Hitch hike

How many of us have ever enjoyed da experience of hitchhikin in Singapore? Don't know how you view it but I feel blessed to have experienced two hitch hiking trips.

The first one was when I was 16 and my buddies and I went for a round island cycling trip on our own. Halfway thru the trip, my buddy's rear tire was flat at LIM CHU KANG. Damn ULU LAH!. WHAT DO WE DO?????

We could:
1. take the bike apart, each take some parts while one pillion my buddy
2. abort the trip
3. hitchhiked

we stood by the road, abused by the dust thrown at us by the passing trucks and pointed our hitchhiking thumbs. None stopped. many passed by. we nearly gave up. UNTILLLLL

a lorry stopped in front of us and offered us a lift to the nearest town, Chua Chu Kang. That would have been a 3 hour trip from where we left off. THAT trip, i will treasure till the day i die.

the second hitching that i got was juz 2 days ago.

I had to work at Sentosa for the Singapore Open at 4am. Yes 4AM. and so i decided to rush down from reservist briefing to harbourfront. I wasnt surprised.

NO BUS TO SENTOSA!!!
i walked. walked. walked. The vans whizzes by. The cars sped by....

and as i walked up the slope, there came this noisy sound from afar. I turned and saw a garbage truck. i faced it and gave a despairing and pathetic look. it stopped. IT STOPPED?!!!

opend the door and saw a chinese uncle

uncle: alor! where you going?

ja: bang, i'm going to the chalet. Can?

uncle: huh? chalet? where? got ah?

ja: got got! juz in front only. can tumpang?

uncle: ok ok. can! come. i dlive you there. i going to hotel.

ja: powerlah bang!

garbage truck also canlah. i just didnt wanna walk anymore man. it was already a 1 hour walk. didnt wanna walk anymore.

and as the truck trudge along, i began to think about the last time i hitchhiked. shiook. take a chance. hitchhike. i'm not telling you to go and flag a car juz because you don't have any money to take a cab but take a chance when the situation allows you to do so.

ja
donno what he's talking about cause he's sleepy in class