(Photo credits to its owner)
If you know what this means, you should be roughly my age (and sibei awesome too!)
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Something to think of...
Since the people, not the companies, are the ones who vote for the government, should the government be pro-people rather than pro-companies?
Friday, September 28, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Benefit of Coconut Water
Been hearing about the benefits of Coconut water and how it is beneficial to health.
It is said to lower blood cholesterol, provide you with the nutrients that your body need and such...
If you had watch some of the olden days (war) movies, there might have some scenes where there is no medical resources available, coconut water is used to inject into the body of the wounded person. It can easily absorbed into the body. It may be just movies but there must be a reason why the scene is filmed and I think the movie maker have done their research.
There is an article in my other blog Wat the Health for your reading and reference.
Here's the direct link to the post:
Benefits of Coconut Water
It is said to lower blood cholesterol, provide you with the nutrients that your body need and such...
If you had watch some of the olden days (war) movies, there might have some scenes where there is no medical resources available, coconut water is used to inject into the body of the wounded person. It can easily absorbed into the body. It may be just movies but there must be a reason why the scene is filmed and I think the movie maker have done their research.
There is an article in my other blog Wat the Health for your reading and reference.
Here's the direct link to the post:
Benefits of Coconut Water
(Photo credits to its owner)
Monday, September 24, 2012
Singapore F1 GP 2012
As you might have known, the Singapore F1 GP 2012 was so long that the officials have to limit the race time to 2 hours according to F1 rules. The reason why the race took so long is not because the cars are slower but because there were so many incidents / accidents which led the safety car to come out (Hence when safety car came out, speed on the entire track are reduced drastically).
(Photo credits to its owner)
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Fill in the Blank...
(Photo credits to its owner)
How many did you get correct?
That's the influencing power of English...LOL
Friday, September 21, 2012
Steps on Bus Entrance (and Exit)
As all buses are going to be wheelchair accessible in the future, this thing call steps to board or alight the bus will be a thing of the past. This shot is taken on a 0405G Hispano Habit.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Prince William and Kate Visit to Queenstown (Joke)
Before the Royal Couple arrive in Singapore, this must be their expectation
This is the famous (or infamous) shot taken at that time when
the Royal Couple visited Queenstown
As you can see, it shows the"typical" Singaporean Life at 3:45pm.
For the caption above, typical is hypenated because it is anything but typical.
The top image in this picture shows the real scenario.
(Photos credits to their owners)
Sunday, September 16, 2012
3 Stages of Man
(Photo credit does not belong to me. It belongs to Santa Claus)
Stage 1: He believe in Santa Claus
Stage 2: He don't believe in Santa Claus.
Stage 3: He is Santa Claus
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
SMRT - Why no double decker?
As you know, SMRT Buses (SMB) came from Trans-Island Buses (TIB). As the name imply trans-island, which is across island. This can be seen from bus services like 969 (Woodlands- Tampines) 858 (Woodlands-Changi Airport), 857 (Yishun-Town), 852 (Yishun-Lorine-Bt Batok)
As you might have observed, right from the company started, their routes were planned in such a way that the bus straight from one town to another (whether via expressway). Nothing like its rival where the routes seems to be going in circles, stopping at every bus stop possible within one town.
When people board the bus, it is likely that they need to take the bus to go from one town to another, not within the town, which means that time expected on the bus is likely to be at least 15 minutes to an average of 35-45 minutes on the bus.
So, while they do have articulated (bendy) high capacity buses, they never had double deckers (DD), something which puzzled me. It doesn't make sense because, comparatively, if SBS Transit (SBST）operating within towns have double deckers, then why there is no double deckers on SMB when their routes are considered long distance? It just doesn't tally with its then corporate philosophy.
Over the years, it seems that SMB stubbornly refuse to purchase DD for reasons not known but I speculate that it may be due to that they do not want to 'copy' SBST to operate DD. Had SBST not have DD, I am rather confident to say that they would very likely go for DD 'to be the first' in Singapore'. (Look at their taxis and range of bus - Man A22, Hino Hs3KRKK, first to buy Citaros etc)
Nevertheless, there are a few reasons that I think SMB should get DD in their fleet
1) Being a service organisation, is it more important to be concerned with copying competitors or passengers comfort which ultimately equates to providing a better service? Is the 'face/ego' factor so important from SMRT such that they would rather let 24* more passengers (or customers as they like to call it) stand for 15 minutes per trip? 24 pax per trip x 200 trips is about 4800 pax each day affected. It may not seems a lot, but it will if you are one of the 4800.
*Comparing Volvo B9TL seating capacity of 83 compared to 0405G seating capacity of 59
(Source: http://sgwiki.com/wiki/Singapore_Bus_Specification)
Also, if there are say 70 passenger on board, all 70 passengers get to sit in the DD compared to some passengers who will have to stand when a Bendy Bus is deployed. This is quite a common situation as in a Bendy bus, you always see somebody standing because all the seats are filled up.
2) As it had been experienced and debated, articulated bus takes up more space in the bus bay making major bus stops less efficient in commuters turnover. LTA has ordered not to have any more (increase) of articulated buses. So, the situation now is that if SMB still stick to its stubborn thinking, they are just left with deploying rigid single deckers to their routes which during the peak hours, always do not have enough capacity to move the crowd.
Also, talk about the issue of a shortage of bus drivers. If there is insufficient bus drivers, then why are SMB not using higher capacity buses (1 driver : 130 passengers) and still using (1 driver: 90 passenger). If higher capacity buses are used, they will need about a third less drivers that they currently need. (2 high capacity buses and drivers serve almost the same amount of passengers as 3 single decker buses and drivers).
3) Moving back to its original philosophy - Trans-Island Bus services or put it in my terms: Across island bus services. Although it is not longer called TIBS now, the routes remains the same and DD can accomplish the task more efficiently and effectively than Bendy Buses. SBST Service 161 and 168 (Woodlands to East areas of Singapore) proves the fact.
Hence, if SMB people are reading this, I hope that while they are still making a decision on how to utilise their part of the $1.1billion from the government for new buses, they will put DD into serious consideration as with the current situation and population (expected to further increase), it is not hard to see why DD, any DD should be the choice for SMB.
As you might have observed, right from the company started, their routes were planned in such a way that the bus straight from one town to another (whether via expressway). Nothing like its rival where the routes seems to be going in circles, stopping at every bus stop possible within one town.
When people board the bus, it is likely that they need to take the bus to go from one town to another, not within the town, which means that time expected on the bus is likely to be at least 15 minutes to an average of 35-45 minutes on the bus.
So, while they do have articulated (bendy) high capacity buses, they never had double deckers (DD), something which puzzled me. It doesn't make sense because, comparatively, if SBS Transit (SBST）operating within towns have double deckers, then why there is no double deckers on SMB when their routes are considered long distance? It just doesn't tally with its then corporate philosophy.
Over the years, it seems that SMB stubbornly refuse to purchase DD for reasons not known but I speculate that it may be due to that they do not want to 'copy' SBST to operate DD. Had SBST not have DD, I am rather confident to say that they would very likely go for DD 'to be the first' in Singapore'. (Look at their taxis and range of bus - Man A22, Hino Hs3KRKK, first to buy Citaros etc)
Nevertheless, there are a few reasons that I think SMB should get DD in their fleet
1) Being a service organisation, is it more important to be concerned with copying competitors or passengers comfort which ultimately equates to providing a better service? Is the 'face/ego' factor so important from SMRT such that they would rather let 24* more passengers (or customers as they like to call it) stand for 15 minutes per trip? 24 pax per trip x 200 trips is about 4800 pax each day affected. It may not seems a lot, but it will if you are one of the 4800.
*Comparing Volvo B9TL seating capacity of 83 compared to 0405G seating capacity of 59
(Source: http://sgwiki.com/wiki/Singapore_Bus_Specification)
Also, if there are say 70 passenger on board, all 70 passengers get to sit in the DD compared to some passengers who will have to stand when a Bendy Bus is deployed. This is quite a common situation as in a Bendy bus, you always see somebody standing because all the seats are filled up.
2) As it had been experienced and debated, articulated bus takes up more space in the bus bay making major bus stops less efficient in commuters turnover. LTA has ordered not to have any more (increase) of articulated buses. So, the situation now is that if SMB still stick to its stubborn thinking, they are just left with deploying rigid single deckers to their routes which during the peak hours, always do not have enough capacity to move the crowd.
Also, talk about the issue of a shortage of bus drivers. If there is insufficient bus drivers, then why are SMB not using higher capacity buses (1 driver : 130 passengers) and still using (1 driver: 90 passenger). If higher capacity buses are used, they will need about a third less drivers that they currently need. (2 high capacity buses and drivers serve almost the same amount of passengers as 3 single decker buses and drivers).
3) Moving back to its original philosophy - Trans-Island Bus services or put it in my terms: Across island bus services. Although it is not longer called TIBS now, the routes remains the same and DD can accomplish the task more efficiently and effectively than Bendy Buses. SBST Service 161 and 168 (Woodlands to East areas of Singapore) proves the fact.
An imaginery livery of a DD which we all hope to see it comes true.
Hence, if SMB people are reading this, I hope that while they are still making a decision on how to utilise their part of the $1.1billion from the government for new buses, they will put DD into serious consideration as with the current situation and population (expected to further increase), it is not hard to see why DD, any DD should be the choice for SMB.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
ABCDEFG.....HIJK
(Photo credits to its owner)
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Creative Chair
(Photo credits to its owner)
I am sure every parent or even grandparent would love to have this chair.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
McDonald's first vegetarian restaurant opening soon in India.
(Source: http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonalds-opening-first-ever-vegetarian-134839878.html)
McDonald has been known to localise its food in each country. However, when they go to India, it actually caught me by surprise that they are localising to the extent that the whole McDonalds become vegetarian i.e., no meat will be served.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Pregnancy Q&A (Funny)
Q: Should I have a baby after 35?
A: No, 35 children is enough
Q: I'm two month pregnant now.When will my baby move?
A: After he get married.
Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex
A: Childbirth, you will know his sex as soon as he is born.
Q: My wife is five month pregnant and so moody that sometimes she's
borderline irrational
A: So what's your question?
Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?
A: Right after you find out that you're pregnant.
Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labour?
A: Not unless the word 'alimony' means anything to you
Q: Is there anything that I should avoid while recovering from childbirth?
A: Yes, pregnancy.
Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?
A: Not if the weather is very cold.
Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to feel and act normal again?
A: When your child is in university.
(Saw on FB, share on blog, some content might be edited for localisation purpose.)
A: No, 35 children is enough
Q: I'm two month pregnant now.When will my baby move?
A: After he get married.
Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex
A: Childbirth, you will know his sex as soon as he is born.
Q: My wife is five month pregnant and so moody that sometimes she's
borderline irrational
A: So what's your question?
Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?
A: Right after you find out that you're pregnant.
Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labour?
A: Not unless the word 'alimony' means anything to you
Q: Is there anything that I should avoid while recovering from childbirth?
A: Yes, pregnancy.
Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?
A: Not if the weather is very cold.
Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to feel and act normal again?
A: When your child is in university.
(Saw on FB, share on blog, some content might be edited for localisation purpose.)
Monday, September 3, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
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