first week at work of 2013
31st Dec – 4th Jan
4-days week since 1st Jan is an public holiday
one day off already saved me loads travelling
4 days 4 different routes to work
Day 1, Mon
6.30 a.m. bus from home
asked the driver to do me a favour of
dropping me off at a petrol kiosk
so that I can just walk to the company
but he refused
nevermind, no point begging
therefore, took a cab to work
from the main terminal
Day 2, Wed
6.30 a.m. bus from home again
switched to bus of another company
managed to drop off
and walked a 1km route to work
8.15 a.m. here was I
in a totally empty office
Day 3, Thurs
went back to dorm instead of home the night before
but it did not make much difference indeed
took the earliest city bus at 6.20 a.m.
hell the traffic was already quite heavy
because school has started
switched to another city bus and
reached the train station before 8 a.m.
caught a company shuttle service and
reached company by 8.30 a.m.
Day 4, Fri
from home again
took the 6.00 a.m.
because I happened to be there early
reached the petrol kiosk outside the company
by 7.30 a.m.
therefore decided to just go ahead
to the bus terminal where everyone else is alighting
but wait a minute
the bus is taking a totally different route
and the couple of unfamiliar sky scrappers
came into sight
gosh
the bus was heading downtown
instead of the usual bus terminal
rushed through the journey via train
and managed to get to the usual spot by 8.30 am
just in time for the company shuttle
meaning: just in time
the shuttle bus reached the moment
I stepped out of the train station
and it moved once everyone else got on the bus
in short,
company – dorm = 29.5 km
company – home = 137 km
yet
company – dorm = reached earliest by 9.20p.m.
company – home = reached before 9.00 p.m.
one more thing,
for your information
I finished work at 6.00 p.m.
where will I be next Monday?
or randomly picking between
home or dorm
just like the other day?
I have no idea
lost count of the times
I woke up, in a startled stage
along the long journey and asked
am I there yet?
yesterday I have this really bad nightmare
the bus I was travelling on
well, it was a yellow school bus
crashed into the pedestrian walk
then a tree fell
the road started to crack
there formed a really big gaping hole
a boy
due to the sudden stop made by the bus driver
fell off the bus
landing dead into the gaping hole
surrounded by the tangling root of the tree
couldn’t agree with this no more
not because it is posted by Mr. Eddie
“Good to be home,
even better if there is a mobile home”
