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....And found that the speeding limit is really strict.
1) This is recorded by SF, for your extra knowledge ^0^
2) As u can see here, everyone is moving at 70kmh exactly. So...
3) it captured the slowest lane changing by a taxi in Singapore, &
4) The most orderly queue of cars moving behind and next to me in Singapore.
5) And yet there's still tail gating despite all the slow motion...
Despite so, this new thing is really cool. Cant wait for the entire tunnel to open in years time...By then i can travel from my ulu tip to rochor seamlessly...shld be in my own car by then? hopeful?
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Yes, it is sickening.
Does all this happens to you too?
1) You knew something is wrong, and wanted to tell/warn your friends about it. But they wouldnt believe you, or they would be stronger in their arguement. So you chose to keep quiet simply b'cos you cannot argue. You cant support the facts, cant express strongly.
You can only wait til everything happen as what you had predicted, but even you can say "see i told you so" by then, nothing helps.
2) You knew someone was doing something not right. You wanted to just confront him and split everything out on the table. You should have done that cos all evidences are with you and it's a definate victory. But you cannot express/argue well. The person is good in twisting facts towards his advantage. In the end you kept quiet and lost it. And become an escaping coward.
Yes, I confronted someone before. Damn myself i cannot talk. I lost it terribly. And now for all that other events that followed i choose to stay quiet against them. On the fear of bombastic return fires that i cant simply handle. On the fear of lost.
It's not a good feeling ok. I cant be someone who ran away forever. But running is always the easiest yet hard way to do it.
I did mentioned this before:
"Knowledge is nothing without knowing how to express it"
...i'll expand on it now further: "Knowledge" is evidence, and "express" is to argue. So what if i knew everything? If i cant argue with my points i'm no worse than a fool.
If i can always support my thinking and points, i no longer need to live with my head down. No longer need to live in fear of losing. And escapes.
I better learn how to argue. It helps not only in all the damn essays, but everyday life.
Sickening.
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1) You knew something is wrong, and wanted to tell/warn your friends about it. But they wouldnt believe you, or they would be stronger in their arguement. So you chose to keep quiet simply b'cos you cannot argue. You cant support the facts, cant express strongly.
You can only wait til everything happen as what you had predicted, but even you can say "see i told you so" by then, nothing helps.
2) You knew someone was doing something not right. You wanted to just confront him and split everything out on the table. You should have done that cos all evidences are with you and it's a definate victory. But you cannot express/argue well. The person is good in twisting facts towards his advantage. In the end you kept quiet and lost it. And become an escaping coward.
Yes, I confronted someone before. Damn myself i cannot talk. I lost it terribly. And now for all that other events that followed i choose to stay quiet against them. On the fear of bombastic return fires that i cant simply handle. On the fear of lost.
It's not a good feeling ok. I cant be someone who ran away forever. But running is always the easiest yet hard way to do it.
I did mentioned this before:
"Knowledge is nothing without knowing how to express it"
...i'll expand on it now further: "Knowledge" is evidence, and "express" is to argue. So what if i knew everything? If i cant argue with my points i'm no worse than a fool.
If i can always support my thinking and points, i no longer need to live with my head down. No longer need to live in fear of losing. And escapes.
I better learn how to argue. It helps not only in all the damn essays, but everyday life.
Sickening.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
A reason why go CDC to learn driving
Yes we know the road there are terrible, but isnt this special?? No ordinary mouse or that irritating touch screen...
.....the "toyota vios" is in control under your palm....literally.
As much as many L-plate driver hopes.
....still, a nice one. Although it's just some corperate thingy?
.....the "toyota vios" is in control under your palm....literally.
As much as many L-plate driver hopes.
....still, a nice one. Although it's just some corperate thingy?
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Daily trips: Does it trickle madness?
Was at facebook, saw this flyer ad for Tagxe, a SG community helping people to find others living nearby to share cab to cut cost. Followed link to the site (www.tagxe.com), whose humorous comparsion chart inspired this...
Do take a look there after here. Oh yes, the team is non for profit.
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So, after spending considerable amount of time on travelling for the past 1.5 years to school, here some interesting or rather annoying observations...
Facts and Figures (Really-real time figures. Includes bus/train transfer timing)
Punggol to/fro SIM
Bus:
average : 1h 15m
fastest : 1h 5m
slowest : 1h 55m
Train:
average = fastest = slowest : 1h 25m
Car:
average: 45m
fastest: 40m
slowest: 1h20m
1) Despite some debates, the preferred mode of transport for me is still bus, over train. In my case the train takes longer during off peak and during peak i have to stand all the way for the entire 1.5hours. And cost more. And walk more. Simple b'cos my house is not next to the LRT station, let alone PG train station.
2) And for that high variation in bus timing, the weakest link is actually that bus 62, which is the only bus that move from Hougang to this part of Punggol. Waiting time can be as long as 25mins. All for a journey that last slightly more than 5mins.
My mum tried it once from somewhere in Sengkang, and swore to walk back ever since.
3) So if you add up all the worst cases' waiting-time together:
74 waiting : 15
62 waiting : 25
= 40 mins
= Time taken to drive home, all during the time when i'm not moving.
4) There's actually an express service 74e. But for a higher fee there's not much difference in timing simply b'cos....although it avoided all the jams on/after lornie rd, it plunge itself onto the long long long jam on PIE. And took a longer detour via thomson road.
5) Many guys experienced it right? The time you waited for the next bus is not neccessarily the amount of time you reach later. Sadly, that's the unavoidable fact about bus: traffic condition varies and affects it's timing.
For instance, once i took 74 at 7am, and i reach on 820am. Another day took at 6.50am, and reached at 7.50am.
Not forgetting buses overtaking each other. It can make you reach even later, or much earlier than those who boarded the earlier bus.
6) Which reminded me about what liwen told me before. When she was still going to SA back then, it's either that she arrived very early or late for school. Because by taking the one next train, she will see the connecting train leaving in her sight, and then misses again the connecting bus. .....Compared to mine, her case sounds worse.
7) So does this makes driving the king? No actually.
Despite the much faster overall timing (Morning 1h20m but at least on way home is off peak aka 40min) and the disapearance of waiting time, driving during morning peak hours is tough. Jams everywhere and everyone cuts their way through, demadning all time focus...while you are happily sleeping or munching into your breakfast on the bus.
And did i mention fuel is at all time high? Petrol now stands at $1.89 per litre, after discount. Compared to the $1.3/$1.4 of just couple of years back.
Conclusion? Seems like bikers have some edge here now. No jams, cheaper fuel, even cheaper parking (65c per day!) No wonder i know someone with ability to drive is taking moto test. Too bad i just dont have the guts, and not ever imagine my flu on the visor.
As a normal income kid, bus is still here to stay, no problems with that. Advantages are valid, and will hope for improvement in timing etc. And continue spot for the occasional special cars...or fall asleep.
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Do take a look there after here. Oh yes, the team is non for profit.
------------------------------
So, after spending considerable amount of time on travelling for the past 1.5 years to school, here some interesting or rather annoying observations...
Facts and Figures (Really-real time figures. Includes bus/train transfer timing)
Punggol to/fro SIM
Bus:
average : 1h 15m
fastest : 1h 5m
slowest : 1h 55m
Train:
average = fastest = slowest : 1h 25m
Car:
average: 45m
fastest: 40m
slowest: 1h20m
1) Despite some debates, the preferred mode of transport for me is still bus, over train. In my case the train takes longer during off peak and during peak i have to stand all the way for the entire 1.5hours. And cost more. And walk more. Simple b'cos my house is not next to the LRT station, let alone PG train station.
2) And for that high variation in bus timing, the weakest link is actually that bus 62, which is the only bus that move from Hougang to this part of Punggol. Waiting time can be as long as 25mins. All for a journey that last slightly more than 5mins.
My mum tried it once from somewhere in Sengkang, and swore to walk back ever since.
3) So if you add up all the worst cases' waiting-time together:
74 waiting : 15
62 waiting : 25
= 40 mins
= Time taken to drive home, all during the time when i'm not moving.
4) There's actually an express service 74e. But for a higher fee there's not much difference in timing simply b'cos....although it avoided all the jams on/after lornie rd, it plunge itself onto the long long long jam on PIE. And took a longer detour via thomson road.
5) Many guys experienced it right? The time you waited for the next bus is not neccessarily the amount of time you reach later. Sadly, that's the unavoidable fact about bus: traffic condition varies and affects it's timing.
For instance, once i took 74 at 7am, and i reach on 820am. Another day took at 6.50am, and reached at 7.50am.
Not forgetting buses overtaking each other. It can make you reach even later, or much earlier than those who boarded the earlier bus.
6) Which reminded me about what liwen told me before. When she was still going to SA back then, it's either that she arrived very early or late for school. Because by taking the one next train, she will see the connecting train leaving in her sight, and then misses again the connecting bus. .....Compared to mine, her case sounds worse.
7) So does this makes driving the king? No actually.
Despite the much faster overall timing (Morning 1h20m but at least on way home is off peak aka 40min) and the disapearance of waiting time, driving during morning peak hours is tough. Jams everywhere and everyone cuts their way through, demadning all time focus...while you are happily sleeping or munching into your breakfast on the bus.
And did i mention fuel is at all time high? Petrol now stands at $1.89 per litre, after discount. Compared to the $1.3/$1.4 of just couple of years back.
Conclusion? Seems like bikers have some edge here now. No jams, cheaper fuel, even cheaper parking (65c per day!) No wonder i know someone with ability to drive is taking moto test. Too bad i just dont have the guts, and not ever imagine my flu on the visor.
As a normal income kid, bus is still here to stay, no problems with that. Advantages are valid, and will hope for improvement in timing etc. And continue spot for the occasional special cars...or fall asleep.
.
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