2B2G

Straits Times recently published an article about their social experiment on whether the public would come to the aid of a woman whose partner is publicly abusing her. results -- only a few people interfered, and almost all of them were foreigners. while it is no surprise that singaporeans do not have an inclination to step in when strangers are in trouble, what if they were your friends? would you interfere in your friends' private lives if you felt they needed some objective, outside help? would you make their business your business? or should you just be a good listening ear and refrain from taking a personal interest in your friends' personal issues?

i faced this dilemma recently, and after quite a long period of internal struggle, decided to do what i thought was right. thank God it appears to have worked out alright... but then again, something tells me that even if things didn't turn out fine, i wouldn't have regretted it.

and thank God for the wonderful girl who was the voice of reason behind the voice of reason.

2B2G! :)