Travel Blather

There are three buses that take me from the exciting industrial haven of Pandan Loop to the semi civilisation that is Jurong East.

Bus 51 - This is my favourite. It usually arrives almost empty, and is one of the newer double deckers (the kind with enough legroom, so I don't have to wedge in like a door stopper). Its a relatively short ride, and the bus drivers do this cool acceleration over this particularly steep slope on Jurong Town Hall, so that if you are on the top deck, you experience 0 G-forces for a split second. Very cool.

Only downside is - there is only one every 1/2 hour or so. So if u just missed one, you have to look for alternatives like...

... Bus 176 - an even shorter ride, but it is always packed to the gills. It must pass some other industrial area, because its always full of two kinds of pple - the manufacturing line workers, and the software engineer types. Its a bit more frequent though, so if I am in a hurry, I have to take it. And then of course, there is...

... Bus 143 - Very frequent. Usually empty. Gets you to Jurong East. Problem is, its route takes an extra 15 mins. Which is very valuable time when you are trying to get home to the cottage pie your husband made you. But, having just missed the bus 51 and looking at the sardine tins that passed for bus 176, I had little choice.

So a trip around Teban Gardens it was, admiring the lone trees in the middle of fields where there used to be blocks of flats and of course, the lovely Pandan reservoir. And how else to pass the time, but by taking glamour shots of oneself? I posted just one for your enjoyment, but I took about 12.

Vain? No.
Self absorbed? Temporarily.
Glad I did it? Yes.