Aug

22

The Train Is A Stage~

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Where do you meet girls?

A friend’s friend tries meeting girls in the club recently.

Though he asked, why didn’t the girls wanna come out the next day after I got their phone numbers? He moaned.

I wouldn’t be surprised, would you?

A new place to meet girls is in the train, no kidding!

There I was, squeezing into the LRT train after I missed the first one. I made my way to the safe zone, in front of the seats and stood there among some guys who stink a little. Duh.. (=.=)"

And there was this guy, very familiar, sitting right in front of me (I was standing). I avoided total eye contact as I believe he was the guy that strike conversation with me in the lift during my previous job. 

Since the first encounter I have tried to avoid him with his over friendly manners which made me felt a tad uncomfortable for another round of conversation. 

And there he was sitting between two ladies; one old lady trying to get a nap in the short journey and another pretty lady, occupied in her book. 

I was trying hard to be filled with own thoughts but it seems to fail when I realised he was talking to the pretty lady next to him. 

Yes, the LRT train is like a stage, with uninvited observant spectators like me; filling up the boring journey with some blogging ideas like these. Guilty, not. 

And it crosses my mind that they knew each other, perhaps colleagues as they were talking about the train itself.  

As I keenly decipher their conversation, I soon came to the conclusion that they were perfect strangers which were soon confirmed when they introduced each other by the name. Aha! 

And the conversation went on for a moment before the girl went back to her book.  

It was another silence when more people get off from at some train stations.

The guy started to fan himself with some papers and started another round of conversation; this time drawing a few more uninvited spectators like me! 

Undoubtly, the train is a stage.  

Remember to walk gracefully and remain your cool while you are at it. *wink*  ;)

Dec

7

Do you like the LRT-train?

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Last time, I wrote a post on why I hate to take the LRT train to work, 25 minutes a trip, 2 trips a day, 5 days a week! But it is more like love-hate feeling as sometimes I enjoyed taking the LRT train to work as well! 

1. It is cheap, even though after the price increased to RM100 for a monthly pass now. I mean cheap compared to driving to work when you have to pay for petrol (that increased so fast and nonstop yearly!!!) and parking.

2. Save time! If I am to drive from PJ to KLCC daily, it would definitely take more than 25 minutes a trip!

3. No pressure/frustration from traffic jam on the road!

4. I can enjoy the nice view (especially if I stand by the window/door of the train). I love seeing house from top view, the nice gardens, swimming pool, view the traffic on the highway, people jogging on the park, people having football game on the field, pedestrian on the road, etc! Really enjoyable to watch!

5. LRT train is punctual! (unless when there is technical error which is really seasonal)

6. The train is frequent, around 3 minutes on peak time and less than 10 minutes on off peak time.

7. It starts from early morning to midnight!!!

8. The LRT train is always quite clean?!?

9.  I am not a good driver?!?

10. …<cannot think of the 10th reason>…

Oct

24

The Stranger I Know~

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Yesterday morning as I entered a crowded LRT train, I managed to get to stand in front of the ‘safe zone’ which was in front of the seat; where it was less pushing. I saw an elderly man standing by the door. I think his wife was sitting on a seat next to him.

The man somehow looked very familiar to me. I suspected it was one of the blogger that his blog I visit once in a while. But I couldn’t be sure. So I looked at the wife, whom I saw the photo before in his blog. She looks a little like the blogger’s wife too!

But then again, I am really bad in recognising people’s face! So, I was really having my doubt if he could be the blogger that I knew on virtual world. I wanted to say hello and asked him but I was so shy. The train was too crowded and I don’t want to break the silence as it would of course draw unwanted attention!

I thought of asking him politely at the last station before I got down from the train. So I quickly took off my Ipod headset from my ears before my stop. But upon reaching, the wife gestured the man to get a seat and I didn’t have my chance. Or probably I was too shy to ask him anyway. Which I regretted now coz I didn’t find out if he was really the blogger I knew!


I told Sean about the incident just now and he asked me, “Why would you want to say hi to him?” I don’t know I guess it is such a good coincidence that we could meet in real world instead of in the virtual world only. But the thing is most of the time, I am just too timid.


Well, would you say hello to those know in the virtual world when you see them on the street?

Oct

16

The bee & me~

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Ahh… I am back to work after 3 days of rest at home. Feeling a little sluggish, though not too bad as this morning I told myself it is Tuesday and not Monday! So I am not supposed to feel blue, I told my body that. It helps though. Probably I had plenty of sleep yesterday but I couldn’t sleep at night even though I have illegally taken a small cupful of cough syrup, without me coughing! Just a little bit wouldn’t hurt, right? And it would help me to sleep better, no?

I realized that I always have problem sleeping when it was de end of holiday, or when I was too excited/disturbed by something and my mind would start running wild, going through every event of the day and unimportant details. I need something stronger than de cough syrup. Sleeping pill, perhaps? Hmm.. where can I get it, legally?

This morning, while I was in the train, I was almost stung by a bee! Yes, u read it right! There was a lost bee (around one inch in size) in the train, flying around, a little panic looking for a way out. And I wasn’t too worried as it wasn’t really near to me but I kept watching it, feeling a little sorry for that deranged bee. At Masjid Jamek station, a colleague of mine boarded de train and we had a little chat.

Suddenly I felt something trapped on my hair and I heard a buzz. Darn. It was de lost bee on top of my hair and I quickly pulled it out with my left hand, a little too clumsily. And then the bee was on my hand and I shake my hand hard to get it off. But it refused and stick to my fingers and so I used my right hand to knock it off. And it finally flew off with a small little-sting-like-pin on my hand.

It was very small and I guess I wasn’t stung coz not much pain and the bee was still alive, buzzing away. I read somewhere that after the bee sting someone, it will die, but not too sure if it is true. So, after 2 hours, still no pain, so I am okay I suppose. =D

And yeah, all the managers are still not back to the office until tomorrow. *happy* :D

Oct

15

He deserved it!

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As usual on Friday, we, the employees, declared long lunches. It is almost a tradition to go somewhere far for lunch by taking the Putra LRT train. So 2 of my colleagues and I decided to hop to KL Central to meet a beloved ex-colleague for lunchie!

In the not-so-packed-but-all-seats-were-taken-train, we stood in the middle, chatting happily. The train stopped at Pasar Seni and a couple of a very old man & lady got into the train. There were 3 seats, one was empty. So the very old lady, sat at the empty seat gratefully. The old man was standing there, hovering around the seat!

The other two seats were taken by a young Chinese lady and a young Malay guy. Both of them saw the old couples but none was budging from their seat!

We were standing nearby and upon seeing their non-reaction, I told my colleague in a rather loud whisper in Chinese, “The man is so old but no one is offering their seat”. My colleague nodded and agreed with me. Then I said, “Now we speak in Malay” (so that the malay guy can understand what we said)!

I guess the Chinese lady heard me and she got up to let the old man sit. But perhaps the old man was losing his patient, ticked off the malay guy. “Ini kerusi bagi orang tua duduk punya (The seat is for old people)” and repeated a few times and pointed to the notice sign that says the seats are for old people and pregnant ladies, while looking at the sheepishly-looking-malay-guy! But the thing was he didn’t even get up and offer his seat! 

The old lady then asked the old man to take the young lady seat. Three of us couldn’t help laughing and thank God, our stop was just another station away! And we got down, happy that the young chap got ticked off!

This is definitely not the first time I saw young, healthy people being so selfish they do not offer the seats to those who needs it more! But sometimes, I would be in dilemma whether to offer people my seat. Reason?!? Certainly not because I am selfish. =P

Sometimes I saw lady with a little bulging tummy which I really couldn’t decide whether she is pregnant or not! She could be pregnant for 2 or 3 months OR perhaps she just had a full lunch or maybe need a little exercise. So, a lady (ehem, that’s me) offering another lady a seat when she’s not pregnant will be rather insulting, well, at least to me (it’s like you are so fat that you look pregnant)! No?!?   

Aug

28

The 25-minutes-2-times-A-day-and-5-days-A-week-LRT-Train-Journey~

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What I hate about the 25-minutes-2-times-A-day-and-5-days-A-week-LRT-Train-Journey to work :

1.        Crowded, super sardined-crowded especially at peak hour. Uncivilized people wearing smart office suits do NOT hesitate to PUSH around!!! >_<

2.        Some people pass wind (fart) in the train like nobody business and you do not know where to turn your head in the crowded compartment. Arrgghhh… couldn't wait for the door to open at next station!!! (Have been in this scenario often lately  >_<  )

3.        Standing right behind female with BIG HAIR and you are facing directly to their hair. And they tend to turn around in a swift, SWEEPING YOUR FACE with their don't-know-when-they-last-washed-hair! Yikess!!  

4.        Body odor.. Need I explain more?

5.        Your standing-neighbour LEANS AGAINST you!!! Hello! Can't you stand on your own??? 

6.        Perfectly HEALTHY young people (especially men) SITTING happily, ignoring the pregnant woman (or senior citizen) STANDING right in front of them!!!

7.        Dormant elephants : Those who stand at the middle of the pathway, blocking people from entering into the middle of the train where there is empty space!!!

8.       Disgusting man/old man/fat man/smelly man/ugly man standing very, very near to you!!! Get lost!!! Eeewww…!

9.         If you know the rubber thingy at the front of the seat that you can hold on to (heck, I don’t know what are they called), do NOT hold them! If you do, smell your hand after coz it is really stinky!!! Perhaps from the accumulated palm sweat, when people gripped on it tightly! Yikes!!!

10.          Last but not least, technical error of the trains that happened for unknown reason especially when you are on the way to work!!!