I had post this without seeing any other posts
anyway, first thanks to 9816E for creating this thread.
Bus spotting means to me in these few aspects.
Spot rare cameos: It is meant in the word sense
as really rare that would not be found previously or it would be
only once in a blue moon that that would really occur. For example,
a DM3500 on a 225 maybe rare to some people whom never venture to
Bedok before and only studied the fleet of 225 in great detail in
sgwiki, however, the starter of BNDEP often allowed dm3500 to cameo
on 225, therefore, it could not be termed as rare. However, each of
the examples given could be considered rare.
SBS 997 A (HGDEP 62) on 11
SBS 9888 Y(AMDEP 25) on 192
Take photographs: I will generally take
pictures of odd destos or odd happening in buses such as a desto
which features fonts not the same as others and some odd happenings
maybe for example a emergency hammer slot without the emergency
hammer or a bus that are meant for an advertisement becomes
completely vandilised. However, it is also meant to include, but
not only limited to, taking pictures of general buses without any
special aspects in them.
Joyriding. Joyriding could be only be called
joyriding when I take the bus to various interchanges and terminals
without any motive and just plain enjoyment of the bus and also in
some cases, evaluating the bus in term of its suspension,
accerlation, pick up, and air con. generally, I would most welcome
joyrides that are on DM3500, B9TL, VO3X batch 1 (93XX series).
Researching on buses. I would generally
research general aspects of the bus such as gearbox and date of
commisioning on the bus, it would be done online at sgwiki or
reputable sites or at the Lee Kong Chain Refrence Library Level 11
(RSING 388.88).
In this term, i would also like to emphasize the need of
professional bus spotting.
1. Do not shout and run like a freak when you see a rare bus, if
I see people running around with a camera and taking a photographs
of the bus, i would generally knew that he/she had the same hobby
as I. However, general public may not seem to understand the
significance of the act. they would think that we are a group of
mad people taking buses.
2. If you would like to take service guides, take just enough to
create a collection. Think of others, when they needed to go to
locations, they depends on the guides greatly. While we could know
most of the routes by hard, not most public could.
Overall, I would like to conclude in my own view that bus
spotting is general intrest in buses, deployments and many
more aspects but in order to be a good and responsble bus
enthusiastist, we need to think of other and practice basic manners
and responsiblity on buses.
whoa!if 997 cameo 11,i first one to tell you.hehe
