Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Yoohoo! What cooling day today! It rained in the middle of the night. It was still drizzling when I rose from the warmth of my bed. It stopped raining when I alighted Dad's car and walked to the station. Basically, I only attended school just for Taxation. Decided to skip the B.LAW lecture. Taxation is making me dizzy. Had lunch at KAP. Good service there. Food served and brought right to you once order is placed. Von, Yahui and myself decided to go Tamp Mall to do some shopping. Mode of transport - Bus. Jiayi and Suhana strolled back to school right after.
The bus journey was relaxing at first, but boring and sorta disgusting after. In Bus 28, which we boarded at a bus stop in Paya Lebar, something so disturbing happened. We were seated right behind and soon, Von and Yahui dozed off. I was wide awake. So I scanned the surrounding and observed the passengers in the public vehicle. Out of nowhere, this plump lady who was dressed in her green spaghetti top, shot up from a seat in front and moved toward a seat near us at the back and sank into it. Pity the seat for withstanding her weight. What a burden. Initially, she sat beside this lady, whose visage was stuck to the front. Noticing no one was looking at her direction, she spat on the floorboard, lifted up her porky arms and began sniffing her concave-underneath, one side at a time. OOOOH GOSH!!! Excuse Me! FYI, this is a bus. A public transport. Which simply means you are in the PUBLIC. And it'd be extremely shameful for me to tell you this. FYI, you are a female. A lady. Performing such acts is utterly disgusting and rude to those accidental viewers, even to other innocent passengers, who might unknowingly step on your spit! Not only did she spit once, she spat thrice! And there were visibly a few lumps of her spit on the ground, each starting to evaporate as the minutes passed on. Imagine breathing in her air particles of her saliva. In addition, she lifted her arms occasionally and greeted her armpits. "What's that stench??" *Covers his nose and fans the air* It was ugly, unsightly, unhygienic, ungracious, uncouth and unbelievably UNSAVOURY! The way she unfurl her arms was ungainly. I even spotted her wiped and scratched her underarms and smelled her hand. Ewwwww! I didn't even bother to look if she've had them shaved. Plus, she talked on the phone at the top of her voice, kept shifting her butt in her seat and played with her transparent bra-straps. Turning my vision to Yahui and Von, the look upon their faces almost made me burst out. Sensing the giggles chimed because of her actions, the armpit-sniffer turned at our direction and began staring at intervals. What? Cannot laugh is it? An offence to laugh ah? MYOB okay! Haha. So finally, she stood up, held her EZ-link and was preparing to alight as the bus was making its way to the next stop. And there, she shot us a stare again, this time grinning. *Shivers* Stop staring alright! Otherwise I shall gouge out your eyeballs! Soon, she was gone. Goodness.
The whole journey took us 2 miserable hours. At last, we alighted at Tamp Interchange. TM has limited stuff. So little shops that you can't actually find any nice tops there.
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4.35pm - ended our window-shopping.
4.40pm - was captivated by a DVD renting machine.
4.45pm - waited and board a Yellow Top cab.

Upon listening to the cheena cab driver speak as we crawled into the vehicle, I can sense that he has a hell of an attitude. After telling him the 3 destinations, we were on our way home. Usually, Von would alight first, followed by me and lastly, Yahui. Same sequence if Bobo shares one. But today bo Bobo. As we were reaching Von's place, she asked the driver to turn into the carpark near the playground. Who knows, the driver insisted of stopping at another spot and ignored Von's request and asked her to alight. Frustrated, Von hopped off and banged the door and we exchanged smirks as she turned. Soon, the cab driver U-turned the vehicle and spoke to the remaining two(me and yahui) in harsh tones, saying that we're very troublesome, that we were wasting his time, asking him to turn here and there to let us alight instead of the main road (where Von will have to walk a long distance) and insisted that only the last person can choose where to alight and blah blah blah. So rude! Hello! Look whose the customers?? R.E.S.P.E.C.T! At first, we didn't say anything. But the driver kept complaining unreasonably at the top of his voice and there was a tinge of impatience in his voice and it sounded like he was scolding us. I could already feel myself steaming. Drawing a seething inhalation, we launched into a rebuke. Yahui was like: "OH! You mean you have such rules? I've never heard of one! I could just call your company to ask if this rule really existed." And I was like: "Yah! I've been a regular cab-taker and not once had I heard such travesty. We are your customers, if you don't want our business, DON'T. I can just ask you to pull over to the shoulder, we alight and will hail for another and won't pay you a single cent!" With that, we managed to keep his bloody mouth SHUT. His face turned black instantly. Bastard. *Points a middle* We then decided to alight together, asking that piece of shit to drop us next to a bus stop near PR central. We had prepared the cash. As the cab decelerated to a crawl and finally stopping, I swung open the door, turned to that BASTARD and exclaimed in Mandarin: "With the stinky unruly attitude of yours, you will drive away all your customers. Serve you right if that happens and God bless you for that!" and as Yahui passed him the money, some coins dropped under the front seats, so she was like: "OH! Paiseh hor! Pick them up yourself!" There, we both stepped out of the cab and with our might, shut the door with a loud BANG! The force was magnificent. Don't ever mess with us. We're not kids. Try to be funny with me, you shall pay the price. Watch your attitude. You should be on your knees thanking us, that we offered you part of your living. Taxi drivers complaining about having no business and all, you guys should really 'thank' your colleagues for the "propitious" attitude they present to the customers. Certainly, that was the worst driver I've ever met! From now on, I'd only take the blue COMFORTs. Oh wait, I have yet to make a complaint. I'm doing it right now! 'Good' luck to you, driver of Yellow Top, SHB 6043G. Never take the cab with this plate number!

freed his mind P.Y.R.A - U.G.I.N.E at 5:57 PM [comment]

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