I soon figured out that I was not the centre of attention. It was the glossy paper that they were looking at. Many people were transfixed by the watch advertisements and the investment insights of luminaries like Manu Bhaskaran and Chew Sutat.
A strange thing happened to me the other day. I was on the new Thomson-East Coast Line from Woodlands MRT Station to Great World City MRT Station. I was reading the print copy of The Edge Singapore. People were staring at me.
This is surprising. Singapore’s commuters are a courteous bunch. Most people stare at their phones and not at fellow travellers.
