NOTE: Everything is tuned to channel 5 for the benefit of other readers. (Partly also because I dunno how to input chinese into bloggie)

"Oi! You hear me? You come home this instant!"

"Ok brudder, you bet Man U $40 arh. Chelsea sure lose lah! Walao, where got liddat one?"

"Firstly, get the slides running, I'm rushing down now. Try to stall the client for as long as possible."

and others as well.

These kinda conversations are normal, but there is one tiny problem. THEY WERE ALL TALKING UBER LOUD! On the bus, in the MRT etc. You can hear all of these stuff. Even if you blast your handphone music, you still can hear these voices drilling into your head. The worst is when they are practically yelling into the phone although they are not angry. Like some auntie that is talking to another auntie in the wet market...

"You eat already?"
"Of course lah! Have you heard of..." then they will start to gossip. If that is not bad, then the bad thing is that they gossip at the top of their lungs.

Even gangsters. They talk so loud to the debtors. Why talk to loud? As if the debtors have no ears...

Actually, for any human, talking loudly is usually misconcepted as a signal of power. But no, as the saying goes "Empty vessels make the most noise". Talking loudly just irritates the person you are talking to and get them pissed. If you want to haolian (showoff) [ahbeng translation: action] then do it the right way. After all, you are talking loudly in a par-blik area and talking loudly will just annoy other people.

Usually, the people with power that talks has a different method of talking. Powerful people talk with a firm and steady voice. And they talk in normal volumes, unlike others who talk so bliddy loud...

Of course, when met up with these kind of situations, you could do a few things,
1. Try to ignore it while solving quadratic equations in your head
2. "tsk" all the way through
3. Punch that bugger's face. Of course, doing this may trigger a melee in the bus/MRT and commuters do not like blood splattered all over the seats. After all, those with designer suits will start to curse.
4. Try to eavsdrop. Since the person is talking loudly, most likely the person at the other end of the line will be talking as loud.
5. "SHHHHHHHHHH" (motion, sound and all) to the person. You may also trigger a close-combat fight...
6. Get off at the next stop and walk the rest of the journey
7. Head up to that person and say "Excuse me sir/madam. Could you lower your volume? Because you are kinda affecting the rest of the commuters' peace and quiet. Thanks"

Golden Rule: Talking loudly in a public area may result in a bleeding nose or getting thrown off the bus/MRT, while it is still moving.