What to do for a Seven hour bus ride? SPECIAL POST#2

Special post #2

What to do for a Seven Hour Bus ride?

I travel to Bangkok frequently, I will be going for times this month, at least.  And to get there I have to take a seven hour bus ride. To say the least I have mastered the art of occupying yourself for seven hours on a bus. I  even have a formula it looks like this.

Hour 1:  This is a good time to listen to music and either think about what you are going to do in your destination or reflect on what you did in your destination.

Hour 2: Music starts to get boring, this is a good time to cuddle up with a blanket and sleep.

Hour 3: This is a good time to wake up and listen to some more music, preferably something upbeat, that you can dance  and jam out too. Yes dance and jam out on a bus. I do it daily, it doesn’t matter who is  beside you, as long as you keep you dancing and jamming out in your seat zone, then feel free to go crazy. My favorite
 is some air drumming, doesn’t take up to much room but is highly entertaining.

 Hour 4: Dig into that bag of snacks you  brought. Be sure to take your time eating every piece slowly and enjoy it. Then  take the rest of your hour to read the back of the labels. If the labels have another language, try to translate it.

 Hour 5: Grab a notebook, or journal and start writing. Lists, letters, doodles, stories, you would be amazed at how much you can write while on a bus. Also you often  come across awesome ideas. I often take the time to plan my next day, week, month, three months, whatever I feel like. Seriously, you can waste a lot of time doing this and it can actually be rather productive. ( I came up with the ideas for all 5 of my special blog posts while writing lists on a seven hour bus ride… BRILLIANCE)

Hour 6: Go through your gadgets and see what type of free games they have. I personally enjoy solitaire on my laptop, music quiz on my ipod and snake on my phone. Play each game until you break your high score. Then play it again until you break that high score.

Hour 7: Stare at the strange people who are surrounding you on the bus, while you figure out what you are going to do when you get off the bus. This is a good time to call and tell rides when you will be home. I like to make up little stories about where all the other passengers are going. An example of this would be:

The guy to my left
By Chantel Ouellet

The guy to my left has black hair and dark skin. I am guessing he is Thai. He hasn’t done much in the past seven hours that we have sat beside each other, but he did drink a bottle of water. He doesn’t seem very interesting. He is the kinda guy you would just pass by on the street and not even notice. That’s why I am almost positive he is a trained ninja assassin. He is going to Bangkok to meet up with a secret government organization and train other secret ninja assassins. I should be careful I don’t want to make a ninja mad.


And Voila your bus ride is over, you have arrived at your destination and ready to go on your way. Congratulations on conquering the seven hour bus ride. Now you just have to conquer it again on you way back home. -___-

Xoxo Chantel <3