Kai was lost... again!

Yes, he got lost in P1 and again now in Sec 1... At least this time, he is 13 and armed with a smart phone, not barely seven!

Again, he was on the bus and missed his stop. Only this time, he wasn't asleep; he was playing Roblox. So he didn't miss by just one stop as we did before coz blur until we saw the school fly by us. He missed by seven bus stops!

Yang and Yu were home yesterday due to PSLE marking these three days. So I was surprised to see a second SimplyGo notification saying Kai took bus 67. I went into the app and found that he alighted at Rochor, and then took 67 back to school. Lucky he always leaves the house very early so he was still early by the time he got to school.

Texted him immediately...

Mama: My dear boy, were you lost??

Kai: We don't talk about that

??!!

I dug into screen time and found that he was playing Roblox. And he used Google Maps too :p I blocked Roblox immediately. He has been playing chess on the bus since the start of the year with no problem but Roblox is indeed addictive!

When he came home, I asked him about it and he was rather sheepish and cheeky about it. Yes, he was playing Roblox but it was all his brothers' fault as they introduced it to him *.* When I told him I'd blocked it, he said he had deleted it. Was it due to missing the school bus stop? Ya, kind of.. Ok...

But it was a good learning experience, he said. So at dinner time, I asked him to share his experience with his brothers and we discussed what to do if they found themselves lost.

Kai said it was easy - just go across the road and take the same bus back. I agreed. And told them to also look at the information board for other possible buses too.

But what if there is no bus back?? It's time to call Papa and Mama! But Yu had a suggestion - take the bus to a MRT station and go home from there. Woohoo, that works too!

Yang and Yu also said they missed the school bus stop before coz they were either daydreaming or chatting but it was only one or maybe two stops, and they walked back with other kids walking along the same walkway, probably those staying in Novena/Newton area.

On a related note, I really like SimplyGo!