Time and again, SBS Transit iris has been a great help for me. This morning, I was getting ready to get to work. I was still at home around 8.25 AM. Bus 502 that I usually take only comes around 8.35 AM, so I’m still slowly getting myself ready for work. However, when I checked iris, it said 502 is coming in 3 minutes time. I was like “What??!!!” I quickly get my shoes one, took all my belongings, and dashed downstairs. I knew I couldn’t miss this bus, or else I have to wait for another 30 minutes. As we all have experienced before, all things around us don’t quite cooperate well when we’re in rush, right? As I was waiting at the lift lobby, all three lifts were going up to 20th floor. I was like “C’mon, faster faster“. After about 20 seconds later, one of the lift arrived, I went in, and pressed level 1. It went down, and stopped at level 3. A lady was standing at the lift’s door, but didn’t come in, saying “Sorry, later.” *sigh*
The moment the lift’s door opened at level 1, I ran to the bus stop. I think I’ll probably need less than 30 seconds to run to the bus stop. From across the road, I saw bus 502 was already on the bus stop. Fortunately for me, the bus couldn’t move because of the traffic light and all other vehicles in front of it. Ten seconds later I was already in the bus, great.
In the evening, I alighted in Clementi to get my dinner. There are basically two buses that I normally take home, 105 or 52, both having EXACT same route from Clementi to Jurong East Interchange. I was checking iris again, and it reported 105 was arriving and 52 in 3 minutes. Excellent. The moment 105 came, I was walking towards the bus, when I realized there are crowds heading for that same bus. One auntie ran from behind me, and tried to squeeze her way into the crowd and into the bus, and I mean *squeeeeeeezeeeeeee*. Unusually crowded, that empty bus was squeezed to full, really full. Everyone hopped onto that bus, everyone, except me, knowing that after so many minutes it took for so many people to get into a bus, 52 would be just around the corner. I was right, or rather iris was right, just at that time when everyone has squeezed into 105, 52 sped onto that bus stop, I peacefully took that bus, empty bus with LOTS of seats. The second 52 left that Clementi’s bus stop, I glanced behind, 105 was only about to leave the bus stop, crowded. I am so grateful. 
