hell-bus.
wednesday night the bus ride from orchard back home just now almost spoilt my entire day. i took the bus, service 7, from outside the thai embassy. it being the holidays and all that, it was not surprising that there were a fair bit of people waiting to board the bus. because it was a double-decker, most passengers proceeded upstairs while i found myself a seat near the back on the lower-deck. the way they arrange the seats on the super bus means the back has two parallel rows of seats.
as i boarded the bus i realized that there was someone singing loudly. i turned to look and figured that the person was probably one of those "special" people and tried not to let it get to me. then came the stop at plaza singapura. another group of people boarded the bus. an indonesian family and this 2 middle-age women amongst them.
the family sat to my left, near where the singer dude was sitting. the son took out his nintendo ds and started playing - nothing wrong in that. but what pissed me off was that he was shouting and giggling for the longest time till they alighted somewhere near bugis.
at the same time, the 2 women sat next to me. the one on my immediate left (who wasn't exactly.. skinny), tried to ease her way into my "area" of the seat and then proceeded to stuff her handbag between herself and me. i was constantly battling her for my seat space but i tried to act oblivous and ignorant.
lo and behold, at the bugis stop, 2 malay punks boarded the bus (by which time the singer dude had already alighted) and sat at the rear. they were the usual, stereotypical malay punk who talked loudly, laughed loudly and being plain ignorant fools and oblivious to the rest of the public.
eventually the woman decided to remove her handbag from between us. i intentionally leaned against her to make it difficult. following which she swung her shopping bags around trying to "dig" out her handbag. to make it worse, one of the bags almost hit my face and i gave her a stare, unsurprisingly, she was ignorant to it. when the bus reached my stop and i got up to alight, she stared at me as i was tapping the ez-link card. so to return the favor, i gave her a very unkind look and got off.
this is by far one of the worse bus trips i've ever been on.. whatever it is, i'm not going to let it spoil what was a very good two days thus far.
met up with geraldine for dinner at suntec. it was hilarious what happened after dinner when some israeli guy tried to sell to her a hair curler, at the same time thinking that we were a couple. i laughed even more when he asked when we were getting married and i told him in ten years time. ha! we headed off to boat quay after that and proceeded to a jazz bar which none of us have been to before. it turned out great, the music, ambience and the customary drinks. stayed till after 12 before we made our way to geylang, me having tau huay and she, egg tarts that i swear is among the best i've ever tasted. and of course, sent her back after that. one of the best days i've ever had, ever. love that girl to bits. i swear. haha..
question: how does one misread Discovery Channel for Disney Channel? -looks at geri-
and today, well, met up with ivan, ade, shaun, choon yan and ben for dinner before we walked around for a bit and ended up at mccafe at shaw for drinks and talking-cock session. thereafter, refer to the top bit. all in all, a good 2 days.
as i boarded the bus i realized that there was someone singing loudly. i turned to look and figured that the person was probably one of those "special" people and tried not to let it get to me. then came the stop at plaza singapura. another group of people boarded the bus. an indonesian family and this 2 middle-age women amongst them.
the family sat to my left, near where the singer dude was sitting. the son took out his nintendo ds and started playing - nothing wrong in that. but what pissed me off was that he was shouting and giggling for the longest time till they alighted somewhere near bugis.
at the same time, the 2 women sat next to me. the one on my immediate left (who wasn't exactly.. skinny), tried to ease her way into my "area" of the seat and then proceeded to stuff her handbag between herself and me. i was constantly battling her for my seat space but i tried to act oblivous and ignorant.
lo and behold, at the bugis stop, 2 malay punks boarded the bus (by which time the singer dude had already alighted) and sat at the rear. they were the usual, stereotypical malay punk who talked loudly, laughed loudly and being plain ignorant fools and oblivious to the rest of the public.
eventually the woman decided to remove her handbag from between us. i intentionally leaned against her to make it difficult. following which she swung her shopping bags around trying to "dig" out her handbag. to make it worse, one of the bags almost hit my face and i gave her a stare, unsurprisingly, she was ignorant to it. when the bus reached my stop and i got up to alight, she stared at me as i was tapping the ez-link card. so to return the favor, i gave her a very unkind look and got off.
this is by far one of the worse bus trips i've ever been on.. whatever it is, i'm not going to let it spoil what was a very good two days thus far.
met up with geraldine for dinner at suntec. it was hilarious what happened after dinner when some israeli guy tried to sell to her a hair curler, at the same time thinking that we were a couple. i laughed even more when he asked when we were getting married and i told him in ten years time. ha! we headed off to boat quay after that and proceeded to a jazz bar which none of us have been to before. it turned out great, the music, ambience and the customary drinks. stayed till after 12 before we made our way to geylang, me having tau huay and she, egg tarts that i swear is among the best i've ever tasted. and of course, sent her back after that. one of the best days i've ever had, ever. love that girl to bits. i swear. haha..
question: how does one misread Discovery Channel for Disney Channel? -looks at geri-
and today, well, met up with ivan, ade, shaun, choon yan and ben for dinner before we walked around for a bit and ended up at mccafe at shaw for drinks and talking-cock session. thereafter, refer to the top bit. all in all, a good 2 days.
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