rapid penang.

Last wed, my friends and I hopped on the rapid penang to one of the malls here. and guess what? it was FREE. l0L.
and we soon found out that there were tonnessss of rapid penang on road.
and the bus driver who was kind enough to give my friends the booklet/whatnot (info regarding the bus routes n stuff) each and he didn't give me. so i was thinking to have my own so that i can take a pic of the booklet for my blog. n i asked him 'mr, can i hv one pls?' and mind you, he was different from any of the mini buses' drivers or the yellow buses (the type of public bus in yellow colour). he was polite. friendly. and he gave me the booklet. keep up the good work! :D

it was free for public on the first 3 days. just so that people would have a try on the bus service n stuff. and when we were on the way back, everyone was waiting patiently for the rapid bus(es) (obviously it was because it was FREE) instead of the yellowbus/minibus whose drivers/koncokonco or whathvyou, were desperately "shouting" for customers n of cos none of us bothered to hop into their bus. eh, enciks, rapid penang more clean ok. but still, it sucks when everyone started running towards the bus when they saw rapid penang coming over. and moreover, the bus was so superbly packed. but nobody seemed to care. asalkan percuma. perhaps.

so when the driver about to make a left turn at a junction, we nearly had an heart attack. the emergency door flung oopeen widely. and it shocked the hell out of the ladies who stood next to it. and they tried to shut it down tightly but still, it didn't seem to work. must be because of the handle i think. no wonder it was stated ' jangan bersandang ke arah pintu' or something like that. (do not lean on door). so people, whenever you want to take rapid penang, take precautions steps. dont sandang on the door when it said so. cos you'll never know.

as for now i think, people will still be a bit of confused about the bus routes but i'm sure this problem will be able to overcome soon as especially when public start familiarising themselves with the routes and stuff.

i'm glad that finally they have better mean of transport in penang now. because bus mini is really scarry. and the yellow bus.. tho is slightly betta than the bus mini.. betta as in overall, but still.. rapid penang is more CLEAN,consistent, less smelly. hopefully in the future, it'll be less crowded though. therefore, i hope that rapid penang's drivers wouldn't be like mini bus's , dont go rapid ( drive like mad as though there's no cars on the road) cos our lives mean as much as yours too! rapid penang; a heaven sent.