Transport council sets new bus service standards

Hurray! :)

Would like to think that I was "one of the commuters" who contributed constructive feedback which they took into consideration in making these new standards and improvements.

Read more of the news report here!

Synopsis of having smoother rides:
Here are some key requirements spelt out by the PTC:

> Bus operators will be required to run a hotline and post up-to-date information on routes and schedules at the interchanges and bus stops, as well as online. Previously, such information could be found only at bus interchanges and some bus stops.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Finally a good fiction book that I have read in a while.



"The Time Traveler's Wife is an infection that pleasantly invades your system and refuses to let go of the imagination even after you turn the last of its 518 pages and move on to the next book on your shelf.

It's the kind of word-of-mouth book that readers cheerfully spread, like a benign virus, to anyone around them willing to lose themselves in a hopelessly romantic story, forsaking most other obligations like work, family and personal hygiene." More details...

Explains why I stayed in bed this weekend. :)

THANKS from a 26th year old!

> to those who bought me lovely presents and gave me dinner treats
> to those who remembered and gave me calls, sent smses and emails
> to those who planned a surprise bday party behind my back
> to those who are co-conspirators and resisted themselves from sending me smses during the day so they can REALLY surprise me at night
> to those who came for the surprise party and made it a REAL surprise
> to those who lie without batting an eye-lid and is so deserving of the best actor award for that surprise party to work
> to those who didnt remember but later do and have a lousey memory like yours truely ( so no blaming me if i 4get the exact dates of your impt dates too ok :P)

Thanks for making my 26th bday memmorable :)

Whats up on Sat?

True conversation dated at 3.35pm 18th July 2006

Phonecall in process:

"Yadayadayada....."

CW: " So what are you going to do on Sat?"

YY: "Whats up on Sat?"

CW: "Huh? ok lor we can celebrate it in aug or sept then" ;P

YY: " Oh that...well after 25 everything goes downhill"

a fine line

granted that singapore doesn't seem to have homeless pple roaming around the sts and beggars at every corner, it does have poor pple too. Heard that the gov actually bring the homeless to charity homes, hence you dont see them.

This article posted on ST lately citing a story of this grandmother taking care of 2 of her handicapped grandchildren. Really sad reality of human life. But after just feeling sad for 1 min, what else comes out of it? Just like the angst and disbelief due to senseless wars and natural tragedies that are happening in the rest of world, whats one to do other than just feeling sorry again for those few moments and quite naturally thanking god that I am in a safe environment or that is not happening to me.

my daily dilema, when i see pple begging for money, is to give or not? the mantra is not to, not to make life "simple" for pple who just beg for an easy way out or have the healthy 4 limbs. And even the blind and deaf/dumb pple who sell tissue packs at the food courts? Sorry this cty doesnt support the easy way out. Try something else.

A fine line. So when do we actually help pple really in need? What are the yardsticks to decide if this person is more worthy to give money than others? Disability? Is it easier to just ignore/to be numb to sufferings, and turn away when you see the life has dealt a heavy hand on an unfortunate few and focus on the how some just want the easy way out?

thinking aloud...

How to be a Woman- Part 1

Reading recipes off a chinese cook book as the "chef" proceeds to cook under the supervision of Master Chef Jenny, was not really what I had in mind, when Vega invited us for dinner on Sat.

From 7.30pm to 9pm,I practised my mandarin reading and speaking, observed the neat tricks that Jenny have on cooking and more importantly got entertained by Vega's comments on how tough being a woman as she slaved at the stove :D Thanks Ms Chang for the cool invite and initative. Smuack!

For more adventures of Ms Chang....stay tune for How to be a Woman- Part 2...

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Happy Birthday Sis :)!