What would be your reaction?

The piece of land that separates my flat and Tampines Junior College was left vacant since day 1 we moved in... that was more than 20 years ago! After more than 2 decades, development began since February this year and construction work takes place since, every week day, from 8.30 am to about 6 pm. How fortunate, it's the time when I'm about 30 km away from home.

Quite usual to hear noisy work carry out at night as there's some rules that contractors have to adhered to. However, last night, Friday, the piling work continued beyond 8 pm.

What would be the usual reactions?
I think, these thoughts would be immediately surface...

• Hey! Time to stop! It's past 6 pm.
• It's noisy!  Don't they know it's time to stop? People need to rest!

I think the above are common... but some us would ask the question...

• Why they didn't stop the work?

Interesting, someone who stays at home the whole day to bear the noise, my mum, responded...
"They must be trying to rush their work to meet the deadline, to do what they couldn't do in the past days because of the heavy rain!"
There wasn't any impatience or frustration (caused by the noise) in her response.

What does this tell?
A good lesson to learn...