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Thursday, April 03, 2008

10:51 AM

For this week...

Mainly I will focus on those Volvo B10M Mk 2s as they are doing their service for the final week before a chapter is closed... Sad to see all of them go off just like that... For the past 19 years these old but powerful workhorse of SBS Transit has been serving very faithfully... And now their time is almost up for the final batch of the bus (SBS1881T to SBS1895D).

SBS1881T: ARBP 95 - CAC (DM) [Underfloor A/C]
SBS1882R: HGDEP 113 - CAC (DM)
SBS1883M: TRG Bus - NAC (DM)
SBS1884K: HGDEP 112 - CAC (DM)
SBS1885H: HGDEP 151 - CAC (DM) - Ginvera
SBS1886E: HGDEP 82 - CAC (DM)
SBS1887C: HGDEP 11 - CAC (DM)
SBS1888A: Non-User Lay-Up Status till 05 Apr 2008; Former HGDEP 151 - CAC (DM)
SBS1889Y: HGDEP 151 - CAC (DM) - A*Star
SBS1890S: HGDEP 82 - CAC (DM)
SBS1891P: Non-User Lay-Up Status till 05 Apr 2008; Former AMDEP 125 - NAC (WA)
SBS1892L: SLBP SP - NAC (WA)
SBS1893J: BBDEP 151 - NAC (WA) - B: Hush Puppies
SBS1894G: Non-User Lay-Up Status till 05 Apr 2008; Former SLBP 193 - NAC (WA)
SBS1895D: ARBP 91 - NAC (WA)

Hence, I put all my priority for the weekdays for these buses instead of going out with my school friends... Yesterday, there are 2 groups of friends who asked me whether I am free for today, 1 is Melissa and 1 is Shiyang... I turned all their request down as I really want to see/snap photo/ride the Mk 2s for the very last few times... Just yesterday evening when I was on SBS8109U (Service 151) along MacPherson Rd at around 7:15pm, I saw a Mk 2 on the opposite side (towards Hougang Central) and with yellow/orange desto somemore.... Immediately there isn't something right liao... And to my shocking, ......

SBS1886E on Fast Forward Service 151E!!!!!!!!

Immediately, I was fully awake by this and knowing that it's too late to sms to a lot of bus enthusiast friends, I only managed to call to those people staying in Hougang area before it's really too late for them also...!!!

And now today, the weather is so good lar... I shall pray for the weather to remain in this very good condition and don't RAIN just like the past few days!!!

1 more thing I want to say about is the April Fool Day cameo... Lolx.. That one was really a LOL thing...

Immediately on the very midnight at around 1am++ when I was tricked by 2 of my classmates (Melissa and Winnie), I told them that 1st thing I going to do is to trick on my fellow bus enthusiast friends... So... Immediately after that, I went to SGwiki to search for regos that I can trick... and in the end, I choose....

SBS 8105 E (Scania K230UB) on Service 151E...

Woke up at 7am++, and I send that cameo to some of my bus enthusiast friends, and also posted to forum too.. 1st victim was Kenny, 2nd victim was Malcolm (yeah, 2 years ago you called and tricked me on the Volvo B9 on Service 80 which at that time those buses were not even OUT yet and I got tricked by him easily).

Kenny one was SBS9810X (The only B10TL with Volgren body that has EDS currently) on Service 161.

In the afternoon/evening, some of the cameos were really true, XY and me almost don't want to believe it... Such as...

SBS 8020 R with new orange ad on Service 174 (Volvo B10M Mk 4 with Soon Chow bodywork) [on Duty 28P]
SBS 2779 A on Service 147 (The only Volvo B10M Mk 4 with DM3500 bodywork that has EDS, Nokia concept bus by the way..) [on Duty 54S]
SBS 7321 D on Service 74 (Volvo B9TL WAB)

Well done well done... It's only when the both of us were in SBS 2818 X of Service 16 (with NTU concept bus) and passes through Hill St that I saw it and we boarded it at SMU bus stop.

Okay that's all for now... Got to go liao... Take care everyone and God bless!

P.S: do check out the left side of my blog for the bus enthusiast friends.. I have added something there..

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Victor Lim