I just deactivated my Facebook account a few days ago..
Well I guess the reason's pretty obvious.
Yeap, for Os.
Hopefully I will keep it deactivated until the end of Os (:
I haven't been blogging for long. Although there are tons that I want to say, but it's really TONS of them that I don't really know where to start from. Heh :)
Oh, guess what! I took the Malaysian Railway to Kluang (a part of Malaysia) just last Sunday, 19 June. But, the whole thing was not a very pleasant experience. From the moment Mummy and sis started to queue for tickets on the 18th June.. Yeah I know it sounds .. weird? Okay let me explain..
First, Mummy and jie went to queue for train tickets on the wee hours of 18th June for our train ride on 19 June. But apparently, the tickets were sold out, even though they started queuing in the early morning. &, my mum was approached by someone to purchase these 黄牛票, okay idk what it's called in English. Basically it's like these people sell you the train tickets at a higher price that they bought it from the booth. Yah, so imagine the kind of price they offer ... Anyway, mummy rejected him/her. And so, we came out with a strategy to board the train on 19th June..
Mummy & bro to go to 小舅's house for the night, so that Mummy can queue and purchase the tickets on the next morning. Also, 二姑姑 & cousins to come over my house for the night, so that we didn't have to travel to their house to fetch them the next morning should Mummy manage to purchase the tickets. It was a rather troublesome strategy, but we were left with no choice if we were going to take the train the next day.
And obviously the plan worked. Teeheee :D
So while we were queuing up to enter the train station, and thereafter clear customs, there were these bunch of aunties from an RC that were pushing my family and I. I was freaking pissed. Okay they were pushing because the train seating was a 'free seating', meaning that the seats come on a first-come-first-serve basis, so if you happen to board the train late, you won't have a seat. So these kiasu aunties were pushing their way and trying to cut the queue. I was totally pissed - I nearly wanted to slap the auntie right behind me. Seriously. And it simply reflected their lack of manners and the ugly side of Singaporeans. Since the aunties were pushing and cutting queues, my older cousin said this to one of the aunties, "Auntie mai kanchiong, mai kanchiong." It was meant to be somewhat like sarcastic lor. Hahaha. So anyway, we made our way to the train and got our seats as well, since we started queuing very early :)
Sadly, there were quite a large number of people who failed to get their seats. Amongst them included mothers with child. I sympathised with them, but I couldn't afford to give up my seat because the train ride was pretty long and if I gave up my seat, other people would find it unfair as well. Throughout the ride, I kept looking out the train so that I didn't feel so guilty..
After about an hour or so, we arrived at the Woodlands Checkpoint Station. There was no announcement made for us to alight the train to clear the customs, so we just sat in the train for awhile, and finally realising that we should alight the train. After clearing customs, we were waiting in this room for the glass door to open so that we could board the train. Again, as typical Singaporeans, everyone was waiting impatiently outside the glass door so that they could grab their seats. When the doors opened, everyone chionged, as in literally. Luckily no one was injured during the process. I held on to my mother, who was repeatedly shouting, "Don't push, push for what?" Obviously it was a rhetorical question. I was once again mad with the mannerisms of Singaporeans as well as the train ticketing system.
I feel that they should sell the tickets based on the seating capacity of the train. There will then be no such behaviour and unpleasant experiences for the travellers. Even if the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station is closing down and the tickets are now high in demand, they should not sell tickets to those who are unable to get their seats. Probably increasing the frequency of the train could help to meet the high demand of travellers. Allowing an overloaded capacity of travellers is definitely not a solution to the problem. It just makes all the travellers unhappy.
Basically, that was how my train journey went. We stayed at Kluang for a night and returned by train the next morning. We visited places of interest in Kluang, shopping malls, organic gardens etc. We bought some clothes and loads of water/juices, because we didn't dare to drink the boiled water there. We thought and felt that it was somewhat unhygienic and we may end up running toilets. :/
That's just a brief description of my train journey to Kluang. It wasn't such a bad experience I guess. I enjoyed some parts of it though :)
Okay, I shall end my post here okie. :)
Well I guess the reason's pretty obvious.
Yeap, for Os.
Hopefully I will keep it deactivated until the end of Os (:
I haven't been blogging for long. Although there are tons that I want to say, but it's really TONS of them that I don't really know where to start from. Heh :)
Oh, guess what! I took the Malaysian Railway to Kluang (a part of Malaysia) just last Sunday, 19 June. But, the whole thing was not a very pleasant experience. From the moment Mummy and sis started to queue for tickets on the 18th June.. Yeah I know it sounds .. weird? Okay let me explain..
First, Mummy and jie went to queue for train tickets on the wee hours of 18th June for our train ride on 19 June. But apparently, the tickets were sold out, even though they started queuing in the early morning. &, my mum was approached by someone to purchase these 黄牛票, okay idk what it's called in English. Basically it's like these people sell you the train tickets at a higher price that they bought it from the booth. Yah, so imagine the kind of price they offer ... Anyway, mummy rejected him/her. And so, we came out with a strategy to board the train on 19th June..
Mummy & bro to go to 小舅's house for the night, so that Mummy can queue and purchase the tickets on the next morning. Also, 二姑姑 & cousins to come over my house for the night, so that we didn't have to travel to their house to fetch them the next morning should Mummy manage to purchase the tickets. It was a rather troublesome strategy, but we were left with no choice if we were going to take the train the next day.
And obviously the plan worked. Teeheee :D
So while we were queuing up to enter the train station, and thereafter clear customs, there were these bunch of aunties from an RC that were pushing my family and I. I was freaking pissed. Okay they were pushing because the train seating was a 'free seating', meaning that the seats come on a first-come-first-serve basis, so if you happen to board the train late, you won't have a seat. So these kiasu aunties were pushing their way and trying to cut the queue. I was totally pissed - I nearly wanted to slap the auntie right behind me. Seriously. And it simply reflected their lack of manners and the ugly side of Singaporeans. Since the aunties were pushing and cutting queues, my older cousin said this to one of the aunties, "Auntie mai kanchiong, mai kanchiong." It was meant to be somewhat like sarcastic lor. Hahaha. So anyway, we made our way to the train and got our seats as well, since we started queuing very early :)
Sadly, there were quite a large number of people who failed to get their seats. Amongst them included mothers with child. I sympathised with them, but I couldn't afford to give up my seat because the train ride was pretty long and if I gave up my seat, other people would find it unfair as well. Throughout the ride, I kept looking out the train so that I didn't feel so guilty..
After about an hour or so, we arrived at the Woodlands Checkpoint Station. There was no announcement made for us to alight the train to clear the customs, so we just sat in the train for awhile, and finally realising that we should alight the train. After clearing customs, we were waiting in this room for the glass door to open so that we could board the train. Again, as typical Singaporeans, everyone was waiting impatiently outside the glass door so that they could grab their seats. When the doors opened, everyone chionged, as in literally. Luckily no one was injured during the process. I held on to my mother, who was repeatedly shouting, "Don't push, push for what?" Obviously it was a rhetorical question. I was once again mad with the mannerisms of Singaporeans as well as the train ticketing system.
I feel that they should sell the tickets based on the seating capacity of the train. There will then be no such behaviour and unpleasant experiences for the travellers. Even if the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station is closing down and the tickets are now high in demand, they should not sell tickets to those who are unable to get their seats. Probably increasing the frequency of the train could help to meet the high demand of travellers. Allowing an overloaded capacity of travellers is definitely not a solution to the problem. It just makes all the travellers unhappy.
Basically, that was how my train journey went. We stayed at Kluang for a night and returned by train the next morning. We visited places of interest in Kluang, shopping malls, organic gardens etc. We bought some clothes and loads of water/juices, because we didn't dare to drink the boiled water there. We thought and felt that it was somewhat unhygienic and we may end up running toilets. :/
That's just a brief description of my train journey to Kluang. It wasn't such a bad experience I guess. I enjoyed some parts of it though :)
Okay, I shall end my post here okie. :)
Till next time, bye! ^^
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