{"id":64736,"date":"2026-06-29T18:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64736"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:08:05","slug":"this-made-my-day-mrt-commuters-surprised-by-red-packets-with-wholesome-notes-from-random-uncle-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64736","title":{"rendered":"This made my day: MRT commuters surprised by red packets with wholesome notes from &#8216;random uncle&#8217; , Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A chance encounter on an MRT train uplifted spirits after commuters were given red packets not filled with money, but with handwritten words of encouragement, according to TikTok user @inyeoopw in a post on Friday (June 26).<\/p>\n<p>The caption by the TikTok reader said &#8220;blessed\u2026omw [on my way]\u2026to work\u2026&#8221; with accompanying text over the first image \u2014 &#8220;random unc[le] just shoved these angbaos to everyone on the train&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The post has since garnered more than 87,000 views and over 15,700 likes.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;You shine bright&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>In the second slide of @inyeoopw&#8217;s post, the photo showed the train stopped at Yishun MRT station, where the TikTok user shared the notes that she and another commuter seated beside her had received.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are amazing, kind, loving soul. You shine bright,&#8221; her note read.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom half of her note continued: &#8220;May all people, we be healthy, harmony, safe. Unity in society. Love one another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, part of her fellow commuter&#8217;s note read: &#8220;Send positive kind loving thoughts to all people in SG. May we all be healthy, safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A number of netizens also shared similar experiences in the comments section, with some recalling receiving such notes from several years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-uuid=\"d2d798d2-b543-4193-9c89-0c1b526dd3a4\" data-entity-type=\"file\" height=\"1675\" width=\"1290\" src=\"A commenter sharing a similar note given by the same uncle. PHOTO: TikTok\/@inyeoopw\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One commenter said that such encounters could only happen in Yishun, adding that &#8220;it made my entire day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-uuid=\"282c31af-7d41-4253-b7ec-301037afa003\" data-entity-type=\"file\" height=\"1728\" width=\"1176\" src=\"A commenter expressing appreciation for the note she received by keeping it. PHOTO: TikTok\/@inyeoopw\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OMG I think it\u2019s the same uncle,&#8221; said another commenter, who shared that the encounter occurred at Woodlands Library two months ago, adding &#8220;I taped it above my desk for motivation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is actually sweet,&#8221; quipped another commenter.<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne has reached out to @inyeoopw for more information.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:737141]]<\/p>\n<p>helmy.saat@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/made-my-day-mrt-commuters-surprised-red-packets-wholesome-notes-random-uncle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chance encounter on an MRT train uplifted spirits after commuters were given red packets not filled with money, but with handwritten words of encouragement,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}