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An Ode To Public Transport

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Image courtesy of shazfm.com

It takes me past the district of red lights
It’s not necessary to drive or steer
When elevated there are lovely sights
It’s safe to use the tube so have no fear
Cheap and gets you there for minimal fees
It slides in the slot and pops out just right
The doors open to which there are no keys
Operations are not for the daylight
It’s simple back and forth repetition
At the right spots one would go in and out
The longer the better with more friction
Patience is virtuous or else push and shout
So many people take it for granted
It’s fast to learn soon you’d be experienced

More Evilness!

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I was evil before, with an example – click here!

I am evil again, and this time the story will be told in a sonnet!

I’m evil, sadistic – stopped teen lovebirds
The guy couldn’t get change to take my bus
She beckoned; “I can’t” were his gestured words
She waved bye like it was an exodus
Like a train leaving for a far country
She was sweet, innocent, pimpled, blemished
She sadly rubbed her eyes repeatedly
“I love you” she mouthed, on the glass she smudged
Her eyes grew watery, and soon formed tears
For it was between small change they were torn
The bus starts moving, much to their worst fears
He cried too, that they’re not together on
The bus that he can’t take to whereever
My coins attract a metal detector

(Edited note: Nearing 9 AM, the next day, I saw this couple walking towards my college. I got on the lift with them and they were whispering among themselves whether I was familiar and if so should they whack me up!)

Meet Kleptoman… iac!

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I’ve updated my Lyrics section, adding Caught For Stealing – Kleptoman! I’ve also bolded the more satirical of my lyrics so you know which is more serious and which is more, uh, funny?

The closest I’ve gotten to lyric modifier Weird ‘Al’ Yankovic was this song, Crime Pays – Absolutely Must Watch. Nothing else comes closer to popular mass media satire.

Gripe of the day: People who always can’t make it.

You know these people. You may even be one of them.

I can make it. Seldom do I say I will make it, and don’t; I seldom say that I can’t make it, either. I’m not tied down by:

– A boy-girl relationship (though I wouldn’t mind ;P )
– College (well so maybe I’m smart)
– Work (I can afford to skip, hehe)
– Parents (I’m a guy, I have a handphone, and I have the house keys!)
– Transport

The last part especially peeves me. I don’t have a driving license, and haven’t started learning. I turned old enough to have a license since the second day of work, and I haven’t had the time to go get out and get one.

And yet, I can go to any shopping mall in town. Here’s a localized example of areas:

Kuala Lumpur City Centre – there’s an subway train right below it, duh!
Bintang Walk area – a train station is a 5 minute walk away.
Midvalley Megamall – another train station a 10 minute walk away, or a 10 minute bus ride from yet another train station.
Sunway Pyramid/Subang Parade – a feeder bus ride from a train station.

The point is that public transport is there! The train station isn’t just there to look pretty, yes? Those raised tracks in the city are not aqueducts (water-carrying drains) but train tracks!

Then, you have buses. Buses are a bit more dinky and smoky and smelly and stuffy, and naturally cooled, but still, it gets you to a popular place!

Last but not least them taxis. The bus or train won’t go all the way, but a taxi would.

“My parents won’t let me go – it’s not safe!”

If you’re fairly street smart, you can take the LRT (high-speed, high-frequency train). It covers the whole city area, and a bit beyond. If you’re worried about being groped or pickpocketed, try to get a seat.

Finally, I leave you with some tips:

How to get a seat in a crowded train

Take the train to the end of the track! (Even if that’s the opposite direction of where you’re going!) Since most people get off before the end, you can get a seat easily!

How to get in an elevator that has lots of people waiting (This I learnt from college!)

Usually, the ground floor of my college will have loads of students waiting to go to the 8th-11th floor, but when the elevator arrives, it can only fit so many people. So how? Take a walk up one or two floors, then take the elevator down!

Sigh. I’ve typed too much for now. Go rest your eyes!

Bagpacking

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I have moved! =] Rocket Queen the great has let me sit in her ASP server instead of me having to contend with Brinkster.

Oh, and I’ve changed the default skin to Green! Before this, it was Under Construction. If you thought I was corniness in a 2-minute cup, check out Framed, a cute little weird skin. There are more skins to choose from, so click on Change Skin to give yourself a change!

Finally, I’ve added LJ’s Den, a friend’s website, to my About Me section. He’s the one who pointed me in the direction to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), which makes the site’s text look good! 🙂

I’m getting sickeningly hard-selling promotionally talking. Just look at my previous paragraphs. Having to type promotional copy for work does have its effects. 😛 I’ll stop here because I’m sounding too much like a salesman.

And on the 25th day he rested…

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Just look at the irony of the last post.

1200 hours 19th March 2002 until now (around 0900 hours 20th Match 2002!)

(Note: I will be using 24 hour time throughout this post.)

Do you want to know what happened to me after that? (Even if you don’t, I’m forcing you to read about it anyway, so please do!)

At 1300 hours, I took a 15 minute nap, considering I hadn’t slept for 25 hours then. I was supposed to leave at that time for college to hand in my project and take a progress test from 1400 to 1700 hours.

At 1630 hours, my dear colleague called my handphone. At home. Okayyy…

Rush, rush! Thankfully, the taxi was cheap. I reached there around 1730 hours.

Luckily for me, I got to hitch on another progress test on Friday.

So, how did I feel? Strangely, after 0500 hours, I didn’t feel sleepy anymore.

In fact, I was headbanging to the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers – Instrumental #2, Incubus – Hilikus, and Hoobastank – Crawling In The Dark!

I’d never headbanged harder to music before this. Maybe it was sleep deprivation, but it sure had a wonderful effect – unlocking and releasing sugar from your body’s glucose store?

I was alert enough, I even programmed a HTML page with JavaScript to play Counter-Strike’s C4 sound after an hour’s mark!

The sound never reached my brain.

So much for breaking whatever 72-hour record I had.

Here’s a record for you. A blog post rhymed, paragraphs in ABAB format. A pain.

Suffice to say, I did it! (Read through this again.) Have I gone mad?