My first trip on Subway

Yeah.. just today.

Well, it was a very slow Friday. Boss wasn't so pushy today either. I think he's got quite a lot on his mind. He's different after coming back from Australia. If he needed some more time to be alone, I wouldn't blame him though. He's been working so hard. I mean.. really hard.

So, I kind of had less work than I'd expected. Bugger.

In the evening, I couldn't be arsed to go straight home. I was driving today. And Sukhumvit area after work on Friday evening... Not a chance, my friends. So, I went down to the pub to meet my friends.

Felt a bit adventurous today. So, I decided to take the subway from Sukhumvit station (at Asoke intersection) to Silom.

My very first time on Subway (MRT).

And it's just my nature. I just had to make a fool out of myself so I could sleep better at night. Today too.

As it's my bloody first time, so I didn't know what to do with all that thing. No problem. I was convinced I could do it easily. I didn't think it would be that different from the Skytrain (BTS).

Looked pretty much like underground in Hong Kong. Hmm.. shouldn't be difficult!!

Machine



Ahh.. there it was. I walked awkwardly to line up in front of a machine for a ticket. I was expecting the ticket to be quite similar to the BTS's.

Skytrain ticket



My turn now. So, I chose my destination on the screen. "Silom"... easy. Now, inserted money. Hey, this's cool. The machine can take bank notes too. Unlike the BTS which requires 10 THB or 5 THB coins only. OK... special price. It's only 17 THB. So, I insert 20 THB note. Whoops!! The money got in. And I was expecting a ticket popping out from a slot like the BTS.

Nada.

Then, there was a noise. Something just dropped in the machine. I thought it was the changes. Looked roughly. No, I couldn't find my 3 THB. Looked left and right and up and down - in panic. WTF was that noise? Oh never mind, more noises there. And I found my 3 THB. Oh OK. I got the changes. And I backed away from the machine slowly and was totally confused.

WTF was my ticket now?!?

Wasn't I supposed to get a bloody ticket from that bloody machine?!?

Looked around.. And OHHH... there's a security lady there. Come and help me now, lady!

She thought I hadn't been to the friggin' machine yet. So, she took me there to observe others. How humiliating.

When I was just about to try again, there were two tourists walking away from the machine looking totally confused. They told the security lady that they bought two tickets but they got three!!!

In his hands, there were three odd looking black sort of coins. OH THAT'S AN EFFIN' TICKET!!

One of those was my effin' token!!!

Token



I sorted it all out and apologised to them for being a total clown there.

And so I made my way down to the platform. Ahhh.. reminds me of Hong Kong, really.

Platform



One sure thing I liked about it was that it's not freezing inside the train. Unlike the BTS, again.

Boarding the train at Sukhumvit station



On my way from Sukhumvit to Silom, the default doors to open at a station were on the right hand side. So, every time it was changing to the left, the driver would go on the PA and inform the passengers about it - in Thai. Now, how the fcuk would the foreigners understand it?

That's not the case on my way back to Sukhumvit though. The driver didn't give a hoot whether or not the passengers knew which side to get out.

All in all, it's fun. I had a good laugh at myself. I finally got to see the effin' subway for the first time. I like it. :D