Photograph taken while riding the bus
It's not easy to earn money. That day I worked 4hrs, I only earn $16.37. In another instance, I worked 4 hrs, earn $21.34, but discovered that I had not collected cash from the customer. The meal cost $11.79, end up, I earned only $9.55 for 4hrs! So this time I took bus 187 to my mum house and coming back home, I took bus 187 again. It cost $1.64 (total $3.28) to and fro trip. It is much easier taking bus than taking a cab.
In the 90s and early 2000s, when I push the pram, I had to keep the pram then can board the bus. Even though the pram can be carried aboard, the bus driver insisted that we should fold the pram and kept it. If you did not keep the pram, you cannot board the bus. Nowadays, having a trolley or a pram is much more convenient. If you are pushing a pram, you just carried the whole pram and board the bus, just like that, no need to fold the pram. It is so convenient now.
As I was walking to the bus stop, bus 187 went away. I had to wait for the next bus. The weather was very hot. I was perspiring. I waited for 10-15minutes and the next bus came. Now I was so grateful that the bus was air-conditioned. In the 90s, most bus was not air-conditioned. I had my bus pass, but I have to pay extra 20 cents if the bus happened to be air-conditioned. Nowadays, all the buses are air-conditioned. How lucky we are now.
Earlier on, I took the feeder bus 911. The bus driver was so polite too. He greeted passengers "Good morning", and he waited for customers to board the bus patiently. I had also encountered some more bus drivers who were so patient, waiting for passengers to board the bus when the passengers were some distance from the bus stop. They just waited patiently. More bus drivers are like that now. In the past, bus drivers were not so patient. They won't even care whether you were trying to catch up with the bus. They just won't wait for you. Nowadays, there are just more friendly and patient bus drivers. Thumbs up!
