Anomalous Materials

Quoting from Half Life might not be the right thing but the second installment of the HL universe began with a train ride that was heading towards City 17 with nobody but you (Gordon) and two guys, all three presumably on their way to becoming thralls to the Combine overlords.

Anyway, this morning was somewhat weird in itself that the KTM train that arrived at Subang looked almost like that. Well, an exaggeration that seeing that KL is nowhere near as bad as City 17 and we are only becoming thralls to our careers.

I missed the 7:37am train thanks to my tummy that has been trained to let go at that kind of time in the morning, so I sat down and waited for the next one that will arrive in 20 minutes' time. In between waiting I read the Malaysian edition of *The Sun left by somebody (I left it to the next lad or lass to read when the train arrived).

* Lest I am branded a clueless Red by my fellow Kopites - the publisher for this one have no connections to the UK version bar the publication name and I don't really like it anyway.

As usual, the commendable improvement in KTM's delivery saw the arrival of the train right on time (or slightly late - as Capt Price of Call of Duty 4 said, "It's not hard to improve on garbage"), I stood up and waited for the door to open and suprise surprise - it was almost empty. Of the 6 x 9 rows of seats, an average of two are filled per row meaning that to some of us regular commuters God decided to throw some sunshine to our morning.

Took my seat uncustomarily, wondering what was going on as the train would normally be some 75 - 85% filled up by the time it reaches Subang station and that wasn't the end of it.

It arrived at Setia Jaya, another one of the busy stations along the way and only three to four came on - into the coach that I was on.

Huh?

Seri Setia, maybe two to three.

Hmmm.

Kampung Dato Harun, same amount of passengers like Setia Jaya - NONE.

Hmmmmm.

Jalan Templer, a little more than Setia Jaya - NONE.

Petaling, same as Jalan Templer - three or four.

Pantai Dalam - six to seven. For the first time every single one of the passengers there managed to get on, and sit down.

Angkasapuri - as usual NONE.

So what's going on today?

* Fuel prices fell dramatically thanks to the kindness and generosity of OPEC and G8 members that people decided that it's cheaper to drive than to take the public transport? (Hahaha, that was funny. Come on give us another one).

The PM announced a holiday at 3.12 am this morning?
(He may have to work like a bull as the Prime Minister but that will be ridiculous as nobody watches TV at that hour of the day).

Half of the working population taking MC or going to an Opposition sponsored rally?
(I wonder what will they take off this time).

Alien motherships hovering over the Petronas Twin Towers? (I wonder over which one as there are two).

Answers on a postcard.