Early morning, public bus rides, memories of school days

Reading Bro Jinbo's post has insipred me to bog on my experiences :p

Getting up super early was never an issue when we were younger... now getting up at 6:30 proves a challenge every working day :)

Bus ride were tiring but fun, esp if you got fellow classmates taking the same ride. My sec school, Swiss Cottage was along Bt Timah road. Also a hour to 1.5 hours of bus ride or longer, depending on weather and traffic conditions... neber encountered any floods though, would have love the experience :p

I enjoyed most my rides on bus service 170, where they used to have bus conductor... watching them working their way thru the crowded bus, collecting fares and issuing bus tickets (punching holes along the way).

On Sat where I would wake up super super early to catch the first bus to school to prepare for my ECA. Never once feel tired or regreted having to wake up early... wonder why???

On the issue of education... my results were never any good compared to both my elder brothers... Chinese High & River Valley were out of my league... been able to enroll for Swiss Cottage was like striking lottery :)

My parents hopes for me were simple then... maybe too good to me... just pass can liao... and I met their target :) It was only in my final year of Polytechnic did I "jump" out of this mental box to try to improve my scores. Did pretty well, even manage to complete my Final Year Project which was good enough for the Poly Open House exhibition.

And only when I started working, did I truly realise the importance of a good paper qualification. Having "fought" the corporate war for 10 years, I got my fair share of experiences which I would blog abt soon.

For now... the Zzzz babe is luring me to catch up with her (no more Zzzz monster, Zzzz babe is better for a good nite rest)