Ride of a Lifetime - Chapter 3

Hi all!!! I didn't had much time to write since serving national service. But now, I am able to come up with some time to continue to write. So, here's Chapter 3!!!

Story 1: Ride of a Lifetime

Chapter 3

The train continues to travel at full speed towards Dover. In the meantime, more people were getting concerned and worried that the train is experiencing problems and could not stop.

“The train better stop at Dover. If not, we’ll really miss the whole lesson.” Hazel said, as worry start to show on her face.

As the train travelled along the bend, a structure that has a metallic roof and a futuristic feel appeared. The station of Dover was built many years after the original MRT system was opened; therefore the station has a different design altogether. The station was also unique in the sense that the trains are operated during the whole course of construction without any interruption. The most unique part of Dover is that instead of one island platform like the other older stations, two side platforms are built.

“Okay! We’re reaching!” Hazel said, with some optimism in her voice. They moved towards the door with some difficulty since the train was quite packed. 

The train shot into the station like a bullet, with no intention of stopping. Since the both of them were standing at the doors, they managed to see glimpses of shock and surprise on commuters’ faces at the platform before being replaced by bright sunlight and trees.

“What the heck? The train just drove off like there’s no station there.” Hazel said, now sounding more worried than a while ago. “Something must be wrong. Now we’re really late, really, really late.”

Noises of people talking and complaining filled the whole train and some tried to force open the doors to the driver’s cabin to see what’s wrong.

“Let’s hope the driver can fix it in time.” Andrew replied, with his usual relaxed voice despite having a worried expression on his face.

The noises in the train began to grow louder as the train continues travel to Buona Vista with a speed of a rocket.

Suddenly, a voice start to broadcast on the speakers and the whole train became quiet in an instance.

“I am Alex Chan and I am a terrorist wanted by your government for years! I have hijacked this train and I am going to crash it into Changi Airport! Muhahahaha!!!!” the voice said with a strong Russian accent. “Do not try to force open the doors as I have installed a bomb on it. If the doors are forced open, we will all die together! Wahahahaha!!!!”

The whole train suddenly filled with shrieks and cries of panic and people calling for help. More people start to use their phones to get help from outside. Andrew said with an annoyed yet sarcastic tone: “Great! Just great! I’m not even 21 yet and I’m going to die! Worst part is I’m still a virgin! Crap shit!”

The train continues to travel without stopping and it just zoomed past Buona Vista station within seconds. Meanwhile, Hazel has been quiet after the terrorist’s announcement. She just squatted down and stared at the floor, with tears dripping down from her face.

Andrew noticed that she was crying and decided to comfort her. He said: “Come, I help you to get up.”

She grabbed hold of his right hand and then stands up slowly. Tears were still flowing down from her cheeks and her eyes were red and teary. “Okay! We’ll be fine. Don’t cry.” Andrew said with assurance while wiping the tears off her face.

She managed to calm down after a while. She said softly: “I don’t want to die yet too! I haven’t told you that I love you!” Her teary eyes locked with Andrew’s, even though her face was already blushing red.

Andrew, who was still frozen with shock and surprise at Hazel’s confession to him, continued to look into her eyes. He then grabbed her around the waist and hugged her passionately, her head resting on his shoulders. He whispered into her ears: “Actually, I had a crush on you for a very long time and I just did not know how to confess my love to you.”

She smiled at him after hearing that and said: “Now you’ve done it!”

The train whizzed past Commonwealth station again without stopping and heading straight for Queenstown.

“Wait a sec! I can call my dad for help! I actually had forgotten that my dad works in the army!” Andrew exclaimed with excitement.

“Your dad’s a company commander in the army’s commando unit, right?” Hazel said, with a sigh of relief in it.

“I call him and tell him that we’re stuck on a hijacked train.” said Andrew, as he whipped out his iPhone 6 from his pocket and start pressing numbers.

Meanwhile, at an office somewhere in Hendon Camp in Changi, a man in a military uniform is typing out a report on his computer. The name tag on his uniform shows: “ANTHONY TAN”. On his rank holder at his chest, there are three solid black bars and the word “SINGAPURA” below it – the officer is a Captain.

Suddenly, his phone rang and the display shows “Son”. He quickly picked it up and said: “Son! What’s the matter?”

Andrew then said calmly: “Dad, Hazel and I are trapped on a train that is hijacked by a terrorist. You need to come and help us!”

He continued: “He’s going to crash the train into Changi Airport!” However, the call ended all of a sudden. “Dad! Dad! Can you hear me?”

Back at Hendon Camp, Anthony Tan had already run out of the room the moment he heard his son say that the train has been hijacked. “John! Get everyone into the briefing room now! There’s an emergency!” he said.

“Yes sir!” said Lieutenant John Ng, a colleague of Anthony and primary school friend. He ran off towards the operations centre.

The train, in the meantime, has just passed Queenstown station and heading to Redhill. “Great! My dad just hung up on me!” Andrew said.

“Don’t worry. I think your dad will definitely come and rescue us.” Hazel said softly.

Meanwhile, at the police headquarters at Cantonment Road, a few dozen of police officers were in a briefing room, being briefed on the rescue operation.

“Currently, the train is heading full speed towards Redhill station as we speak. The target of the terrorist that hijacked the train is Changi Airport. We have diverted all the trains on the track to prevent any collision. All stations on the East West Line have also been closed and evacuated. The airport has also been closed off as well and currently a team of police officers are there to control the situation.” the police officer at the front said.

He continued: “We have also contacted the commando unit of our army and we are going to collaborate in this operation. From what I have heard, an officer’s son is on the train as well. Now, let’s proceed further regarding the rescue operation. Since the train is currently going to move underground, we cannot do any pursuit until the train comes back to the surface at Kallang. So, once the train reaches the surface, the commandos will deploy their soldiers from helicopters onto the train and try to unlatch each train car so that the civilians would be rescued before we intercept and take down the terrorist.”

The officer finally ends the briefing and said: “Everybody clear? Then, let’s move out!”

Police sirens rang on the streets as dozens of police cars set off for the rescue.

Hi all! Story writing will be suspended till further notice until I managed to finish dynasty warriors 7! Take care and have a nice day!

Ride of a Lifetime - Chapter 2

Here's Chapter 2 of my story! Enjoy!

Story 1: Ride of a Lifetime

Chapter 2

As they reached the platform level, Andrew was quite surprised that the rain stopped all of a sudden and the sky became bright again. 

He said: “Hey!! The rain stopped already? What’s wrong with the weather these days?”

Hazel, who is still annoyed with Andrew for being late, said: “Well, the world seems to be changing due to global warming. That should be the main cause of this weird weather, I suppose.”

She looked at her watch impatiently and said: “It’s already 8:50am! We’ll definitely be late now and the next train is another 5 minutes away.” 

Andrew in his usual nonchalant tone said: “We’ll just be slightly late. Relax!”

She stared at him looking rather cross and he just gave another cheeky smile back at her. The platform heading east was not very crowded and only a few dozen people were waiting for the train. On the contrary, many people were alighting from the opposite platform to get to work since many companies and factories are located near to Boon Lay.

“Another 2 minutes! This is getting really slow!” Hazel said in an impatient tone.

2 minutes passed fast as the two of them started discussing some details of their final year project. 

“Finally, there’s the train! Let’s go!” Hazel said in a rather rushing kind of tone.

Andrew just followed into the train slowly with his hands in his pockets and his headphones in his ears, playing music from Jay Chou. 

“Beeeeep!!!!” came from the speakers as the train doors closed. A whizzing sound came from the engine and the train moved off slowly before picking up speed towards the next station.

“Ding dong!!! Next station, Lakeside!” said the speakers loudly in the half-packed train. More people were waiting at the platform at Lakeside than Boon Lay as the train pulled into the station. The doors opened and the train gradually start to feel not as empty anymore as people moved in. The doors closed again as the train started moving off for the next station. 

“Ding dong!!! Next station, Chinese Garden!” said the speakers loudly in the train that is now three quarter full. Andrew and Hazel begin discussing  their final year project and other schoolwork.

“I was thinking we should just shorten the introduction slides and focus more on the explanation slides. What do you think?” Andrew said with a more serious tone.

Hazel paused for a while to think and replied: “But if the slides are not clear enough for the introduction, further explanation at the back would make it more confusing for the audience.” 

“We just have to explain it slowly for them.” he replied, back in his relaxed tone.

She interrupted immediately: “Cannot! We don’t have the time to do it slow! We only got 10 minutes to present so many slides!”

“Ding dong! Chinese Garden” sounded in the background of their heated conversation.

“The train really is slow and it’s all because of your fault!” Hazel replied in her annoyed tone.

Andrew did not say anything and just gave an innocent look at her. The rest of the ride continued in silence as the train continued towards Jurong East. 

As the train starts slowing down and pulled into Jurong East station, quite a lot of commuters were moving towards the doors to alight and board the north-bound train across the platform. Likewise, the platform was already jam-packed with people wanting to take the east-bound train towards the business district.

“Ding dong! Jurong East Interchange!” went the speakers as the train moved to a halt.

 “Great! More people in the train!” Andrew muttered annoyingly to himself. Despite having a relaxed attitude and having fun with friends most of the time, he had a problem with crowds. He detests crowded places and always avoids those places. He even went as far as to skip gatherings with friends just to avoid crowds. 

As the train starts to move out of the station, Hazel said all of a sudden: “Oh ya! Have you done the assignments given by Mr Lim last week?”

Andrew answered in a very proud manner: “Of course! I finished them at night on the day he gave us. Those maths questions are a piece of cake”

She said shockingly:”What! So fast! Crap, I only finish half the questions only!” There was a brief pause. “Do you mind lending me for ‘reference’ during our free period?”

Andrew replied in enthusiasm: “Sure! I know you just want to copy only, right?”

Hazel stared at him again with her annoyed yet beautiful look and said: “Ya lah! My GPA is not as high as yours so I got nothing to say.” 

Andrew is actually a smart fellow who excels in his studies. His GPA was consistent throughout the three years and stands at 3.9. Hazel, on the other hand, has a GPA of 3.65, due to her diligence.

“Ding dong! Clementi!” went the speakers above us. People start moving towards the train doors, preparing to alight. 

“Great! There’s going to be more people coming in!” Andrew went in an annoying tone. 

The train, however, sped into the station at full speed and did not stop. Seconds later, the train was out of the station and zoomed towards the next. 

Suddenly, everyone start discussing why the train did not stop. Some looked rather annoyed and furious, while some looked worried and curious. Some people even press the communication button to ask the driver what’s going on. 

“Now that’s weird. Why the train didn’t stop?” Andrew said, sounding amused.

“Well, it’s none of my business though. I just need to get to school.” Hazel said, buried in her notes.

“Let’s hope that we could get there.” Andrew said, beginning to sound a bit worried.

The train continues to whiz towards Dover at full speed as the sun now shines brightly in the sky with no traces of rain clouds around it.

That's the end of Chapter 2! Chapter 3 might be published on Monday!!! Bye!!!

Hi!!! Chapter 2 is done and ready to publish!! But I'm not going to rush this so it would only be up on Friday night or Saturday morning! In the meantime, go read chapter 1 if you haven't and if you did. then just go to sleep! (What time already!! Still visit my blog!!! Siao ah!!)  Ok, so till tomorrow then!!!!!

Ride of a Lifetime - Chapter 1

Hi there!!! Below is Chapter 1 of my first story, Ride of a Lifetime. Enjoy!!!!!

Story 1: Ride of a Lifetime

Chapter 1

It was a normal Monday morning in March for Andrew Tan, a normal 19 years old polytechnic student living in Boon Lay. He was walking to the MRT station to get to school. The weather was not really very optimistic that morning since the heavy rain has been going on the previous night. Plugging one end of his headphones to his iPod and the other end to his ears, he walked briskly to the station with his umbrella. He took a glance to the sky and saw only dark clouds. He then took another glance at his watch. 8:35 am was all that was shown on his Casio watch. He thought to himself ‘Crap! I’m going to be late meeting Hazel.’ He hastens his footsteps as he went round the bend and saw the MRT station not far away.

Meanwhile, at the MRT station and also listening to music on her iPod, Hazel was folding her arms and taking quick glances at her watch from time to time. ‘Now I’m going to be late as well. I’m going to scold him when he reaches.’ she thought. Well, Hazel Lim is a classmate and friend of Andrew’s and they also graduated from the same secondary school. She was a rather beautiful lady around 1.7m tall and has very fair skin. She wears a pair of frameless glasses and ties her long black hair up in a ponytail. In her hands are a couple of books related to biochemistry and hydrocarbons. Andrew has for a long time had a crush on her. However, what he does not know is that Hazel also had a crush on him for quite some time. She looked at her watch again. ‘8:40 am already!!! Where’s that Andrew!!!’

Finally, Andrew made it to the MRT station slightly drenched. He kept his umbrella in his bag while walking up the steps into the station. He looked around the station, finding for Hazel. Finally, he found her staring at him sulkily in front of 7-Eleven. He walked towards her looking slightly guilty and with a cheeky smile on his face. 

She looked at him and said in an annoying tone: “Walao eh!!! Why are you so late? By the time we reached school, we’ll definitely miss the important parts of the lecture!!!” 

Andrew looked at her and replied in a rather relaxed tone: “Sorry lor!!! I treat you lunch, okay???” 

She looked less sulky but her answer still carried a tinge of annoyance in it: “Okay, fine. It’s your treat later on after the lesson,” She then looked at her watch. “Shit! 8:45am already! Come on! Let’s go or we’ll be missing more things!” 

They walked to the turnstiles and tapped their Ez-Link cards. The fare gates opened and they quickly went up on the escalators to the platform. 

The weather now did not seem so gloomy anymore. The rain starts to stop and the rain clouds did not block the sunlight any longer. 

That's the end of Chapter 1 everyone!!!! Chapter 2 would be published on Saturday!!! Till then!!!!

Finally! I have decided on the name of my first story. It will be called Ride of a Lifetime. Chapter 1 would be published tomorrow. Till then!!!

Ok!!! So I'm literally starting from scratch and most likely no one will have discover this blog of mine. But, just in case someone accidentally found it, I'm going to have an introduction about my blog and what I'm going to do with it. So here goes!!! Since now is the holidays and I have plenty of spare time in my hands, I decided to write some short stories and post them every few days. Hopefully, I would be able to garner some views. Therefore, starting from tomorrow, I will post a chapter of my first story and then post subsequent chapters every few days until the end of the story. After that, I will post a new story up. Ok then...till tomorrow!!!!!