Something amusing on the bus

While I was on the bus 147 on the way home, something amusing occurred. It involved the Indian bus driver and an old Indian female passenger. What happened was when the bus stopped at the Clementi Avenue 1 bus stop for passengers to alight and the doors closed, the Indian woman then dashed slowly to the exit. Upon seeing that the doors were closed with the "door closing" sign at the top flashing, she desperately pressed the bell but the Indian driver did not bother

He must have thought that it was some impatient passenger that he will encounter in his bus driving career who cannot wait to alight at the next stop. The bus continued to move and as the Indian woman realized that she is further and further away from her destination, she got frustrated. When the bus was about more than a hundred metres away from the Avenue 1 bus stop, she walked to the front where the bus driver was

At that time, the bus had stopped because of the traffic light. The Indian woman started scolding the driver. Needless to say, it was done in Tamil and the only Tamil words which I know are counting one to ten. Anyway, most of the passengers on board are Chinese and Malays, so everybody just stared at the front with curious faces, wondering what was she admonishing about.

Throughout the wait for the traffic light to turn green, I did not hear the driver talking, the woman was yelling all the way like it's her grandfather's bus. Obviously, it was not the driver's fault so choosing to remain silent and not argue was an effective not to blow things up. If he had argued with the woman, he might be unable to concentrate driving

That Indian woman should have stood at the exit doors about 15 seconds before the bus reached the bus stop. In the end, she had to alight at the next stop and walk about 15 minutes back to the previous one, considering her age and walking speed. I should have taken a photo and send it to STOMP but there were many people on board during then

Hope that the Indian woman will reflect about this incident and kaisu-ly stand at the exit door next time when she wants to alight

Another highlight of the day is regarding my China friend, Zhi Teng. He has applied for a Facebook account today. Sounds impossible right that he will actually have one? Well, he applied for it because he got hooked onto the Bowling Buddies game. He saw me playing it and I let him try it on my lappie and he was addicted to it

Then, when he first entered Facebook, he started searching for games to play. To him, Facebook is more of a gaming site than a social networking site. He was also obsessed with Pet Society which is one of my favourites too. He kept on playing the racing game at the stadium and we laughed like crazy together. Judging from the way he plays, he will have a bright future in Pet Society. Zhi Teng made me rediscover the pure fun of using the dull and mundane Facebook which I perceive nowadays

This is my pet, Xiao Mei Mei, at home


Sometimes, it is the rookies that show us, old birds, the basic joy of something. I read an article in my paper yesterday about this thing. The writer said that his mother watched football with him and asked why must teams have different formations like 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 etc. She thinks that all teams should have a single standard formation and the real quality of the team should lie in the players themselves, that should be fundamental of football

I will beat Zhi Teng in the pet race