My Train Journey

Have been traveling on weekly basis for almost 3 years. It's really tiring. I think it is about time for me to take some rest. I am tired on traveling, I am tired of the "mm seh dak" feelings whenever I say goodbye to my family members and my dear. Cant afford to be apart with them anymore. Tired of facing 4 walls alone in my rented room after work, with no internet connection. Hate the feelings of eating alone, and that's the main reason why I skip breakfasts and dinners.
Buying coach and train tickets in advance is another headache for me. I have to keep track on long weekends, or school holidays and make sure that I buy the tickets 2 months in advance! This year is considered 'not so tiring' for me because I changed job, and I take the straight bus from SG to KL. 2 years before that, due to my "kiamsiap-ness", I go all the way to JB to get my express bus to KL because I can pay in Ringgit which is much much more CHEAPER! If I take a straight bus from SG to KL it will cost me $33 (around RM80), but if I take a bus from JB, it costs me about RM30 only!!! Can u see the different? RM50 different!!! I can save up to RM200 a month!!! But it takes 2 hours for me to reach Larkin (JB's bus terminal) from Singapore. I really salute myself, I cant believe I actually spending so much time on the bus and I am doing it every week!
For the past 10 months. Instead of taking a bus from KL - SG on every Sunday afternoon, I take night train now. Although it takes longer hours to reach (11 hours) compare to bus journey which is only 6 hours, I don't mind because I can sleep in the train as long as the berth is not near to the coach exit. But still have to be alert while sleeping, I got to make sure that I don't sleep like a pig because I have to take care of my belongings and my passport.
Ever since the H1N1 virus is spread in Malaysia, I have to be extra careful. Got to make sure I wear a mask when I am in the train. I don't care if people call me "kiasi". Better to be safe than sorry.

Jeng Jeng! This is me with the mask in the train... Do I look scary? lol


Long train journey, newspapers (Wan Pao) is always my travel companion.

A "jia lat" girlfriend

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Back to SG...
At work now... Today is not PH in SG.
Did not sleep well yesterday, thanks to the passenger (the jia lat gf) who slept at the lower deck (below me) in the train . She was talking lecturing her bf over the phone. I think she is a bit too much loh... Maybe she is fussy... or too sensitive... And the most important thing is, she did not consider that others cannot sleep when she lecture her bf happily...

Okay, the story is like this:
This lady is a Malaysian working in Singapore. But she does not travel as often as me :P
Her bf called her, informed her that he has already bought her the ticket she wanted (ticket from KL-SG). Then she started to make noise when she found out that the seat is not a single seat. Then she make louder noise when she found out that the seat is in the last row.
Hello, come on lah. It is already considered very lucky that she can get ticket. Really do not understand why she wants to complain.

Let me list out some of the points that she said:

• Do u know who is doing to travel?
• Do you know how tired is it for sitting in the bus for 6 hours?
• Do you know how uncomfortable is it if some one u donno is sitting beside you for 6 hours?
• You want to make me bounce my head by sitting in the last row?

Then, her bf must have saying some points, which I donno what was that. But, I guess the bf asked her to appreciate him for going all the way to puduraya to get her the bus ticket for her.

I know how difficult is it because I have been doing it every week! The traffic there is horrible, and have to double park there while waiting for the other person to go and get the ticket for you. Sometimes ended up stuck in the jam for hours...

And she continued this:

• You want me to appreciate you for getting me the seat in the last row?
• You want me to appreciate you for not getting me a single seater ticket?
• Why don't we switch place?
• Why last time everything you say OK, you can do it for me, now everything you say cannot, say not OK?
• Not every weekend ma.
  

Then I think the bf apologize over the phone, and she said this:

• Do you want to change? Or you are just saying it for the sick of saying?
• What 3 months? Then after that you want to say bye bye and go?

Aiyoh...
I pity the bf ... Got such a "sai lei" girl friend. Donno how to appreciate what ppl do for her. She said it is very tiring when sitting in the bus for 6 hours. Hey, I am doing it every week, if you don't like to sit then mar sleep loh. Don't like to sit, then fly...
She said she will hit her head if she sit is the last row, at first I thought okay, maybe she is very tall. But who knows this morning when I saw her, she is barely 5 feet. Maybe only four feet eight nia.
She said it is not comfortable when a stranger is sitting beside her for 6 hours. I think the stranger (like me who sleep above her) will feel uncomfortable instead, because she snores so loudly at night! Okay, let's say she does not snore, but she will still disturb others by talking on the phone.

Behtahan......

p/s: I hope someone will appreciate that I travel every weekend... Cos I never complain that much...

My first KL-SG train experience...

I took train from KL to SG last Sunday for the very first time after 2 years of traveling by weekly basis. The train journey is 2x more than bus journey, but I dont mind because I can sleep during the journey. I bought the berth type. I did not sleep well because the train stopped almost in every state, and also I heard people snoring! But I believe I will get use to it soon, I think I will continue travel by train because it saves my time. I can sleep in the train, by the time I wake up I am already in Singapore and can head to the office straight away. Although it is very tiring!

Waiting for departure in KL Sentral


On the way to my coach...


Jeng Jeng! me and my PINK toes @ the berth...


I was at the upper deck of the berth. This is how it looks in the train.


View from the mini window