Fined!

I got fined!! Every international student's nightmare. I was fined for taking the student concession . i am not entitled to one as an INTERNATIONAL student :-( It was a rather painful lesson. I am poorer by $200. Thats alot actually for me! THIS IS ABIT CRAPPY BUT heeloooo AREN'T INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS students?? We have to incure higher expenses than the aussie kids themselves. Maybe they should remove student concessions for them too..arghhhhhhh yeah you probably might be thinking that i am just being a sour grape. But thrust me...its a way too PAINFUL lesson!

As i stepped out after punching in my ticket, i was approached by a sikh guard. He requested to see my pass. He then informed me that i wasn't entitled to a student concession as i was an international students. He then went on to say that he would let me off with a warning as students from India aren't aware of it. He then asked to see some form of identification ( my uni student ID card wasn't sufficient for him). when he realised that i was a singaporean and NOT an Indian he started writing out the fine. Even his Australian colleague was taken aback. The sikh guard a minute ago had said that he was going to let me off with a warning and the next thing i know he is writting out a fine! what the hell!! does being a Singaporean make me less Indian. I was actually surprised at his mentality but not shocked. Surprised because after living in Australia for quite some time he still thinks that India Indians are still superior to the other Indians. Not shocked because this is the usual mindset.

One of the most famous common saying...an indian will never help another indian