It really has been a while since I last rode either the LRT, Monorail, take a bus or even take a cab (unless I was overseas, of course). Ever had any bad experiences while taking these alternative modes of transportation? Or rather, have you given any bad experiences to anyone while you were terrorizing/stalking the service? I know it has happened to me both ways. Let me give you 2 scenarios, and you may decide for yourself for both cases whether I was terrorizing people, or people were terrorizing me:
Scenario 1:
I was in the Putra LRT, on my way to KL Pasar Seni station from PJ after school so that I could get to Kasturi for Physics tuition class on a sunny Thursday afternoon. Naturally, afternoons were packed with students and working class alike, all headed to their respective destinations. I stood at the corner near the door of the train, so that I could lean and exit the train easily once I get to Pasar Seni. A woman was standing in front of me, at about the distance of 4 feet away. However impossible it may sound, I actually fell asleep while standing! It would have looked or sounded like an impressive feat for a person to sleep while standing, but not when his feet gave way 5 minutes while at it. So on I went, stumbling forward to regain balance to a good distance of 3 and 1/2 feet. Whola, I opened my eyes to catch a glimpse of the woman, who was then 1/2 a foot away from me now, eyes wide opened clutching her handbag while uttering a loud gasp. Regaining my composure, Iapologised and quietly trotted back to the corner I was at. Next thing I knew, that woman started walking to the other end of the train and as I peered, she stood at 'the end of the train'...
Scenario 2:
I was taking a bus from SS3 after school to get to KL Pasar Seni (yep, different mode of public transportation and a different kind of harassment occured). The bus takes a route which passes Sungai Way, and some middle aged haggard looking man came on board. He took his seat next to mine (my good looks? I would live to regret saying this if I did prior to the incident which was to take place, fatefully...). Initially he kept quiet, then started to make small talk with me. "Ok", I said to myself, "What's wrong with chatting with a middle-aged man, even though he looked haggard and dirty?". We talked for a while, and while we were at it, he took my right hand and said "Wow, your 'thing' is quite long!". As a boy in school, I knew exactly what he meant, and he didn't mean anything good at all... he started talking about things like gay conventions, gay orgees, gay partners, gays and their issues in Malaysia...not that it wasn't informative, it was too informative to the point he said he was interested in me. Of course, I declined impolitely! When I finally reached my destination, I stood up and asked him to let me pass since he was sitting on the outside of the seat. He refused and so I forced my way out. Having that, he exclaimed "Oh, you're so strong and rough, I like...". Now, can you imagine a red-faced Malicious frustratedly stomping of the bus with every other passenger staring at me and the bastard?
Stop laughing! Look at this cute picture instead:
