make-up artist

how could anyone put on her make up on a moving vehicle, let alone on the bus?? i'm not talking about putting on a lipstick, this is full blown make up okayyy..

when i got on the bus this morning, i saw Jessie (she's got long & dark straight hair like Jessie J) putting on her eye make up. i wasnt really looking cos i took my book out. 10 minutes later, i saw her putting on the eye liner then mascara. either she has really steady hands or she's an expert at what she does; most likely the latter. she must be doing this every single morning. i'm amazed!!

drama

this blog is collecting dust.. i still travel on the bus almost everyday but i havent seen many interesting characters lately, maybe because  i've been engrossed with my book; PS I Love U by Cecilia Ahern. watched the movie - sad yet sweet..and i started reading the book about 2 weeks ago on the train to London.

i couldnt believe that i got teary eyed when i got to page 298. Holly was job hunting on the internet at the library, she was following her late husband's message in his September letter. she was down to her last 10 Euros and she was short of 5 Euros to pay for the internet charges. she was too embarassed to call her friends; she dialled the first number that came to her mind and got this message "This is Gerry (her late husband). please leave a message...."and all that she could say was "Gerry, i need you".

i hope no one was watching me !!

kiasu

there's this 'kaum' ( i dont want to mention which kaum, nanti orang kata racist) which is so kiasu, regardless where they are - either in their home country or overseas.

this morning we went gro-shopping at the well known supermarket. we were waiting for this family car to come out from the parent & child parking space when we spotted one car that came & stopped infront of us and waited  for his wife to load the shopping bags into the boot. and that car blocked few cars from coming out of their parking spaces. despite being honked at, he just stay put till his wife finished loading the shopping bags. why didnt he stop at the loading/waiting bay which is just few metres away? is it because his wife was waiting with the shopping trolley just outside the entrance? jalan je lah sikit wey..bukan panas pun! some people.. typical!  

lovely katya

before i moved to this neighbourhood almost 2 years ago, i lived not far from here and took a different bus to work. some mornings i would see Katya,  her husband (i guess) and her lovely 7 year old daughter on the bus.

Katya is european, soft spoken and looked a bit pale sometimes. when i first saw them, i could see how close they are as a family. the husband is good looking, ruffled 'mousey' hair, in a sharp suit, their daughter looks so prim & proper in her school uniform.

then one day, after not seeing them for a while, i saw katya with her family and an elderly woman, could be her mom as they look alike. katya was wearing a head scarf and she looked ill and very pale. then it struck me that she could have been suffering from the big C and the scarf was to hide her thinning hair. that made me so sad.. i hope she's well and survived the ordeal.

Sam & Amy

i've seen  Sam & Amy a couple of times in the past; usually if  i take the 8.30am bus. they live in the same neighbourhood but few stops away from one another. this morning i saw Sam and thot that Amy would board the bus later but there was no sign of her.

Sam looks like the pic below, except that Sam is a girl.. and Amy looks like a normal & sweet 16 or 17 y.o.

taken from http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/

the interesting bit about them that caught my eyes and worth writing is..they are lovers; maybe forbidden, maybe not. it didnt occur to me at first until i saw the signs of intimacy - holding hands, the eye contact and all those things.. Amy gets off the bus first and they would kiss goodbye - not just a peck on the cheek or a hug like normal girls would do but kiss on the lips??!! i dont know if  i was the only person who noticed this and find it a bit awkward (due to my conservative and yet open mindedness) ; but i reckon few other commuters share the same thot with me..

one up the bum

this morning i took the 8.30am bus, no interesting character seen or conversation heard. so i picked up the free Metro paper from the next seat and this was the headline..

"Musical safe sex video advises 'one up the bum and you won't be a mum' "
Marie Stopes international, a non profit organisation which provides sexual and reproductive healthcare services, teamed up with comedy music band The Midnight Beast – brandishing blow-up dolls and condoms – for an online safe sex campaign. While the song’s lyrics encourage using condoms, it also includes the line: ‘One up the bum and it’s no harm done, one up the bum and you won’t be a mum.’

the video is available on youtube.
some people may find the article/video hilarious but i'm disgusted. what a way for a charity organisation to spend valuable resources (money) which is hard to come by in this current economy situation.

scantily clad

this post is indirectly related to the previous one.. but its not from my observation on the bus.

last week, i had an interesting chat with my friend Tony. he's in his early 30s, good looking and teaches at uni.

i told Tony that sometimes i dont know where to look, when i see girls who are 'top heavy' wearing low cut Ts or 'bottom heavy' wearing slouch jeans sitting opposite me.  this is the case of "if you have it, flaunt it". then he told me about the story of the girl in the short skirt..

he was walking up the stairs to the classroom and there was this lanky girl walking 2 steps ahead of him. she was wearing a short dress. as she was walking up, he could clearly see her floral knickers.. he didnt know where to look, if he had looked down, he could have bumped into other people coming from the opposite direction..any other guy wouldnt complain in that situation.

what do these girls think they are wearing to classes?