i failed to sleep today.

normally, on my way to work, i usually fall asleep within 10 mins upon boarding the bus. not today. i got a seat near the back and sitting behind me were 2 delinquents, a malay and a chinese. i believed they were from the boys' home near my place and were on their way to school/home. not the first time i saw and they were a noisy duo. i cant help but eavesdropped on their conversion.

it was interesting.

first, they were talking about living in indonesia, must be the recent article about an ah pek who raped a gal and give her 10k rupiah (which is about S$2) to keep her mouth shut.

delinquent 1: wonder how much is 100 rupiah over here?

delinquent 2: 100 rupiah? singapore dont have that currency lah.

delinquent 1: why not?

delinquent 2: 10k rupiah already 2 dollars, 5k rupiah then 1 dollar. 100 rupiah dont know point how many cents...

delinquent 1: yah hor.

one of them commented how a fren's stepfather who is poor in singapore and decided to live in indonesia for a better quality of life. how he buy a plot of land and build a house, how he hired several bodyguards and maids etc etc. one of them commented, so rich over there until can buy a lexus and if ganna crashed, just buy a new one. buy car majiam like buy toy car...

next, the topic was on smoking. about the type of cigarettes they smoked, their preferences (man always remember love because of romance only), how they dipped in medical oil (ax brand sucks) for a different high, when's their first stick etc etc.

the best had yet to come.

next they talked about their heroic deeds. one of them went around looking for easy to bully kids.

delinquent 1: one time hor, i saw 2 kids near my block. my fren ah di went over and ask them they "chap" where. one of them look at him blur blur one and you know what ah di did?

delinquent 2: what?

delinquent 1: that bugger punched him in the face and the kid made some groaning noise. then ah di asked them to hand over their $ and handphones. the kids damm rich lah, wallets got more than 50. somemore the handphones the latest model one. look at their ic then realise not locals, one a japanese and the other a china man.

delinquent 2: yah loh, these foreigners damm rich lah.

delinquent 1: one of them pleaded with ah di to give back the $ to him cos he wanted to give to mum one. ah di just laughed and give him another punch.

*laughter*

delinquent 2 talked about how he broke into coffeeshops at night to steal cigarettes and spare cash lying around. he even broke into a pawnshop once. he did it with a group of frens and his frens were caught a few days later. he lamented how his frens "pao do" him, how they no loyalty one. he talked about how he was caught (in a shopping centre with lots ad lots of plainclothes police). even when grilled by the police, he kept denying that he's involved. he mentioned how the police tried to make him confessed. he also talked about his court case, saying how angry he is with the judge.

delinquent 2: he scolded me never mind leh, he scolded my mum also. wah, damm angry leh

i think i have a rather sterile life.