{"id":130,"date":"2006-10-08T13:45:29","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T05:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/07\/on-the-bus\/"},"modified":"2007-12-17T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T08:11:46","slug":"on-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/08\/on-the-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"On the bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some photos I&#8217;ve taken with my mobile phone while using the public bus system in Singapore. They were taken while I was riding in the bus, or while I was waiting at bus stops for the bus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taufikbatisah.net\" title=\"External link: Taufik Batisah\">Taufik<\/a>, Singapore&#8217;s first Singapore Idol, endorses a smoke-free Singapore. But how about a sweat-free Singapore?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-03-20_21-53-34_bus1.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Sweating while waiting for the bus\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-03-20_21-53-34_bus1.jpg\" id=\"image119\" alt=\"Sweating while waiting for the bus\" \/><!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look up from the dusty road, you may see a thing or two of beauty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-30_bus10.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Three tree tops from the bus stop\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-30_bus10.jpg\" id=\"image128\" alt=\"Three tree tops from the bus stop\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slow and steady wins the race. This guy on the bicycle rode at a steady pace along Bukit Timah Road. The bus sped past him, stopped at the bus stop, raced past him. The race continued this way but the cyclist won.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-03-20_21-53-35_bus2.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Indian man on bicycle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-03-20_21-53-35_bus2.jpg\" id=\"image121\" alt=\"Indian man on bicycle\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Freedom!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-03-20_21-53-39_bus3.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"End of Restricted Zone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-03-20_21-53-39_bus3.jpg\" id=\"image122\" alt=\"End of Restricted Zone\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll show you what&#8217;s in my bag if you show me what&#8217;s in yours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-05-02_10-22-47_bus4.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Waiting for the bus with shopping\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-05-02_10-22-47_bus4.jpg\" id=\"image123\" alt=\"Waiting for the bus with shopping\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No ride for the straight road ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-05-02_10-22-48_bus5.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Unmanned bicycle next to road sign\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-05-02_10-22-48_bus5.jpg\" id=\"image124\" alt=\"Unmanned bicycle next to road sign\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fair price of a bus ticket or the luxury of a new car?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-05-02_10-22-49_bus6.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"A trailer of cars goes past the bus stop\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-05-02_10-22-49_bus6.jpg\" id=\"image125\" alt=\"A trailer of cars goes past the bus stop\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artificial light soon overtakes natural light.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-31_bus9.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Lamp post against sunset at bus stop\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-31_bus9.jpg\" id=\"image129\" alt=\"Lamp post against sunset at bus stop\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No seat for the weary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-09_bus7.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Man standing in the bus\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-09_bus7.jpg\" id=\"image126\" alt=\"Man standing in the bus\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lucky few. Some succumb to their tiredness. Others try to keep their eyes open lest they miss their stop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-10_bus8.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Man sleeping on bus\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/2006-10-06_20-47-10_bus8.jpg\" id=\"image127\" alt=\"Man sleeping on bus\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some photos I&#8217;ve taken with my mobile phone while using the public bus system in Singapore. They were taken while I was riding in the bus, or while I was waiting at bus stops for the bus. Taufik, Singapore&#8217;s first Singapore Idol, endorses a smoke-free Singapore. But how about a sweat-free Singapore?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[156,136,36,24],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}