kook on a bus
It amazes me how much a day in Singapore can change. Just this afternoon when I was taking the bus to uni, a man around his 40s was sitting stark naked right there on my bus, save for a pair of boxers. He looked like one of those coffee shop uncles who hang around there, shaking their legs while smoking and drinking black coffee. Yes, no shirt and just a pair of boxers and sandals. He was stick thin as well, as if he did not eat enough food.
He kept touching his temple, and rubbing his skinny legs throughout the ride. The first impression was that I thought he was kinda mental because of the way he acted. I was wondering how the heck did he get on the bus. I also thought how did the bus driver let him board as well. It led me to think he had some sort of money on him despite being half naked. Then further on the ride, I saw he was holding a packet of tobacco stuff. The kind that you roll into a piece of paper and smoke it. So that means he isn't that mentally disabled, just actually damn brazen to go out in that get up. Later, he kept rubbing his legs and cowering even further into his spot. It was raining and I guess he had a long bus ride with AIRCON, so the cold set into his already naked skin.
There were two females sitting opposite his bench. I guess they were trying get over their shock as well, being females. One was already on the bus before me, and she alighted at the same uni as me, so that's a pretty long ride near him. I was wondering what they were thinking about that situation. I never asked them anyway.
That bus goes through a stretch of schools as well. And it's past the dismissal bell too. I was expecting some kind of screaming or gaping faces because of the man. I think he was damn lucky because none of the school girls boarded the bus. Only a few school boys saw him, then they went up to the upper deck (I was on a double decker). A couple of old women boarded, saw him, just sat down and kept silent. One woman boarded and went straight to the upper deck without noticing him.
No idea what else happened because I got off the bus before him.
Man.
He kept touching his temple, and rubbing his skinny legs throughout the ride. The first impression was that I thought he was kinda mental because of the way he acted. I was wondering how the heck did he get on the bus. I also thought how did the bus driver let him board as well. It led me to think he had some sort of money on him despite being half naked. Then further on the ride, I saw he was holding a packet of tobacco stuff. The kind that you roll into a piece of paper and smoke it. So that means he isn't that mentally disabled, just actually damn brazen to go out in that get up. Later, he kept rubbing his legs and cowering even further into his spot. It was raining and I guess he had a long bus ride with AIRCON, so the cold set into his already naked skin.
There were two females sitting opposite his bench. I guess they were trying get over their shock as well, being females. One was already on the bus before me, and she alighted at the same uni as me, so that's a pretty long ride near him. I was wondering what they were thinking about that situation. I never asked them anyway.
That bus goes through a stretch of schools as well. And it's past the dismissal bell too. I was expecting some kind of screaming or gaping faces because of the man. I think he was damn lucky because none of the school girls boarded the bus. Only a few school boys saw him, then they went up to the upper deck (I was on a double decker). A couple of old women boarded, saw him, just sat down and kept silent. One woman boarded and went straight to the upper deck without noticing him.
No idea what else happened because I got off the bus before him.
Man.
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