巴士达人 黄靖伦熟读 本地巴士路线
（2009-03-11）
● 黄靖晶
本地歌手黄靖伦是名“巴士达人”。
他从小就幻想自己是巴士司机。，到了中学便开始研究不同的巴士路线，熟读巴士指南书，背下所有路线，甚至上网查看最新的巴士路线。
他也熟悉巴士的款式，远远的巴士出现，他立刻说得出它的型号、颜色，甚至车牌号码。
本地歌手黄靖伦是名“巴士达人”。
他爱搭巴士不爱地铁。小时候，他拿盆子当驾驶盘，幻想自己是巴士司机。现在，他几乎征服所有巴士路线，对个别路线了如指掌。
跟爷爷到百胜楼看书
日前，黄靖伦回新加坡宣传第一张个人专辑《伦语录》，他带记者搭他最爱的巴士路线——960号路线，从兀兰巴士总站到滨海广场，途中经过充满黄靖伦儿时回忆的百胜楼。
黄靖伦说：“百胜楼对我很有纪念价值，我跟爷爷常来这里，从我小一搭到中学。小时候，爷爷负责照顾我，放学后，他喜欢带我搭960号巴士到百胜楼看书；要不然在爷爷家没有事做，很无聊。每年举行的书展，我们更加不会错过。每次去百胜楼，我们都会待上三四个小时看书，从而帮我打下华文的基础。”
背巴士路线
自小跟着爷爷搭巴士到处逛，黄靖伦对巴士的兴趣越来越浓。
5岁时，黄靖伦已经有当巴士司机的梦想，“我喜欢拿洗脸盘当作驾驶盘，想象我在驾巴士，开往我想象中的路线，可以玩上1小时。结果，我那时想象的路线，后来真的实现了，像碧山一带的50多号巴士，还有盛港的80多号巴士的路线。”
从小学起，黄靖伦一有空就喜欢搭巴士，“到了中学更疯狂，开始研究不同的巴士路线，熟读巴士指南书，背下什么巴士走什么路线，甚至上网查看最新的巴士路线。”
黄靖伦说：“以前，新加坡有些地区还在开发，不时会增加新路线。例如盛港开发后，增设很多巴士路线，我那时一口气背下来。可惜，1998年巴士路线重组，为节省资源，有些巴士路线被除掉，有的巴士则要绕更多路线。”
被司机“赶”下车
念书时候，黄靖伦在年中和年底学校假期的最大乐趣就是搭巴士，“我每天都会搭不同的巴士路线。搭巴士很舒服，就算路线一样，每次风景不同。我不喜欢搭地铁，没有风景，很闷，也不像巴士可以超越前面的车，所以我有时因为坚持要搭巴士而迟到。”
黄靖伦如此偏爱巴士，难怪当地铁的东北线路线完工后，有些巴士路线被撤掉，黄靖伦很生气，“比如81号、82号、111号和106号都没有了，结果被逼要搭地铁。”
现在，黄靖伦几乎“征服”所有巴士路线，除了一些特别的地方，“像9号、19号和89号，因为巴士会驾到樟宜航空货运中心（Changi
Cargo
Complex），那里只有工作人员才进得去。不过，巴士指南书没有写到，结果我搭到那里被赶下巴士。或者像去兵营的103号，即以前的378号，及去工业区的98号，我都被司机‘赶’下车。”
叫得出巴士车牌号码
黄靖伦对巴士路线有多熟悉？
他叫记者考他，告诉他两个回家的巴士号码，他就能猜到记者住哪里，果真被他猜对了。
采访当天，黄靖伦站在百胜楼前的巴士站边拍照，边秀他的“巴士功力”。比如，远远有巴士出现，他立刻说得出巴士的款式、颜色，反映它属新或旧一代巴士，甚至背得出巴士的车牌号码。当巴士再靠近一点，他还会分析新巴士与旧巴士引擎声的差别，令记者、摄影同事和他的保姆都目瞪口呆！
怪不得，朋友都封他作“Bus King”，时常向他请教不同的巴士路线。那他不就是朋友迷路时的救星？
黄靖伦笑说：“迷路的话，我会叫他们搭德士比较快，哈哈！”
对于巴士的演变，黄靖伦甚至有“预知”能力。他小学时候已经在画想象中的双层冷气巴士（当时还没有），中学时幻想有类似现在的iris服务，结果都一一实现。
到台湾，不搭巴士
去年，黄靖伦参加在台湾中视第三届《超级星光大道》选秀比赛，虽然只得第6名，却幸运成为三班中首个发专辑的参赛者。从比赛到发片，短短96天，他的《伦语录》成了史上最快速的专辑。
当了歌手，黄靖伦还能如常搭巴士？
他说：“回新加坡的话还是会搭巴士，因为搭德士很贵。我尽量搭特早或特迟的巴士，避开人潮。”
不过，黄靖伦在台湾宣传的日子，并不喜欢在当地搭巴士，“因为那里的交通比较乱，没有双层巴士，也时常没有座位，有时司机还驾得太快。而且，要认当地的巴士站也不容易，那里的巴士站不像新加坡的明显。”
这趟回新加坡，黄靖伦最开心的当然是可以搭巴士！
http://www.zaobao.com/fk/fk090311_501.shtml
rough translation:
bus enthusiast huang
jing lun able to note down local bus routes
local singer huang jing lun is a bus enthusiast.
since young, he imagines himself as a bus captain. when he went
to secondary school, he began to study different kinds of bus
routes, reading bus guides, noting down all the bus routes, even
surf the internet to look out for new bus routes.
he is familiarised with the different bus models. when a bus
appears, he can say out its model, colour and even the bus
rego.
local singer huang jing lun is a bus enthusiast.
he loves to take buses but not trains. when he was young, he
used a plate as a steering wheel, imagining himself as a bus
captain. now, he has taken every single bus routes, while knowing
all the bus routes and where they ply towards.
follow his grandpa to bras basah complex to read books.
currently, huang jing lun returned to singapore to advertise his
first released album, jing's note. he brought the reporter to take
his favourite bus route, service 960, plying from woodlands to
marina centre, which also plys to the place that brought him many
childhood memories, bras basah complex.
huang jing lun said "to me, bras basah complex has a
commemorative value as my grandpa and i frequently go there. from
primary 1 up till secondary school. when i was young, my grandpa
looked after me. after school dismissal hours or when my grandpa is
bored and have nothing to attend to at home, he brought me along to
take service 960 to bras basah complex to read books. we would not
miss the annual book fair. when we go to bras basah complex, we
spend 3 or 4 hours reading books, boosting my enrichment for
chinese.
noting down the bus routes
having since young following his grandpa around, taking buses,
huang jing lun's love for buses went deeper.
he had a ambition of becoming a bus driver when he was 5 years
old. he said "i like to use the basin as a steering wheel,
imagining myself driving the bus, drive towards the route that i
want, i can play for an hour. as a result, the routes that i
imagined at that period of time later turned out to be true, for
example the 5x (service 52 - 59) routes around bishan and the 8x
(service 83,84,86,87,88,89) routes around sengkang.
since primary school, when he's free, huang jing lun joyrides on
buses. "it was even crazier when i went up to secondary school, as
i researched on different kind of bus routes, reading bus guides,
noting down what bus goes to what bus routes,even surf the internet
to check if there is new bus routes."
huang jing lun said "in the past, there were some areas in
singapore that were still developing. at that time, there wouldn't
be new bus routes plying towards those areas. after sengkang has
been fully developed, a lot of bus routes came in, i noted them
down at one shot. unfortunately, during the 1998 bus routes
rationalisation, some routes were either withdrawn or amended to
save and cut costs.
being asked to "get down" from the bus by the bus captain
while he was still studying, huang jing lun would joyride buses
during the mid-year and year-end school holidays. "i would take
different bus routes. joyriding buses are very comfortable, even if
the bus routes are the same, the scenery it gives are different. i
do not like to take trains as there are no scenery, very boring,
unlike buses, which can overtake other vehicles in front. im often
late because i insist on taking buses"
because of his love for buses, after the north east line went
operational, some bus routes were withdrawn or amended, huang jing
lun was upset. "routes like service 81, 82,106 and 111 are amended,
so i had to take the train instead"
currently, huang jing lun has "conquered" almost all of the bus
routes, except few of them which plys towards some special areas.
"for example, service 9,19 and 89 goes towards changi airport cargo
complex and only staffs there can go in. however, the bus guide
didn't state so, so when the bus reached there, i was asked to get
down from the bus. or service 103 which goes to seletar
camp,service 378 and service 98 which goes towards the industrial
estate, the bus captain asked me to get down"
able to say out bus regos
how familiar is huang jing lun with the different bus routes
he asked the reporter to test him and tell him to say 2 services
which goes to the reporter's house, and he's able to guess where he
lives and get it correct.
the day that he was interviewed, huang jing lun was standing at
the bus stop near bras basah complex to take photos, while showing
his "bus powers", for example a bus which appears far away, he can
guess the bus model and its colours, whether its a new or old bus
and even say out the rego of the bus. when the bus comes nearer, he
is even able to distinguish between the engine sounds of the new
and old buses, making the reporter, the camera crew and his
babysitter.
its no wonder that his friends call him "bus king", frequently
asking him about different bus routes. won't he be the rescuing
star when his friends are lost outside?
huang jing lun said "if they are lost outside, i'll ask them to
take a taxi instead, haha!"
with the transformation in buses, huang jing lun even have the
"foreseeing" powers. he imagined a double-decker aircon bus during
primary school and in secondary school, he imagined a service
similar to the iris system, and both came true.
after reaching taiwan, he doesn't take buses
last year, huang jing lun went to participate in the 3rd season
of one million star singing competition, though he emerged as 6th
place, but was the first participant who released an album from the
3rd class (top 10 of the 3rd season one million star)
after becoming a singer, would huang jing lun still be able to
frequently take buses?
he says "after returning to singapore, i will still take buses,
because taking taxi is expensive. i'll try to take a bus that comes
too early or too late, to prevent from the crowd"
but, when huang jing lun was at taiwan to advertise his new
album, he did not like to take the buses there. "because the
transportation there is messy, there are no double-decker buses,
sometimes there are no seats, sometimes the driver drives too fast.
furthermore, to recognize taiwan's bus stops isn't easy as their
bus stops are not as obvious than in singapore.
this time coming back into singapore, the most happy thing huang
jing lun can do back here is to take buses once more.
