Keep the faith

Today was the first day in my new office.

I was given a tour around and got introduced to 100+ other employees, which by the end of the day, I probably remember 8 out of. Well okay, maybe 6.

Among the highlights of the day includes the office-wide potluck that just happened to be today. There were so much food that what's left should be enough for another small party.

But what's really memorable was the trip going to office this morning. Which is where the faith topic came in.

To go to the office, I took this small bus, and incidentally today was my first time ever taking that bus, so I wasn't quite sure of what to expect. The bus turns out to have plenty fans. And die-hard ones at that also, who don't mind dangling from the door of the bus doing 80 on the highway. And boy, the driver sure likes to go fast.

And if you're wondering why the passengers would be dangling from the door, it's simply because the bus was sardine-can packed. And still the conductor kept yelling to the passengers to push inside a bit more to make space when the rest of us pressed inside are pretty darn sure there weren't any.

He was unwavering in his faith that there are actually some empty space in the middle area of the bus. Perhaps in some pocket dimensional rift. Which he urged us on to go to by dangling more and more passengers at the door.

His faith in the structural strength of the bus was also commendable, considering that the bus was definitely excessively loaded by at least 50% of its recommended payload.

And never question his faith in the skills of the driver, who continuously drove at top speed while zigzagging through the highway traffic. I half suspect the bus had an inertial nullifier system installed to support such driving style.

I'm also pretty sure the driver thinks that the bus is built for an off-road rally.

All-in-all, it was a pretty thrilling -- and somewhat religious from the amount of prayers recited -- ride.

I look forward to take a ride back on it tonight.