fUckEd uP bUs sYstEm

fUckEd uP bUs sYstEm

drousy and dark clouds smeared over the sky as i woke up with a jerk. fucking alarm clock. always rings when i was about to stab my fork into the sumptuous feast i conjured up in my dreams. then it's a morning call from donkey. felt like scolding him too, but it was yours truly who asked him to give yours truly a morning call. so, =X

first day of school with proper tutorials. finally, a chance to meet my new classmates. pretty ok, well, first impressions to me don't count much after what i've seen throughout the years hurhur. marketing teacher is good. nice to bully. i love old men as teachers, long-winded and chin chai, most importantly, don't mind us being late coz they're just USED TO IT. say tay ah bee, my current marketing teacher (i plainly forgot his name, he didn't bother to tell us too..), CK Soh (oops i really had MEANT to say see khay soh..) all but sonny phua, but he's long-winded, yes that's a fact.

then i had to control my pee and hunger throughout IEF lecture as i simple had no time to grab breakfast and there wasn't any break today. after lecture i was in a dilemma as to whether to pee first or to eat first. but hell, of course to pee first. haha. so after answering many many missed nature calls, me and sze stormed off to canteen one to grab something, but she didn't get any in the end. thankies to that girl man, she was waiting for her friend and she walked with me to the canteen all the way. then i left her and started walking to the bus stop. bloody yifeng called me out and i turned around to say hi, before telling him i was in a rush for my driving lesson (my lesson was at 2pm, and at EUNOS!!!!). i heard my name being called numerously after that as i strode off, but i was too lazy (and busy) to bother. ah, now comes the part when i was fucking pissed.

reached the bus stop at 1.15pm, what a feat. you can't imagine. when the lecture ended at 1pm on the dot, walking from LT 45 to the bus stop in 15 minutes, THAT IS A FEAT. i never seemed to reach the bus stop that early before. but SO? i waited a bloody 35 minutes for a fucking 154. i'm sure at least 2 of every other bus services had wheezed past me (even the new bus service 52) and for every glimpse of a trailing bus i saw coming my way, i imagined the number board to be 154 but it wasn't. i started spewing vulgarities furiously to the poor soul (donkey) i was messaging but i couldn't careless. i started punching my fist (softly) on the bench and i realised it was no use. i considered taking a cab, but hell, i couldn't part with the money. and so finally when the bus came, i boarded with a fucking black face and glared at the bus driver, which i innocently thought that IT WAS HIS FAULT FOR MAKING ME WAIT SO LONG. then when i think back now, it is the whole fucking bus system. if you all noticed, all bus drivers of all service numbers have a certain schedule they have to adhere to. like by 1030, they have to reach this particular bus stop, not too fast, not too slow.

15-20 minutes for a bus, it's long but i can still accept. a friggin 35 minutes?! the company ought to be ashamed of themselves. you charge us sky-high prices yet give us such 'quality' service, you are supposed to provide convenience for commuters, yet you made it inconvenient (WAITING is a waste of time, and a wastage of time is an inconvenience). i finally made it safe to my destination, exactly at 2.30pm, which i incurred an opportunity cost of $12, because every hour of my driving lesson costs $24. i concluded that taking a cab might actually be cheaper, but i still had to pay the same amount of lessons fees. it's not like if i reach early my instructor gives me 20% off the fee yeah? no such thing, dream on.

i had a strong mind to complain to the bus company, but i decided it was useless. so many petitions to cut down poly students' bus fares, any actions? NO. any improvements? NO. ok, i realise i shouldn't even ask for positive feedback. so.. ANY REACTIONS? NO. somebody said that since some minorities of our population are having privileges in terms of bus fares, there has got to be someone who has got to fill up the empty spaces, aka to pay more. and WHO has got to pay more despite them being the same age group as those enjoying the privileges? i think you people are clever enough to know that answer. if you don't, you prolly ain't topping up your ez link card as often as me, so much that i can close my eyes and still be able to top up at the machines.

so much for lamenting. i actually forgo-ed (if there's such a word) my coffee in lieu of my urge to blog this. have i infringed any laws by saying all these? i hope not, because i am merely speaking in the perspective of an angry commuter against a bus service that took a longer time than it was supposed to come. perhaps i should just print this and slot in into their suggestion box. and perhaps they'd just throw it away and mutter 'siao'. perhaps it's my PMS. perhaps my definition of "waiting very long for a bus" is different from you guys. *shrugs* i scold, i lament, i complain, i bawl, i howl, i wail, i weep, i moan, i groan, i wince, but i still continue to take buses. how lousy of me. eeeks.

digession: i bought a large pack of Mamee almost two months ago, among the 10 packets inside, there are only 2 left. i was still complaining why, in this new generation of Mamee, there wasn't any seasonings to be mixed in the small packets. i had eaten the rest without the seasonings. and when my mum took out the last 2 packets, wanting to throw away the big empty packet, only then did i see... a long strip of seasonings, meant for 10 small packets of Mamee. -____-

laugh all you want.

who's gonna be the one to brighten up my day?