. I guess that were making a din that attracted other passengers' attention. Although they were not in their school uniform, but they should spare a thought for the members of public, and to lower their volume to the minimum so as to create the slightest disturbance for the rest of the passengers. Moreover, as mentioned before, the train is not an ideal place for photo taking, thus teenagers should not try not to take such photos in the MRT or even other public transports.

Judging from what their casual wear, I could conclude that they might be going shopping, to the movies, the beach, or to places of interest in Sinagpore. The place where they are heading to does not matter, but as long as they enjoy the company of their friends, it would make their day.

Regardless of how hectic our daily lives are, we should try to find time to enjoy the company of our friends and to strengthen the bonds shared. The time spent would be quite worth it as it would allow us to understand our friends better in the case of the environment they are living in and more, so as to prevent more conflicts from occuring, which in turn could prolong the mutual friendship. This also applies to family too, as people nowadays are too busy to spent time with their families, resulting in many cases of divorce and broken families.


Ong Lok Lin (17)