Commute by public transportation

>> Thursday, May 28, 2009

I'm BACK!! Touch down at 1233pm at a lil city of golden treasure (金宝) by EdaranAir. It was a great journey rocketing from PudurayaAirport and arrived without harm(praise the Lord). Well, nothing much change here, every particle was at its place the way we left it 2 weeks ago.

I woke up at 6.40am for a 10.00am bus. Usually, u only need this much time if u r catching a plane to another contry other than ur own(even to singapore). So i feel like this when in actual fact, im only boarding a 2 1/2 hr bus to kampar.
That's because first i need to have breakfast with mummy and lil bro(sister ffk bcz she wanna sleep)
then, take the bullet train that travels 10Mm(megametre)/hr at 8am
and then i hv to walk to the station at 8.30am

Let me tell u a little bit about public transport in KL and selangor. Mind u, only for KL and selangor!! My experience.

Taxi
This is the best way to move from one place to another. It is less time consuming and drop u right at ur destination. Even if u r caught in the traffic bcz other means of public transort are packed at peak hours and u'll end up in line for ur turn to get on them. So it's still more efficient to take the cab. However, it is notorious with its exhorbitant rates XD. It will cost u arnd RM10 for a mere 15mins ride. Some smart cabby will take u bitting round the bush and charge u extra. The worse part, they wont even stop when u hail tham. Sometimes, they refuse to send u to ur destination. It's actually against the law for both situation. If the cab is empty and not on call, they must stop for anyone that flag them down. Then, they must bring them to their distinated place. Overseas, the ppl sit in the cab before they announce their stop where else in Malaysia, u open the door, tell them where u wanna go and see if they wanna send u there, then only u hop on. so weird...how come the passanger are more polite than the cabby??we r the client rite?? anyway..this is Malaysia
Taxi here are arrogant and expensive. So, if u are a budget traveller, choose the next option.

Coach
An economical way of going places are by coaches. U'll get a variety of air-conditioned(provided they r working else u'll get national air) busses like Metrobus(M), RapidKL(R) rapid.. kononye~lah, MJ bus...whatever..no more intrakota liao. bankrupted..
There are 2 types of buses available. One is the city bus and the other is the LRT bus. The first will travel from city to city, the later will only travel within the city and the pit stop will be the LRT station. Duh~
Often, the commuters will choose the M bus bcz they come by more frequently. But these busses are labelled KL visibly with the rest of the destination written so small that u cant see even if u'll squint ur eyes til they shut. If unlucky, there wil be no signs at all. For beginners, u'll either let all the busses pass or u'll start flagging down every single one of them. Once u get on the bus, u're suppose to remember the number so that next time u dun have to be such a fool..hah!! However, the LRT buses are labelled with a T follow by some numbers and they only go round within a distance frm the nearest LRT station. So doesn't really matter which bus(with the T label) u take, u'll end up at the LRT station somehow..haha^^

So the differences is, the R bus are off schedule. U'll end up waiting for hours to hop on one. Occationally, there are no signs of them at all. When i was studying in KTAR for my STPM, i used to wait for them at the LRT station. And this LRT station has got 2 different bus with two similar route(not d same,its similar only) . Unfortunately, the place i live is not the crosspoint of these two busses. So i hv to get on the right bus to get home. one day i waited frm 5pm till 7pm and there are no bus. Where else the other bus had his 3rd round. After the forth round, he told us the other bus is not on duty that day..Har?? that wat happen to all the ppl that commute regularly. Thats the only bus for us to get to LRT station what. No notices? No replacement?? Nothing??? Not to forget, most of the bells frm these busses are malfuction. During my STPM years, most of my classes ends at 4, so by the time i get to pj it wil be after office hours, I got stuck in the bus, without the bell, the bus didnt stop. So?? i end up back at the LRT station la...where else? GOSH!!

LRT (light rail transit)
U must pick the right time to use it. Else u'll have ur blood pressure shoot up till ur brain burst. Watch out for the peak season, even thou i said passangers are more polite than public vehicle drivers, LRT has got no driver..haha..so everyone squash like oranges trying to get pass the train door like there's no tomorrow. At peak hours, the train will turn into cans of sardines. All the ppl cram in the cubicle and u'll be cell to cell apart. Those days....on my way to KTAR..i've been molested every single morning..sob sob..the good thing is, U wont hv to hold on to anything. U wont fall. That's because others will be so fasten that u can jz lean on to them..haha..but then i very smart la, i took the train till the last station, and get a place to sit...hahaha..well, thats because my station is the second last and im going to the other end of the track...so i get to sleep...what a pig..
and then and then, the door close so quickly, many ppl will Amarican football(go find out what is it) their way through it. some ppl end up outside the train instead of inside..haih..sad case..

so this is how i travel arnd before i could drive..

and then ah...KTM ah..very slow...like turtle. Better use ur leg to walk than use KTM..trust me...and its pack all the time. worse than LRT..

anyway...my next post in on homosexual. Yesterday, i was watching the news and saw some Canadian opposing to the fact that homo are not suppose to get married. Erm..meaning the want homo to get married la..so what do u think??? is homosexuality ok?? agree or disagree?? drop ur comments.

i need to go and meet the Lord now. sorry if got grammar mistakes..hahaha...bear with me.. :P
* 1 Mega = 1000 kilo

1 comments:

Damselette May 28, 2009 at 5:27 PM  

LOL.... LOL... LOL
Writing a review huh? Haha I did not read all of them. I stopped at coach. But i do agree that taxi service in msia is hmm very... indigestible to me. I can't understand why... It's like I was thinking to get myself on a taxi to and fro from bandar sri damansara to DSH ... and I found myself asking 'do the taxis take me there? They might not be willing to come to BSD... because they wont have another passanger to ride?' See... one good feedback from a poorly-served citizen. Government should do smthing? What an they do? Oh well. wtv