BAFL-B (Back from Lé Breakfast)

It's a bit chilly this morning as we had a shower of cold rain before sunlight hit. I've been taking the bus lately, which is a whole lot better than driving. It does have it's cons, like noisy passengers, but sometimes worth it if you're not in a hurry.

The bus gradually filled as it made several stops to the city. As the driver drove closer, it was then that I noticed that there were only 7 vacant seats left. And one of them's the one beside me.

During the next stop, I was eyeing the next person as she clambered on the bus. I was half expecting that she's going to pick my empty seat and repress my paranoia. She walked down and did stop by by my aisle, but only to pause and grunt before moving further back to the bus.

"Was it something I wore?" I ask myself. "I took a damn shower this morning you know!!!" I was tempted to shout but thought the better of it.

This happened 2-3 more times, which was very unhelpful to my already small ego.

"Do I look like a serial killer to you? Arghhh!" Perhaps the bloody butcher's knife and ski mask propped beside me gave it away.

Dont' get me wrong though, I don't normally mind if people don't sit with me, but today seems different. It felt like you're being picked on last when the captains choose teams.

Anyhow, somebody eventually took that seat which pretty much shut me up. I happily turned on my ipod and thought of the next thing I'd worry about...

Which, unforutnately, didn't take long as the bus passed through one of the many parks that dotted the city.

Right in the middle of the park were a congregation of ducks, well... congregating. I would have said a 'flock' of ducks but not with the way they were acting. What struck me odd was how they formed a circle around the 'lead' duck who was right smack in the middle - very symmetrical. The oddest bit was all the ducks forming the circle weren't moving, or going about their normal ducky ways. I think they were actually having a meeting! I had to turn my head around just to reassure myself that it's real. Unbelievable! 7am for a meeting.

"Quack!" Says the Duck foreman.

"Now before we start the day, I want to make sure that all the parents look after the baby ducks, ehermm, i mean the ducklings as we dont want any of them wandering about."

"To get to the agenda, here are the parks where duck feeding's popular at the moment." As he points to the key places on his powerpoint slide. "Fly here, here and here and you're pretty much set for the rest of the day."

"And finally, make sure you don't go wandering about any peking restaurants. We all know what happened to Daisy."

I really have to start getting some sleep.