Transportation

There are certain indicators that the island-wide bus system will soon see another fare hike. Cost-cutting measures have been recently implemented, the most obvious being the removal of all articulated buses servicing Route 1 during the weekend. The shorter buses obviously accommodate fewer people. So, the buses have been extremely crowded. For someone like me who must spend 1.5 hours (one-way) on that particular route, the experience is a nightmare.

Typical Mass Transit Hottie

Route 1 has always been troublesome. There are always endless complaints from passengers who frequent the route. Foremost, it is the route that services most immigrant stops, so many of the passengers are Filipino, Chinese, and Micronesian. The homeless also have a heavy presence since many of the free food venues are located along the route.

Typical Tenured Hottie

From the time of my brief tenure as a consultant to the management firm that oversees the bus service, I learned that Route 1 was not particularly looked upon favorably. So, retaliatory measures have often been taken to "punish" the passengers.

Typical Quality Hottie

The overall quality of bus service has most likely declined because of the financial drain caused by the ridiculous and costly light rail project. A tremendous amount of money is being dedicated to a railway transit system that will only cover 25 miles. Frankly, it is already obsolete. In any case, I will most likely not ride the bus once I enter the world of the motorhomeless.

Typical Chatty Hottie

Speaking of the bus, I have run into Mark a couple of times on the afternoon express bus heading to Hawai'i Kai. Yesterday was the first time that we had an opportunity to chat. Apparently Mark's mother passed on back in the month of May. We also discussed our current foray into senior citizenship.
Last night, I treated myself to dinner at Panda Express® ... probably the best meal of the week. My fortune cookie? "An admirer is concealing affection for you." That wouldn't be a certain fitness and training hottie who no longer is around, would it?

Typical Lightweight Hottie

Alas, I uninstalled the lightweight Web browser from the cheap smartphone." Long story short, it had a mind of it's own. I will just have to tolerate the Chrome Web browser.

Typical Summer Hottie

Well, enough of the pathetic stories. Let's move forward to the hotties of Summer now, shall we? Oh, yes, they are already here.