I was counting the number of ERP gantries one has to cross to get from Tampines to Far East Plaza and from Far East Plaza to Plaza Singapura and from Plaza Singapura to Paradiz Centre. To make this journey you'll need to cross approximately 5 ERP gantries including 1 on the way home. On top of that, you'll need to cough out a further S$6 - S$7 dollars for parking at each of the parking lots which will result in one incurring a total amount of approximately S$22++ just to use the car. That is just the incurred cost not including the petrol and the possibility of getting fined. (Pardon the bitterness but I just got my first speeding ticket today...)
Traveling by public transport is significantly cheaper. It will cost S$0.90 cents to get from home to the interchange by the feeder bus and another S$1.50 by train to get from Tampines to Orchard. There it is possible to walk from Far East to Plaza Singapura to Paradiz without boarding any form of public transport (but that's just me...) and S$2.20 to get back to Tampines from Plaza Singapura via Express Service 518. Grand Total: S$4.60. I guess it kinda makes sense to the people who erect these gantries that if these people can afford a car, I am pretty sure they can afford letting my little evil gantries "PEEP" money out of their little blue cards...
On a lighter note, I am pretty glad I got my hair done today and my Mother's Day gift sorted out. Dinner with J and M was thoroughly enjoyable too and I am hoping we could squeeze in one more before one of them flies of for further studies... I'll be heading off to Malacca this weekend for my first overseas triathlon race. I doubt I have had enough training but I guess there isn't much which can be done now. :)
A smile,
A laugh,
A pat on my back.
A hug,
A joke,
An arm round my neck.
The simplest things the above might seem,
The silliest verse too this may seem,
Words are only worth that much
A meet-up soon, perhaps for a hug?
- Jason Yip
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