I do not know why do people resent taking the bus! Its actually kinda interesting in many ways! LOL! I've been taking the public bus practically everyday for the past year and I find it is actually not bad! Hehe! OK here goes! I am here to spill some antics of the public bus...(Most of these buses refers to the Meat row buses in KL.)
As you know the KL jam is horrendous and when its not its just a smooth sailing ride back home. BUt its different when you are sitting on a public bus in Malaysia! When the road is all clear meaning that there is no cars on the road, this is the only time in public history that the bus is actually moving at around 20km/h. It is so slow that if you walk, you will reach your destination 1st. But when the roads are so jammed up or during rush hours, these buses' speed reaches up to about 80km/h. Can you see the irony of this? =]
Look at another irony of the Malaysian public buses. There is a company by the name of Rape it which does not live up to their name! It takes aeons to wait for a one of its buses to arrive so i guess they should actually change their name and not mislead anyone..
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The bus drivers and conductors are the ones to look for! THey gives you the best entertainment during your long bus ride home. When you want to go down at the next stop you will press the bell to let the driver know you want to get down. But when your stop comes he just continue moving. You press the button more times and yet he switches off the sound! So you walk to the front and tell him" Abang, saya nak turun la! Awat tak berhenti?" He replies"Sorry Ah moi! Tadi punya bus stop tak ada orang. Ada Rape It belakang. Klu saya berhenti nanti dia ambik la customer saya. Tunggu yea next stop I bagi you turun!"
Ok fine that was one. THen when you board the wrong bus.
Conductor: Nak pi mana???
You: Nak pi .....
and he has to shout to you and embarass you in front of the whole bus
Conductor: HOi you bodoh ka?? Bus ni tak pi sana la! You tak tau baca ka??
You: Lepas tu camner??
Conductor: TUrun la lepas ni! Bodoh sungguh!
then when the bus stops
Conductor: Ni.. Ni...*gestures towards you* turun turun! Kacau saja!
and down you go blindly looking for the bus to go home!
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When you are in the bus and decides to go till the last stop and suddenly at one stop before which is like quite far from the stop you intend to go they shout
"HOi turun la! Ni stop last! Alarh lebih lebih pula! Ni bukan taxi OK??? Ni Bus!
And all of us will like we know its a bus but we haven't reach our stop yet but nevermind we are all Malaysians!
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Have you ever listen to the conversation they have among the drivers. They have this kind of walkie talkie installed on the buses and they communicate through there! The things that they talk about are hilarious! If you take the bus to work in the morning please do hear it. That is when they put it to the loudest and you can hear clearly! Got one time i came across news that one of the driver's dad passed away. and they asked everyone to pray for him! Then there was once they were discussing where to go after work! Its fun listening to them!
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I do not understand why these people want to fetch so many people when their bus cannot contain them? When the bus is already crammed with people. All of us in it is already suffocating from the lack of air, you can still see and hear the conductor shouting for customers! Weird! There is even not enough space for the conductor and yet he still calls more people. "Kota Raya! Kota Raya!" Then he will start shouting to all of us thats already in the bus "Masuk lagi masuk lagi! Moi, bang, kak masuk sikit! Tu ada tempat lagi!"
I am not sure what space is he seeing because as I know all of us are so crammed up against each other that I don't think that even Viruses can pass through! We are worse than sardins packed in cans! We are humans packed in a bus!
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On your 1-2-3 hours bus ride home, look around! Look at the people beside you! You can see all types of people from babies to grannies. There are some who picks their nose and flick their gold to the person in front or stick it beside the chair or even eats it! Ewww! There are some who sleeps and are snoring really loudly! There was once i encountered a lady who is learning to speak and read in Mandarin and she was like reading her book out loud! Oh that was really hilarious and yet annoying at the same time!
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THere YOu Go! Its actually not that bad sitting on public buses! Its actually kinda fun! Don't miss out on this fun! Go experience it! You will not really regret! hehe! =D
