Unforgettable Experience Taking Public Transportation

**_Cathy_** · November 14th, 2013 03:32 PM

What's your most unforgettable experience taking public transportation? It could be anything funny, scary, exciting or touching. Please share your story.

Mine was a train ride sitting across a loud Chinese duo, one of whom had a bad case of halitosis. It smelled like a small animal died inside his mouth and he couldn't be bothered to take it off. The train was silent except for them so it was a two fold pollution - noise and air. In this scenario , I wish I had 3 hands - one to cover the nose and two to cover the ears. And how about one more to give them the finger

When you are face to face with capital B bad breath, how do you breathe? Is it safe to breathe through the mouth, could you taste it? Or even worse, could it reside and take colony in your mouth so you could be a source too? I was controlling my breathing and couldn't take it for long as I was getting asphyxiated so I decided to just take my leave rather than to take offense? What blows my mind is how can the other party take it? Is it possible to be immune to that kind of funk?

**Manilablock** · November 14th, 2013 04:48 PM

Habal habal sa iloilo, 4hr paakyat ng bundok on a rocky trail, for my safety sa ibabaw ng fuel tank ako pina-upo.

Imagine 1 motorcycle 4 kaming sakay.
1. Ako
2. Driver
3. Contractor namin
4. Contractor namin

It was a bumpy ride going up, just imagine how to hold the motorcycle when it was our time to go down.

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**rollyic** · November 14th, 2013 05:13 PM

isa lang masasabi ko....hindi nakatiis :D

WELCOME BACK!!!

**_Cathy_** · November 14th, 2013 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by rollyic

isa lang masasabi ko....hindi nakatiis :D

WELCOME BACK!!!

number 1 or number 2 ba yan sa public transpo? ha ha ha

**chua_riwap** · November 14th, 2013 05:30 PM

yung taxi driver.....naihi.

andun kami sa stop light northbound (umaga), along edsa near the people power monument.

driver: "sir, marunong ka magdrive?" (yung puwet nya umaangat na sa driver's seat.)
ako: "oo....bakit?"
driver: "sir, di ko na matiis. ihing-ihi na ako. pag nag-go, itabi mo na lang yung taxi ko sa gilid"
ako: "hoy....sa'n ka pupunta?"
driver: "saglit lang sir!" (sabay takbo sa pader.)

then nag-green light.
puro busina inabot namin. ako na nagtabi ng taxi nya.

pagbalik nya......"salamat sir! di ko na matiis eh."

**1D4LV** · November 14th, 2013 05:39 PM

Madami dami ata ako.

a) First time ko madukutan... Nadale cellphone ko. This was around 3 years ago, in a bus bound to Manila.
b) LRT, during the 1991 July 16 earthquake.... Inabot kami sa gitna ng Quirino station and Vito Cruz station... Tumugil yung tren, nagkagulo ang tao.
c) LRT din, mga 5 years ago.. Sobrang siksikan. Enjoy ako at yung babes sa harap ko. Nakatutok na kasi ako sa kanya.
d) College days, I was in first year college pa ata nun... In a bus sa Lawton going home. May nakipagkilala sa akin na colehiyala. Dalawa sila... Eh totoy pa ako nun, walang nangyari...Ang pinagtataka ko lang, bakit wala ng ganun ngayon? hehehehehe.
e) Tokyo, Japan, train.... during rush hour.... Need I say more? Palit palit na ata kami ng mukha nun.
f) General Santos City, 5 years ago....Nasa tricycle kami ng staff ko.. Since yun ang main mode of transportation sa Gensan. I weigh 180 pounds, my staff weighs around 190 pounds. Pareho kaming nasa loob ng tricycle. Naputol yung connector na bakal na nagcoconnect sa sidecar to the motorcycle. bumagsak kami.

C4U, Hongkong yan o China? I used to work in these countries. Hindi sila particular sa oral hygiene nila.

**chua_riwap** · November 14th, 2013 05:53 PM

sa lawton,
may nag-away na mag siyota sa jeep, southbound kami from quiapo,
gabi.....mga 5 lang kaming sakay.

umiiyak na yung babae. nag-uusap sila, pero di ko maintindihan kasi maingay yung tambutso.
babae: "para mama! (sabay bato sa labas ng jeep yung singsing na suot nya.)

tahimik lahat. na shock kami.

yung lalaki, tulala. iiling-iling.
bumaba sa city hall.

sabi ko, sa mga kasama ko....babalik sa lawton yan. hahanapin yung bigay nyang singsing.....he-heh!

**Ry_Tower** · November 14th, 2013 05:58 PM

1. Last 2 weeks lang sa SG. We were boarding the train when my son who was just trying to just get in front of my wife raised his hand to slightly squeze in front got into contact with a local gay(no kidding, nagkataon lang siguro), 40's aged singaporean man who suddenly blurted out " Stop pushing me!" with that unmistakable raised eyebrow only a metro***ual guy can muster

.

I just let it be since a friend of ours was with us and she immediately explained some local value personal space like diamond pala. So I just let it be even though I'm irritated 'coz my son is not pushing him and it's just a slight and one time touch. Hindi naman paulit-ulit like what his babble of words kind of meant. That same guy also gave that murderous look and said something (I don't know what he said) at 2 much older chinese couple for blocking the train's gate when he was about to exit. AYaw talaga na masagi. hehe. But that overall, bilib ako sa transpo system nang SG.

2. Sa KL naman, one time the taxi driver asked for 2 RM for using his car's boot. Not part of regular fare daw. Loko-loko din eh. I just told him that a few hours ago I also used another taxi's boot and I did not pay anything for using it.

3. College days. We went to San Juan area for a school project. Inabot nanag gabi at mga 5am na kami naka-uwi. So going to Katips nag-taxi na kaming dalawa nang classmate ko. Sabi ba naman nung driver eh dagdagan na lang daw nang P100 yung meter. We told him na huwag na lang kasi students lang kami at masyado malaki. So pumayag na rin but along the way sinabi niya na grabe na naman daw kami, kunti lang daw yun at hindi namad daw kami hoholdapin. Dun uminit ulo ko at nagsenyas ako sa kasama ko na ihanda ballpen niya. Kapag nag-iba nang rota or magsalita pa nang kakaiba itutusok ko sa leeg niya ballpen ko. Buti wala na din nangyari. hehe. medyo scary pa din kasi ginamit niya "H" word.

**greenlyt** · November 14th, 2013 06:01 PM

from the Peak nag bus kami, eh yun driver masyadong mabilis mag drive, nag suka si bunso
yun dalawanng locals sa harap namin sama ng tingin sabay salita at takip ng ilong, hindi ko naman maintindihan
nun matanaw ko yun Star Ferry pier bumaba na kami, buti na lang hindi napansin nun driver na may suka

**_Cathy_** · November 14th, 2013 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by 1D4LV

Madami dami ata ako.

a) First time ko madukutan... Nadale cellphone ko. This was around 3 years ago, in a bus bound to Manila.
b) LRT, during the 1991 July 16 earthquake.... Inabot kami sa gitna ng Quirino station and Vito Cruz station... Tumugil yung tren, nagkagulo ang tao.
c) LRT din, mga 5 years ago.. Sobrang siksikan. Enjoy ako at yung babes sa harap ko. Nakatutok na kasi ako sa kanya.
d) College days, I was in first year college pa ata nun... In a bus sa Lawton going home. May nakipagkilala sa akin na colehiyala. Dalawa sila... Eh totoy pa ako nun, walang nangyari...Ang pinagtataka ko lang, bakit wala ng ganun ngayon? hehehehehe.
e) Tokyo, Japan, train.... during rush hour.... Need I say more? Palit palit na ata kami ng mukha nun.
f) General Santos City, 5 years ago....Nasa tricycle kami ng staff ko.. Since yun ang main mode of transportation sa Gensan. I weigh 180 pounds, my staff weighs around 190 pounds. Pareho kaming nasa loob ng tricycle. Naputol yung connector na bakal na nagcoconnect sa sidecar to the motorcycle. bumagsak kami.

C4U, Hongkong yan o China? I used to work in these countries. Hindi sila particular sa oral hygiene nila.

d) Matanda ka na daw kasi? :peace:

f) Ang rupok naman ng Tricycle na yun. Did you pay for it?

Sa Amsterdam pero Chinese sila. I don't mean to generalize but I have observed some Chinese sa HK spitting anywhere na lang