Sunday, May 06, 2007
Spent friday night alone in the hostel, wei long's auntie picked him up ard 9pm. My uncle cant pick up because he was about 3 hours away from jakarta and it was late already. Didnt go to work on Saturday morning because it wasnt compulsory. My uncle picked me up on saturday morning. We took the bus to his house cause my aunt needed to use the car for an event.
The bus stop was like 25 mins walk from my hostel which was okay since im getting used of walking alot when i go to work and when i go back to my hostel. We didnt wait long for the bus. The bus didnt stop, instead it slowed down to not such a slow
speed. We had to run and jump into the back door of a moving bus. hahah. it was hilarious for me cause you cant do this in sg.
The bus ride lasted an hour plus. The bus was air-conditioned which was good for me. some of the seats were torn. I had the honor of sitting on a very loose seat(it seemed like i was humping something or something was humping me).The bus driver was like crazy or something, honking at other motorists and pedestrians, driving like a mad man on several occasions cutting other people's lane and driving slow on occasions to drop of passengers and pick up passengers.
Throughout the bus ride a number of peddlers and buskers came on and went off. 1st peddler sold balloon toys shaped like a deer, wanted to buy it but my uncle wont let me :( hahah. 1st busker carried a guitar and played a generally nice tune and sang a song which i think its his original. 2nd Busker carried a very small guitar and the sound it produced was like those hawaiian jumpy tunes. The 2nd peddler sold Spiderman 3 DVDs!! It went for 5000rupiah which is like $1, and i didnt buy it!
OMG!!! i so hate myself for not buying the dvd.
When it was time to alight we had to shout at the bus driver to open the door which he did. my uncle went down 1st. After her went down the bus accelerated rapidly and i had to crouch and jump at the same time, i almost fell down on the road. I was like wtf? i was pissed.
Anyhoo we had the choice of employing the help of motorcyclist "taxis" to reach my uncle's house, but since i had loads of stuffs with me i chose to walk. Rain kida cleared up a bit and the walk took bout 15 mins.
Rested for several hours. Then played about an hour of table tennis with my uncle which was great. Ended the day by watching the movie "Ali" about Muhammad Ali.Labels: Bus Ride
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