ERP and a new friend

A new friend came unexpectedly and she also sent me an interesting mail. It was on ERP. Where will it end? There will be more ERP on more roads and for longer times. It makes travelling more expensive. Of couse there will be people who will say... "take public transport lah!!!" but lets be practical hor.... If you live in an area where you have to take a bus then 2 trains to your office and you have to face illogical situations on the way, you might decide you want to Pay More to get to work in decent shape.

Kudos to the transport companies like MRT for putting more trains on the tracks at peak times. And bus companies for more buses at peak times. The waiting times are now on average 5 plus minutes. Great, but the people are just a many.

I am used to crowded trains, and if you see the movies of people getting on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo, you will most probably see a very small and pudgy little guy trying to squeeze on. But in Tokyo, the people respect you and respect your space. They do not push their bags into your ribs, step on your foot or worse still.... breath their morning breaths on you....(turning green and wanting to throw up at the thought). They also stand by the side of the door, then proceed in after eveyone has left the train. Here is a mad scramble to get in, the kia su fear that they will be left behind if they do not hamper or block the way out for those who wish to alight. They also do not move inside and do not give way to those who wish to move around.

So we come to the car.... No choice mah... idiots on the trains spoil your day, so yougo by car lor..... Then you will see idiots who spoil your day on the roads. People who road hog, people who come up to you butt and try to push you faster. People who cut into your lane with no warning or the slightest hint of a signal. If you jam your brakes, the guy behind you will bang into you. If you do not, you will ang into the guy who cut into you.... Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

But back to the new friend. I have never met her and probably never will. But I thank her for showing me that it is getting really difficult and expensive to live in Sillypore nowadays. I am sure that many will say move... but I came back to live because it is my home.... No matter how imperfect it is.