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The Bus Part IV
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Weeks 3 through 5
Took the 27 into work a couple days before deciding I’d rather sleep in and get to work quicker. But I did not have anything better to do in the evenings, so I got into the habit of making the 20-minute walk across Dongtan to pick up the 27 [...]
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The Bus Part III
I abandoned the Misadventures of the Bus series and its dramatic format long ago. All the best writers have unfinished works in their oeuvres, n’est pas?
So allow me to less elegantly update my readers on my continued relationship with the bus.
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Week 2
Monday: I took the 27 bus again and once again had [...]
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Day 3
[Scene opens; the time is early afternoon; my cell phone rings; I answer it]
Me: Hello?
Andrew: Hello, Michael?
Me: Yes, hello.
Andrew: I am at another campus. I have a meeting. I cannot come now.
Me: OK.
Andrew: I will come at 3pm. OK?
Me: Yes sure. (He is supposed to come at 2pm. I start teaching [...]
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I successfully took the bus to work by myself for the first time on Wednesday. After a week of trying. I know that may sound pathetic … while yes it is. I know that. Hey, I wasn’t supposed to have to take a bus in the first place.
Here’s how it went down.
Day 0
[Scene opens; the [...]
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