Monday, January 21, 2008

Blocked, Plummeted, Disappointed, Disconnected

Blocked

Early morning, while walking towards Tampines MRT station, I witnessed an unusual sight. The main gate was shut, with several police dudes and some SMRT staff standing outside the station. There were several notices and dozens more people crowding around the area. "Cross the overhead bridge to for shuttle to Tanah Merah" Holy cow. I was wondering whether it's another case of "jumping onto MRT track and R.I.P." incident. It is actually due to a maintenance train kena stuck in the middle of the track between Tampines and Simei.

I crossed the bridge to the other side of the road and found a whole congregation of late-for-work/school/whatevers at the bus-stop. Traffic was slow like Level 1 Snail. I happen to meet Tat Chuan, ex-DSO colleague at the bus-stop, and he said he waited to get onto a bus since an hour ago. He also tried to grab a cab but failed. Therefore we were there trying to get onto SMRT shuttle buses specially prepared to ferry us to Tanah Merah MRT station. Eventually I got up the bus, but poor Tat Chuan was left unable to squeeze onto the bus I was on.

Reached office at 10+. LOL! Bobianz huh?

Plummeted

Holy cow!! The STI plunged a massive 187.10 points to close near to 2900. Awesome! ZZZzzz...

Disappointed

Jiahao suggested we go to VivoCity for lunch, since he will be going to DSTA later in the afternoon. We decided to try out the food at Terra Cafe. Conclusion: First and last time. Period.

Disconnected

Searched high and low for solutions and spent almost two hours trying to link up the Father's new Windows Vista operated PC with Cindy's Windows XP operated PC. But STILL unable to link them up. Several articles have pointed out that it could be compatibility issues. Thanks Mr. Gates!