On the train today, I will not be back for another 3 weeks. I’m having a break for my wedding and honeymoon. But stay subscribed. I’ll be back with a refreshed motivation to bring you more stories from an everyday train.
Archive for August, 2008
Train Brake
August 22, 2008
My friend Dougal
August 22, 2008
On the train today, I have a friend. Dougal is participating in the Cancer Council’s Daffodil day, raising awareness and money for cancer research, support and education. Always spare what you can and donate to such organisations. You might never need them but other people sureely will. And my fiancee was happy I bought her [...]
The sleepy head problem
August 21, 2008
On the train today, the early morning express, 30 percent of commuters were sleeping, uncomfortably. Train time can be a good time to catch up with that sleep you missed on last night. But is it better to sleep and break your neck or to not sleep at all? The obvious answer is: It’s best [...]
Schadenfreude Karma
August 19, 2008
On the train today, I was looking out of the window. I saw a pile of cars stuck in traffic while my train zoomed past. Ha Ha! Schadenfreude! Twenty minutes later here I am stuck on a train waiting for a stupid signal! Ha Ha back at me. Karma! Life.
brrrr…
August 18, 2008
On the train today, the early morning train, it is freezing. It is so cold that the commuters’ warm hearts are breathing out smokey air. They said on the radio it’s the coldest August in a decade. And I had to end up on a non-air-conditioned train. Commuters sit quietly wrapped in their scarves and [...]
Make-up train
August 17, 2008
On the train today, it was a make-up train. Not only because another one was canceled. I was facing a young little asian lady wrapped in a big scarf. She was making herself up. Out of her little Mary Poppins bag she was pulling a whole suite of tools. She was using one of those [...]
The sniffling man looking for a job
August 15, 2008
On the train today, a sniffling man wearing a musical t-shirt underneath a thick warm jumper was trying to find out whether he was successful at a job interview or not. He was trying to return the call of the person who had the answer, Margaret. First he got the callback number from whoever left [...]
bless you
August 14, 2008
On the train today, a young guy was sitting next to me playing a game on his psp that involved some squishy bally creature rolling in lala land. He sneezed so suddenly that he didn’t have enough time to let his psp go and cover his mouth and nose. He sneezed so loud in the [...]
Everyday train…
August 14, 2008
On the train today, I finally decided to start this blog. I spend over two hours every weekday on a train. That is between 11 and 12 hours a week. That is a substantial 7% of my life. So what do I do on the train that I want to share on this blog? Two [...]
