Over the past two weeks, I found myself trying out all possible bus+MRT routes to my new workplace in Raffles Place. These options included the following:
1. Take bus 190 down to Orchard, and take the MRT from Orchard MRT station to Raffles Place MRT station.
Travelling time: 1 hour
Complications: I've to be at the bus-stop before 7.30am so that I can reach my office at 8.30am. If I take bus 190 after 7.30am, I huff and puff my way into the office 15 minutes late, at 9.15am.
2. Take bus 190 to Choa Chu Kang MRT station and take the north-south line all the way to Raffles Place station.
Travelling time: 1.5 hours
3. Take bus 190 to Choa Chu Kang MRT station, and then change at Jurong East station and take the east-west line to Raffles Place.
Travelling time: 45 minutes
Complications: Packed sardines, enough said.
Option 3 is the winner. I've also explored different ways to returning home from the office. (Yes, the Hokkien phrase "bo liao" comes into mind.)
Tip of the day: When it's past 7pm on a week day (excluding Fridays), the fastest way to get from Raffles Place to anywhere else is to take the MRT to Newton station and hop into a cab from there. It worked for me on three different days.
It's no fun travelling in a packed MRT train. I've been hit by bags and crushed by unfamiliar surfaces. That's why I have been sticking to buses (when the hubby commute isn't available).
ReplyDeleteI would stick to buses but for the fact that there's always the BKE jam to contend with. So far, so good. I'm pretty okay with my route No. 3. :-) Today I managed to get a seat on bus 190 returning from home Somerset station and finished two Sudoku puzzles (advanced level). Furiously trying to finish all the puzzles so that I can go on with other games.
ReplyDeleteDoes your brain ever have an "off" day? : ) I am also guilty of over-heating mine.
ReplyDeleteMy brain sometimes moves too fast for me so I need some work in disciplining it. It can wander and that's not good because your mind should be in control.
ReplyDeleteBut my brain needs a lot of stimulation. When I'm on a bus, I will count the number of people on the bus, or the licence plate numbers of vehicles passing by etc.
When I'm at home, I read books, play sudoku, draw something or play guitar or write my diary entry or prayer journal using my left hand or blog etc.
I firmly believe that a brain unused is a brain wasted. And that we should be using as much of our brain as we can for the good of ourselves and more so for the good of others. :-)