Exploring the SMRT

'Hey Derrick...wanna play this game? It's called 'Exploring the SMRT'.' James asked me, with a playful twitch of his eyebrow. I laughed immediately, because I knew he was going to do something dumb. Jackson, too laughed, indicating he has played it before.

I reluctantly agreed, eager to find out what silly games he had invented. James began to explain the rules of the game, 'Ok, when the door opens, we run out and run to the furthest cabin we can, and just before we hear the 'toot, toot, toot' (door closing) sound, we run inside again. Cool?' It was simply hilarious, the way he explained it. Not to mention the entire thing sounded so childish and dumb. Imagine being trapped outside the train just because of one stupid game! But well, the young boy in me decided to follow them anyway. And boy, did we giggle like no one is watching! 'Don't run!' James warned, 'It's very obvious we are playing....'

I'm glad he knows that.

The next station. James wanted to do something more challenging. 'Now, we will do shuttle run. You know shuttle run?' I burst out laughing. 'Ok,' he continued, 'we put one foot onto the next cabin, and then we run back two cabins.' And so he did, with Jackson and I watching in utter disbelief. I wonder what the people are thinking.

Next station. Still, James had better ideas. 'Ok, now we must sit down at the seats, and say one sentence, like, 'My name is Derrick and I'm serving NS, in Signals.' then we can run back in again.'

Jackson shook his head. Me too.