Sunday, August 08, 2004
wat a 'wonderful' 4 hr traffic snarl
just keep dis in mind; never ever think of driving into our northern neighbours on the first day of a long long weekend! not wanting to go against my parents, especially my mom, i drove up to visit my aunt. the tuas checkpoint was ok... but i was in for a very very big shock when i saw the long lines of cars, buses, lorries n the lot at the end of the bridge. dat means i'll have to crawl for the next 3 km before i could get my passport stamped!
we spent from 4pm right to about 8.20pm on the 3km stretch. dont have to wonder n imagine how it looked like, when i bring up my digital camera from the car later, i'll upload the pics here! hehehe i got the chance to snap some pics, to disrupt the tension n tiredness of covering about only 1km every hour! i tot i would be the only stupid guy to snap pics.. soon after, another guy about 5 cars behind me did the same!!
my sypathies to those who got their vehicles break down in the middle. some had overheated engines... most i think had the same problems. others mebe had run out of petrol? God knows.. n those wif toddlers, babies n kids would receive my most sympathies. i mean, here we r, stuck in a long jam, n it was very hot n humid for those not using air cons for valid reasons. n those who had to walk the entire stretch to go to the restroom... at least the guys could cross over n do it in the bushes.. i met up wif 1 guy when i stepped out of my car to stretch, n we chatted for a while before he told me he wanted to pee.. i told him,"cross over ah, u can do dat in those bushes!" dat was exactly wat he did! ahaks..
also a prayer to my friend who has a misforture last night... nice to hear eventually it turned out well..
|
