well...breaking a record for sure....2 posts within such a short period of time!
Wanted to write down this little incidence before I forget...

Went to my gym at Paragon today...and after the session..decide to board the Express bus 518 which went to my hse directly..
everything seems to be going well..until we reach the expressway whereby the first part of it is a upward slope. Suddenly the lights start flicking (like in a horror movie!) and the bus engine dies..& everything was silent...
The bus driver tries starting the engine for a couple of times but to no avail...and then finally it starts! But before the bus could go forward, it rolls backwards!! So the bus driver has to kill the engine immediately...
Well... What happens next was what prompt me to publish this post.. ..I was quite amazed to find everybody unfazed by the incidence, in fact there were quite a number of laughing and smiling faces...no cursing, no angry shouts or ugly comments toward the driver. In fact a few passengers offer to get down on the bus to help direct the traffic to stay away from the stalled bus.
Haha..finally a comment reaches toward the rear of the bus whereby I was standing..this lady pass the message to me and several others in a laughing tone that the bus driver remarks that the bus could not take the strain of the load (too many ppl) while going uphill...and she actually requests for us to alight from the bus so she can drive a distance and then we board the bus..
Again...lots of laughing comments about the weight issue...and everybody was cooperative...get down the bus and start treking in the middle of the expressway..Saw a nice driver who stops and afford a lady who has a little child with her a ride.. (but lots of drivers just gave us funny looks and zoom past us.. .. )
The bus moves a certain distance and up we go but it STALLS again..ahaha...the horror effects come on again...and down we go...for our impromptu trek thru e highway...and again board the bus when it moves a distance..FINALLY this time...it works and the bus was able to travel the remaining distance, not smoothly but at least moving..
Throughout this incidence...I didn't heard any complaints or grumbles...seems like we Singaporean can be quite gracious and nice when we want to..hee :) There was a couple of males passengers who help to direct the traffic and generally help the bus driver gets everything done smoothly..
Of cos there were defintely ugly side too..I saw passengers stand up from their seats so that they can alight from the bus and when they return..their seats were taken by other passengers..
There were also 3 SBS buses that passes us by without stopping to help at all!
But all in all..this incidence does leave me with a nice feeling..seeing how cooperative and gracious we can be of each other.. ..