Similar? I THINK NOT!
Do these two numbers look similar to you people?
THANK YOU! Well for some reason, very early in the morning they looked similar to my mind!
Last night I ironed my shirt and pants with the clear and geeky objective of saving time and getting to the office earlier today.
Went to bed and did not read or listen to music, just went to sleep.
Woke up, took a shower, shaved and after my bowl of cereal and apple (which has proven to keep the doctor away so far) I went to work humming some tunes coming out of my MP3 player (Lighthouse Family is a good band for “morning music”)
Sat at the bus stop (7.45 AM and it was already 27ºC! NICE! Don’t you love tropical countries?!)
Anyway, bus came and I jumped onto it. Sat and continued singing some of the songs, staring through the window the urban and almost “blah” Singaporean landscape.
One song, three songs, five songs… and at some moment I realized I was not even near the office. Looked out of the window and to my very surprise I had no freaking clue where I was!
Looked at the number on top of the windshield and I had the moment of truth: it said ‘76’ . That was it. I had jumped onto the wrong bus! IDIOT! I could even feel how some of the people realized I had made a mistake and naughtily smiled at me as in ‘You are such a loser’, ‘You took the wrong bus’, etc.
Drunk with hope, I remained seated wishing the bus would make a turn and the building where I work would appear out of thin air. But, nope, that was not the case. Moreover, I was getting closer to Malaysia than to downtown! As if nothing had happened, I stood up and went down the bus. I had no idea where it was but ‘it is Singapore. How much could I pay for a taxi downtown anyway?’
12 dollars is the answer. 12 DOLLARS, OK! FREAKING 12 dollars, people!
GEEZ! How difficult is it to get it right?. I mean 197, Simple: 1-9-7! I am blonde (Janet: you were right! I AM blonde inside!)
For the more visual ones this is a little example of what I did!
THANK YOU! Well for some reason, very early in the morning they looked similar to my mind!
Last night I ironed my shirt and pants with the clear and geeky objective of saving time and getting to the office earlier today.
Went to bed and did not read or listen to music, just went to sleep.
Woke up, took a shower, shaved and after my bowl of cereal and apple (which has proven to keep the doctor away so far) I went to work humming some tunes coming out of my MP3 player (Lighthouse Family is a good band for “morning music”)
Sat at the bus stop (7.45 AM and it was already 27ºC! NICE! Don’t you love tropical countries?!)
Anyway, bus came and I jumped onto it. Sat and continued singing some of the songs, staring through the window the urban and almost “blah” Singaporean landscape.
One song, three songs, five songs… and at some moment I realized I was not even near the office. Looked out of the window and to my very surprise I had no freaking clue where I was!
Looked at the number on top of the windshield and I had the moment of truth: it said ‘76’ . That was it. I had jumped onto the wrong bus! IDIOT! I could even feel how some of the people realized I had made a mistake and naughtily smiled at me as in ‘You are such a loser’, ‘You took the wrong bus’, etc.
Drunk with hope, I remained seated wishing the bus would make a turn and the building where I work would appear out of thin air. But, nope, that was not the case. Moreover, I was getting closer to Malaysia than to downtown! As if nothing had happened, I stood up and went down the bus. I had no idea where it was but ‘it is Singapore. How much could I pay for a taxi downtown anyway?’
12 dollars is the answer. 12 DOLLARS, OK! FREAKING 12 dollars, people!
GEEZ! How difficult is it to get it right?. I mean 197, Simple: 1-9-7! I am blonde (Janet: you were right! I AM blonde inside!)
For the more visual ones this is a little example of what I did!
posted by iGnacio at
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
10 Comments:
Dude think u got the colour mixed up the pink should be the green and
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/sbstravelguide/index.htm go to this place, type your bus no. to see where did u actually travel :P
By
Ying, at March 22, 2005 4:10 PM
What mistake?. What? When?. Ying, coffee breaks mean COFFE alone, do not add vodka in it, ok?.
:)
By
Nacho, at March 22, 2005 4:35 PM
Yes dear readers, THAT is how big Singapore is. From East to West in taxi it will take you 40 minutes MAXIMUM. (Country? Island? City?... well, all in one!)
By
Nacho, at March 23, 2005 12:31 AM
nacho my fren, your posts are good for morning wake ups!
By
joeyong, at March 23, 2005 9:39 AM
Pak-vew moved to Sentosa Island?
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Devrim, at March 23, 2005 9:46 AM
AHAHAHA...
Wait. I've done it before too. (took the 2P bus instead of 2A in HK - ended up 45min late to work after realizing it took me to the edge of HK island)
*SHRUG* shit happens.
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sakit, at March 23, 2005 11:17 AM
Yeah, indeed sounds familiar. My best episode along these lines has been though on a taxi - told the driver to bring me to NTU, the western end of the island, and fell asleep. Awoke just when the cab entered NUS, at pretty much near the central... Aruughhh...!!!
Seems that apart from ourselves, even the taxi drivers may be shifted. How annoying when all you need is a quick transport from one place to another. Can't trust anyone, including ourselves : s
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triin 德琳, at March 23, 2005 11:45 AM
That pink line looks very familiar to me :), I've been taking it for whole 7 months! I think you could wait for a little bit more so that you could reach Chinese Garden :-). How could you miss that?! This is really big difference and it is impossible not to realize this unless you are in love or something :). Or are you?! ;))))
By
Aibek D., at March 23, 2005 6:31 PM
for a country so small, it seems to take unreasonable time if you take public transport! 40 minutes cab_time = 2.5 hours public_transport_time =S
The bus/MRT stops too often that's what i think! But on the bright side, you will never be completely lost! and you're just 40 minutes max from any nearest beach! :):)
By
fida, at March 23, 2005 7:08 PM
Nacho mi amor,
estuve toda la semana pasada en nuestra Buenos Aires querida a trabajo y casi me muero de tristeza. Es re re triste ir a la ciudad y no verte!
Da para voce me enviar um endereço seu de email para que eu possa te escrever uma mensagem grande?
beijos e saudades
By
Camie, at March 23, 2005 10:45 PM
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