‘Langama’ ‘C. T. B. – Ceylon Transport Board’ is always
a friend of mine and of ‘my class people’.
So this ‘my class’ - let me explain please do not
misunderstand me this is how I sometimes explain things to give it a little
clear meaning and my understanding. This does not mean that other class people
do not use my class transport. What is ‘class’
really? Which class you really belonging to?
‘Human’ is the major class that all have attended and
‘said ‘present sir/Madame’ when you were born and start living with all others
‘our class mates’
This class that we all belong to have grades up to
certain levels because of the religious faiths we believe or follow etc but ‘we
all human’. How can we forget that?
Grade – Human
Class B - the Buddhists are inn this class
Class C – the Christian students are in this class
Class I – the Students that follow ‘Islam’ religion are
in this class
Class H – the Hindu students are here in this class.
Think of your school for a moment. 10 A, 10 B, 10 C, 10 D some times we have too
many classes of same grade. I do not know what type of naming that sometimes
different schools follow or use. Some gives names of the flowers, seasons.
Oh ‘Season ticket’ – this was a savior during my school
years and to tell you honestly ‘this is an assurance of ‘can go to school
daily’ even if there were no money in the wallet of my father or mother or
sometimes at some moments no issues. Even if you do not have something to eat
still you can go to school.
This was really a brilliant idea. At the beginning or
at the end of each month after getting the ‘salary’ when parents are planning
the monthly ‘expenses’. If the kids use ‘public transport system’ ‘they have to allocate some money to buy the
season tickets for their kids. Then the
parents were kind of safe and face no worries through out the month.
I remember I had a little polythine kind of a cover to
safe guard the season ticket through out the whole month.
I also remember in some of the months ‘ the officer who
issues the season ticket’ at the CTB counters ‘ have warned me because ‘they
could not read what is in the ticket due to I have not safe guard it properly’
the ticket has become unreadable.
‘ ticket eka parissam kara gate nettan eelanga sare api
ticket denne neha’
They are good people. ‘Very busy during the first few
days of the month if my memory is accurate ‘we can obtain these tickets only
during first week of the month.’
Ok let me come back to the naming of ‘grades or
classes’
Some Busses are Old and some are new or brand new this
is something different analysis of ‘classes’ do not know whether you all will
agree?
This classes or grading or grades are great isn’t it?
Do not forget the major class is ‘Human’
There are people that belong to ‘my class’ if you think
of your own class of above categories. Ok
let me correct this a bit.
Think of the following categories of classes
OLD, Young, Teenagers, children, you can grade the
major category if you wish to follow this ‘type of naming of the classes of
your school’
Sometimes the principle has to observe the students
‘which class I should send them’ kind of thinking.
The Principle has to well observe the ‘colour of the
Bus’ if the colour has little faded ‘ he should send the student to ‘ either’
OLD grade or ‘MIDDLE aged grade. The principles generally know this we do not
have to worry.
Depending on the look of the bus some say that ‘these
buses are old and or are young’
Let me think about this again
Some can re paint it and give it a new look to the old
buses.
Then how are we going to categorize them in to ‘old’ or
‘new’ kind.
Sometimes look does not provide us an accurate picture
of what we want to learn or to categorize something.
Anyways, MY ARGUMENT HERE is that THAT WE MUST REPAIR
ALL THE USABLE OLD BUSUS AND SEND THEM TO ROAD for a better service. This saves
money right? But if that cost a lot to repairs better buy a new one and send
them for running in the well carpeted roads.
Footpaths – life time of a foot path is becoming ‘0’
due to carpeting and better road conditions and the buses that loves better
conditioned, well built high ways. Right
I agree that the buses can not turn or drive in the footpaths due to it s
nature. The gravel roads and the uncarpeted, un- concreted footpaths are not
suitable for better maintained air conditioned buses not good for the wheels or
the conditions of the buses.
There are other ways of categorizing Also the principles generally use some other ways of
categorizing or naming ‘thinking of the ‘how the Engine - parts are
functioning’ Whether these things are healthy and functions better.
Constant checking of ‘the engines’ will this helps for
a long lasting use of buses. Engines are
generally the hearts of the buses. Everything depends on such things if the
engines do not function well the lasting period of the bus will naturally
become ‘poor’
‘The quality of the seats of the buses – the principle
also has to think of such things when he ‘try and send his students in to
correct class room.
By providing comfortable seating facilities the income
can be improved.
INCOME OF THE CTB IS IMPORTANT if not this will affects
the majority of the workers. FORTUNATELY
WE DO NOT HEAR SUCH THINGS ‘ THEY RUN VERY WELL IN THE ROADS AND IN the classes
of heart houses of the workers. Am I right?
They who bring ‘ money’ in to the board and at the same
time provide my class people a better service.
I am thinking that they have become so generous
compared to old days of services, I e. the ways that they communicate with the
passengers, the travelers. Better.
Polite communicating – provides and brinf more and more
income in to the whole section. This is
not just a minor thing.
I remember those days, schools days we refuse to get in
to some of the buses we let them go. And wait for the next bus. if we found out
that the monitors of these classes
little bad does not know to talk or to treat the fellow class mates ‘ we’ we
say ‘apoi oya bus eke nam yanna beha’ eelanga eka enakan imu’
We have said so. I remember.
‘Some we knew by names’ I can’t really remember the
names of the ‘Mr well disciplined assistant principles’ now.
I SALUTE TO ALL WELL COMMUNICATE FRIENDLY PARTIES OF
THIS BUS SERVICES.
Now it is rare that we hear ‘yanawako isay
issarahata’
Some of course so generous before we get in to a bus ‘enna
naginna’ but when the time come to get down from the bus ‘ ikmanata bahinna’
ikmanata bahinna or they have practiced some words and say things in a little
heavier voices that annoy the passenger.
But these things have changed over years. Good sign. They
have learnt that ‘any department can not survive if they do not really think of
the people/groups who are expecting the services of these services.
They go for alternatives then. When the ‘my friend three wheelers’ entered and
had not cost too much some did not wait for ‘buses’ but used their services. But
of course you can not compare the two prices of the tickets.
For better improvement of something one needs to think
of the competitors’ little three wheel became a competitor, especially when the
private bus services became so popular and they brought in the idea of ‘ AIR
CONDITONED BUS SERVICES’ they obtained attraction of the general civilians.
The CTB then had to compete with all these things. Think of all these things need to think of new
and new strategies every possible moment because these industries are changing
and think of new strategies of improving their services.
The uniforms for a school provides some formality and
better look and smiles ‘for the students’ they are representing their class
school. Like that ‘a usefully and meaningfully
designed uniforms I am sure adds ‘ so much of a boost.
Are they using ‘the mobile phones’ – my class
categories of monitors of the buses.
No I guess only the monitors should allow to use these
phones. Not THE MR. WELL DICIPLINED DRIVERS’ – these things caused issues in
the road fronts ‘safety’ matters.
The monitors
should use or I can say alright to use ‘ if the main principle has to
communicate with the monitors of the class ‘ go in to the other class there is
some ‘lacking s’ in those classes’ these things I am sure would help for
maintaining ‘better service’ ‘ no waste of time. Do not have to wait until the
bus comes to the depot to give the message.
The bell of the school always play a major role – how
can the principle forgets that can we ? NO
If the principle forget the ‘bell’ the Teachers or the students – it is
difficult to control them or send them to the right class ‘following the right
time table’.
They might scream then sometimes the ‘teachers or the
students have to ‘STOP’ work.
‘ guru wiwekagaraya’ – aiyo what is the correct English
word for this?
When there is no class to attend the teachers can go
and relax a bit while getting ready for the next of the class’
‘Can I please name it this way’? – That is kind of a
‘HALTING PLACE’ – important if there is no roof over to their well walled
classes then that will be a little bit of a problem.
‘This guru
wiwekagaraya’ should be protected from sudden weather changes because some do
not carry umbrellas all the time.
You know sometimes ‘the assistant principles including
main principles have to go ‘around classes’ to monitor the teachers as well as
the students. You know that right?
‘One of the assistant principles that I know is ‘Mr.
well disciplined Driver’ this gentleman I mentioned earlier. Remember?
They sometimes have to wear ‘spectacles’ – SIDE MIRRORS
do not forget some belong to ‘my class’ need such tools for a better viewing.
OH how come I decided to mention – THE WHEELS later in
this note? Wrong me.
What is the point even if the engine works better if
the wheels are bad or in poor condition.
For maintenance of the ‘The wheels section’ you need to
give ‘school assistants a better training. – The mechanical parties.
Dear Principle Sir – ‘Dharmaraja’ , The Minister of Transport ‘ do
you have enough of school inspectors assigned – ‘ the bus inspectors to check
whether the ‘travelers’ – the parents of the students ‘ have paid ‘the school
fees on time’ – The Bus Ticket.
Sir,
Is that true that you are planning (The news says so) – you are planning to
import 3000 new buses?
Any opposition shown?
Do not worry they are not our enemies they are the ‘big
supporters’ we have. – The private transport services.
All of them should entitled ‘intervals’ – the
intervals between each traveling time. IMPORTANT should not let students to
‘over use’ ‘the time allocated for
interval.
Each class must contain ‘not too many or too little but
‘right number’ of students to avoid ‘un easiness of the students and the ‘Mr.
Well disciplined driver’ headed schools + teachers.
The number of ‘seats’ + maximum number of travelers
each time they can carry in each bus this will lead for better service.
After thought after deciding the ‘my today’s title’
Ok let me say a few words about my today’s title.
I used to travel to Kollupitiya every Saturday sometime
back.
On a one particular Saturday I was waiting at
‘Rajagiriya’ until the right bus comes for me to go to ‘Kollupitiya’ that is
generally 177 Kaduwela – Kollupitiya.
I head the monitor of the particular ‘my class bus’ was
saying ‘ Kollupitiya’ ‘ Kollupitiya’ I did not think too much I just heard the
name ‘kollupitiya’ I got in to the bus.
This bus that was leading from the junction near the
‘Borella Ayurvedic hospital’ it turned ‘right’. I did not have any friends in
the bus or people who knew me to say that the bus was heading to kollupitiya
but that is not the general route that it takes.
I have got in to a I can not say ‘wrong bus’ but it
took little time to go the place that I wanted to reach.
Sometimes if you take another direction to reach to
where you really want to reach it is true that you can learn many things still
it is the duty of the passenger to make sure that you are getting in to ‘the
right bus’ it is not the responsibility of the bus owner, Mr. Well disciplined
driver, the monitor – the conductor.
Take Care ‘langama’ ‘My class friend’
