I’m blogging on the Causeway Link bus right now while it takes me back to S’pore via the Second Link. Hmm.. it really is a hassle to travel to and fro.. shuttling between M’sia and S’pore. But well.. I’m not complaining much right now. I’ve had it much worse last time when I was still schooling.. really. I still wonder how did I manage to pull through... it was seriously very very exhausting.. U guys had no idea. I stopped taking the school bus (the yellow bus which brings me from M’sia to school and back again) when I went to JC. And so.. my bro and I had to wake up really early in the morning before dawn even breaks (at around 4.30 am) so that our parents could drop us at the M’sia custom where we would travel to school on our own. The journey itself was horrendously tiring already. To compound to that, the crowd at the custom every single morning was even worse. I would meet a schoolmate everyday (she used to be a M’sian like me! But we’re both PRs now!) and we would journey( yes, journey!) to school together.

As mentioned afore, the custom was usually packed with other M’sians or students going to S’pore and the queue for the bus was always dreadfully long. So usually when the bus arrives, everyone would just swarm up to the door and start pushing and squeezing their way up. It was the most uncomfortable experience. Imagine being packed like sardines together with all those smelly people who either can’t be bothered to bathe or brush their teeth. YUCKS! And when their arms accidentally (or purposely) brush against urs.. the sensation was like u’re trying to pull away from a sticky tape. Double YUCKS. And.. the most ultimate and horrifying experience was that I got molested by one of these men who smell just about as good as sweaty armpits. Faints

I recalled that I was alone that morning, as my friend was late. And as usual, I was trying to get on the bus amidst the mass of people that were already fighting their way up the bus. And suddenly, I felt my butt being aqueezed. TWICE summore ok. Like.. *squeeze squeeze*!! WTH!! OUTRAGE OF MODESTY!! I was so stunned!! I immediately whipped around and grabbed the nearest hand (I merely assumed that it was the hand that had just pinched my poor butt) and whacked it hard! I tell u, I was so sooo furious and scared.. and even embarrassed! I was also fuming like crazy I could feel my face flushing. “WHO PINCHED MY BUTT??!!” I bellowed. The crowd behind me just merely stared blankly back at me. “YOU TOUCHED MY BUTT IS IT??!!” I roared, pointing at any random guy that looked like a chee-kor-pek (pervert). Yeah.. smart move. Cos the culprit’s just gonna raise his arms in the air and announce gleefully “Yeah me! Me!! I touched your butt.”. OF COURSE NOT!! He’s just a stinking pervertic coward!! Man.. I hope that he’ll get piles or something.. the lil perv! Meanwhile, I realised that there was nothing I could do so I just boarded the bus quietly. AND NO ONE EVEN HELPED TO CATCH THE CULPRIT! What a caring society we have. Hmph. Well, I was pretty freaked out by then that I was almost on the verge of tears. My pi gu leh.. walao. And that was the first time. I got touched again at the same spot and same place and same time. MY BUTT IS IRRESISTABLE IS IT!! Keep touching and touching.. @##$!! GO TOUCH UR OWN BUTT LAH.. FEELS THE SAME WHAT. And this time round I thought I was smarter.. I went to report to the 170 bus driver that I got molested.. AND HE DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. He even gave me a look like I thoroughly deserved it. WTF. Effing driver! And from then onwards I was always paranoid while boarding the bus. I’ll either ask my bro to stand directly behind me or place a file to cover my bum. Look at the fear these molesters have instilled in me! =(

Yeah.. And that is why I am sooo thankful those days of travelling are over. I dun have many pleasant memories of my daily journeys I tell u. Yeah.. another thing to add on is that M'sia custome is sooo old and run-down. I mean.. it's not that I wanna praise S'pore. Just compare the two customs.. the Woodlands Checkpoint and M'sia custom. The Woodlands Checkpoint building looks so well-structered and impressive while M'sia custom just pales greatly in comparison. I mean.. I bet not many of u have seen the M'sia custom have u? Well.. U would have been appalled at the drastic difference. Here is a list of eg.:

Eg.1) Shortly after leaving the nice and majestic-looking S'pore custom, u take a short bus ride to M'sia custom.. let the custom officer check ur passport.. yadda yadda.. And coming out of the building.. u see a signboard showing 'WELCOME TO MALAYSIA!'. Standing next to the signboard are beggers. So much for a warm welcome.

Eg.2)Feeling hungry after ur journey to M'sia? Not to worry! Cos there are many food stalls set up just within the M'sia custom itself. There are fishballs, corn-in-cups, nuggets.. etc. Take ur pick. Or if u have the urge to buy magazines.. fret not. Cos there's also a mama shop situated there.. selling magazines of all languages. (err.. actually only Malay and Tamil mags)

Eg.3)Not sure of the way around M'sia? The friendly cab drivers will usually flock around u.. asking where u would like them to take u.

Ok... digressing for a bit.. the cab part was quite funny actually. Cos as I said.. they'll usually follow u around. So one day this lecherous-looking uncle was leering at me and he hollered "Xiao mei!! Yao qu na li? (Little girl, where would u like to go?)". And I was pissed cos he won't leave me alone, and I retorted "Qu si! (Go to hell!)". Lol.

Yeah yeah! Back to the compare and contrast section. That is why I really feel very pek chek at my own country. Hello.. it's a custom ok?? Not a night market.. still can sell so many stuffs summore. And to think that I used to be do dumb.. donated to the beggers.. till my bro chided me one day and told me that one day he saw one of the beggers used the donations to buy cigarettes!! Whoa!! Very shuang right?! Still can smoke summore!

People always ask me whether I prefer S'pore of M'sia. Well.. I honestly have no idea. I guess perhaps I would say S'pore.. having spent most of my time here. I may also have complained about M'sia regarding how dangerous it is.. how bias (dun sue me pls!).. BUT!! I do get offended if people were to criticise M'sia strongly. I mean.. depending on the situation, I would still defend M'sia. Like for instance.. some S'poreans like to laugh at the way M'sian chinese speak mandarin. This is something that annoys my sister and I thoroughly. If u joke about it once in a while.. I dun mind.. cos I personally do feel that they speak a tad weird.. with an accent. BUT. To laugh at them in a way that implies that their chinese is bad and or that how the hell can their chinese standard be so low jus pisses me off slightly. This is the one part where I'll defend M'sia. Why? U think ur own chinese is very good is it? Think twice before u put M'sians down okay!! Alright alright.. I should stop getting worked up. Lol. And I feel that this entry's getting too long. Time to turn in!

Oh yeah.. tomorrow we're having another Jack Sparrow og outing.. the last one I think..before uni starts. I went over to Xiang Ling's house in the evening to prepare sushi for the outing. Took us hell of a long time.. FOUR HOURS OK!! To make sushis enough to feed a small army. Haha. And I think I'm getting rather sick by the sight and smell of sushis. Urgh.

Ok.. one last thing before I go. I jus remembered that my sis and I did this poll at kenny sia's blog.. to find out how M'sian are we. And the results revealed that I'm just about as M'sian as Guy Sebastian. He's the Australian Idol. Hahaha