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What am I Waiting For?

To be frank, I really hate going home via Boon Lay Interchange on weekday evenings. Besides the overcrowding problem, which gets worse everyday unless and until the two new MRT extension stations at Joo Koon and Pioneer are commissioned, the bus service is really terrible.

It is a common sight to see meandering queues extending from the bus bays all the way into the MRT station, sprouting a proud 100+ people waiting for the same bus to appear. (The numbers are reliable, I count them every time I feel frustrated; so that I will have figures to quote SBS when I lodge a complaint). Imagine 120 people waiting for a single bus service, which means you probably need 3 bus stops full of people if those people are waiting at a bus stop along a typical road. Some queues are worse, I estimate a minimum of 150 commuters during peak hours. And I happen to be taking the bus which has one of the longest and slowest moving queues.

You can wait for as much as 20min to board a bus 242 at Boon Lay bus interchange. This is ridiculous, as the actual bus journey is 15min. That means you will spend more than half an hour to travel a max of 3km. I think I can run faster than that speed.

Until 4 months ago, I started to take bus from this interchange, again after I switched job. To think that the problem which existed since my University days is still not resolved, after 5 long years. That is the real issue with monopoly of the market, and service providers will not bother to improve or review their quality of service, until someone complains. And I am going to quit waiting and do just that.

Desmond's Home Aquarium

After months of switching from CRS to fighting fishes and to german mini lobsters, Desmond finally settled down on a small scale but beautiful landscape for his marine friends. And here is his proud creations...

I particularly like the castle which has a balcony of mosses on top of it. It is so realistic! And I am sure the shrimps will love playing hide seek among the greens and concrete. This tank setup may look simple, but there are so much effort being put into its birth. The plants, for example enjoy two sets of light, one of which is programmed to on and off at certain times of the day. And if you notice hard, there is hanging-in-mid-water ball of moss which is created all by himself =)

I will be getting my mini office aquarium soon! With easy to maintain livestocks and plants because I am kinda a lazy person. Keke.

A Page from Yuan's Diary

Yee yee and Kor Kor brought Granny, Mummy and me to Hay Dairies on Deepavali Day. Boy! There were so many didi meimei there! So crowded! Some more I have to wake up at 830am so as to reach Lim Chu Kang by 10am to see them milking goats. So I was half awake and half asleep in most of the photos =(

But it was all worth it! I get to see the goatees eat, drink and pee... and get milked but the workers in Hay Dairies. I also get to feed them! Their saliva is so warm and sticky and it was fun! Kor Kor bought two packets of grass for us to feed the goats, and Mummy help me to pluck the leaves from the grass.

I prefer the smaller goats. The Papa and Mama goats can actually stick their heads out and bite Granny's bag! So scary! I keep asking Yee Yee whether the goats will bite me. But she assured me that they are friendly animals.

I have no chance to taste goat milk as they were sold out when we got out from the stables. Next time then. The next time I come, I also want to visit Farmart in LCK! Hurray!

The Man in the Middle

Desmond refereed his first Singapore Slingers' basketball match in the Indoor Stadium on Wednesday. Wow, what an experience! Not only that this is an international match against Malaysia All-Stars, it was held in the indoor stadium where tickets are needed to view the match. And of course, I got a free ticket =)

In all, the match was pretty boring, with the Slingers doing a below average performance against the hardworking Malaysians. Scoreline was close throughout the match but was differentiated at the last 10min when the Malaysians lost their foothole and shooting percentages.

I think the Slinger girls and mascot got most of the limelight that night, as they danced scantily clad, attracting the whistles and cheers from ang mos, players and some referees. tsk tsk.