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.
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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).
I 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.
Does your brain ever have an "off" day? : ) I am also guilty of over-heating mine.
My 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.
But 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. :-)
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