11:25 PM
Okie time to update my blog le..Okie guys, time to update my blog le..
Hmm.. These few days i'm been so free that almost everyday i've been going out to take bus photos during my lunch time onwards.. For today's at Bt Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, and Shenton Way(for that TIB842U on 970). 1 or 2 days back i went to Boon Lay also for some bus phototaking.. Nice cameo down there.. Soon Chow Volvo Mk 4 on service 79 and 240.. Rare sia..
Okie.. Anyway, i wanna thanks Rachel here for helping me to buy the SBST Book 2 Handbook as now my polytechnic expenses is already *boom* le.. I really dun wanna miss out this book sia.. Honestly speaking, i really miss out a lot about TIBS/SMRT and SBS/SBST last time, the good times that they had.. Haiz.. Now? SMRT Buses's standard drop from good to bad and now to worst arh.. Service standard not good, deployment go haywire (especially from Woodlands and Ang Mo Kio Depot), etc etc..
Yesterday, i went to board SBS997A (The longest bus that SBST has, not counting Articulated buses) with Jack, Rachel and Kai Guan.. The trip not bad sia.. Interesting.. Regretted not taking that 2 SBST Articulated buses (SBS998Y and SBS999U).. Haiz.. Now, both buses are in New Zealand le.. Hope these 2 buses are doing fine over there and enjoy a good life..
Okie shall stop my entry here ba.. Will post when i have time ;-) tc ppl! cya! ;-)
Victor Lim
Monday, March 27, 200610:08 AM
Continuation of my previous entry...Ok.. Continue from my previous entry.. My previous entry was actually about my time management planning for my 3 poly years..
Coming to that, I’ve not talk about the kickboxing part.. That one arh, I must see whether I have time for that or not, coz I will not be that free during these 3 crucial years.. Somemore my master Mr Kuik told me and Sebastian to take care of the kickboxing part in Republic Polytechnic, and even request either me or Sebastian to become the chairman of this CCA. Sebastian said he confirm won’t be the chairman de, but then for me, I also don’t wish to become the chairman too.. Why? For a simple reason; I don’t want history to repeat itself again.. From my past years in Zhenghua Secondary School being Head of Administration for NPCC, it had already gave me a lot of experience, and also a lot of stress and took much of my personal time too.. This is to the extent that my studies started to flung.. Now, in Republic Polytechnic, I swear myself that I’ll not be like what I was in the past, and whether to join/form the kickboxing as my CCA is still under my consideration, coz i might not join even a single CCA if time really don't allow me to do so..
Instead, I’m going to concentrate more of my business & IT studies in Republic Polytechnic, then if got spare time I may do some bus spotting/joyrides from Woodlands Regional Interchange. As for weekends, my relative side got offer me part-time jobs which is specially for weekends, but must also see my course module and other factors first.. Hope that I can be able to work on weekends, so that at least I can earn some $$$ for my daily expenses and save some $$$ to my bank account. Seeing both of my parents working very hard for both me and my sister (who is about to go to university very soon, somewhere mid-2006), I must study even more harder so that when I graduate, complete my NS and university, I can earn more $$$ to repay their kindness when they support me even during the hard times.. My future aim: To find a suitable job that I like and work towards at it so that I can earn $$$ with pride and also to gain experiences from it..
As for my poly life, what I hope is that I can get to know as many new friends as possible especially through the Freshmen Orientation Camp for School Of Information and Communications Technology 3D2N which is from 5th April to 7th April 2006, and hope to work together well with them also ;-) Okie.. I will stop writing for now le ba.. Will update my blog again when I’m free ;-) Take care ppl ;-) Cya!
Victor Lim
Sunday, March 26, 20064:38 PM
Poly life's gonna start le..Haiz.. Time flies very fast.. For a moment, i'm in Secondary School days.. For a moment, i'm now about to proceed further for my poly studies at Rupublic Poly (RP). Those days ar.. Haiz...
Once my poly term starts, i won't be that as free as what i'm now le.. As for my San Shou ar, i dunno whether i still have time for that le.. Cos i dunno whether will i be very busy for that or not.. As for now, what i've planned is that i most probably will be going to skip for my San Shou, as for TKD, still under my consideration.. Got time den i go for TKD.. As for bus arh, of course it will still continues on.. Cos horz that's my main interest/hobby.. :P
Okie.. Will update my blog when i'm free again :D cya ppl ;)
Victor Lim
Sunday, March 19, 20062:18 AM
Cameo spotting on Friday 17 March 2006:Okie.. Some cameos spotted last Friday 17 March 2006 that i would like to share with you:
1st: TIB365E on Service 804
2nd: TIB1256E on Service 804
3rd: TIB538Z on Service 812
Victor Lim
1:02 AM
Okie time to round up my activities for the past 1/2 weeks..Okie long time no post liao.. Will sum up the activities i had for the past 1/2 weeks:
Thursday 9 March 2006:
- IT Show 2006 @ Suntec Convectional Centre
- Me, Jack
- Went there to look for some gadgets (mainly digital cameras)
- Overall the IT Show not bad. Me 1st time went for such IT events
Friday 10 March 2006:
- Conquering Singapore longest bus service routes 61(SMRT Buses) and 51(SBS Transit)
- Me, Rachel
- Quite a fun experience but quite torturing especially for Service 51.
- Service 51 Journey time: 2hrs 30 min (For Volvo B10M Mk IV)
- If we took the previous Volvo B10M DM Mk II, journey time would have been extended to about 3 hours.
- Service 61 Journey time: 2 hrs 15 min (For Merz O405G Hispano Habit [Articulated])
- Spent at least 6 hours outside there including dinner @ Jurong East.- Finally managed to convince Rachel to eat something new by buying her Siew Mai, a local Dim Sum (good job!)
- That day's really a Volvo B10M Mk II cursing time from me :P Go everywhere i also can see Mk II :P (Svc 51 CAC DM, 89 CAC DM, 151 NAC WA, etc)
Saturday 11 March 2006:
- Martial Arts Competition @ Bt Timah Plaza
- Honestly speaking, quite a boring day for me actually.. Don't really enjoy my day there a lot..
- After that accompany my friends (Ber, wk, jj, Derek, Sebas) to Bugis to buy present for Ql.
- Sad to say, service 61 is the only direct bus service to Bugis from Bt Timah Plaza. (Svc 170 cannot)
- And guess what? Most of them complained about the long journey and feel very sleepy.. Bo bian.. No choice.. What can i do? :P
- After buying present we took service 960 back to Bt Panjang (BPJ)
Sunday 12 March 2006:
- SGBuses outing to East Coast Parkway (ECP) for cycling.
- Cyclists: Me, Rachel, Hafiz, Jack, Benjamin
- Others who joined us later @ ECP MacDonald: Jin Hua
- Really a enjoyable moments for me as this is the 1st time i went out with my SGBuses enthauistist group of friends for non-bus outing
- Have fun cycling there for 2 hours
- Cycling up to as fast as Bedok Jetty that side.
- Benjamin's family members were also at ECP for his family outing, and his parents were so kind to offer all of us here a packet of drink to quench our thirst ;)
- After 2 hours of cycling, went to ECP MacDonald to have our lunch and meet Jin Hua there (B4 that i went for bathing, 50 cents charged for bathing there)
- And after our makan session, we took Parks service 401 to Bedok while Benjamin went back to find his family members.
- Went for toilet break @ Bedok MacDonald and took service 168 to Tampines and then i forget what service i took le.. Haha.. :D
- Nice day i ever had @ ECP ;-)
Monday 13 March 2006:
- Went to meet my MP Dr Teo again for BPJ Bus Services feedback
- That night was a long waiting man...
- B4 8pm, i've already reached there liao. Queue no. 47
- My turn only came at around 10+ at night because i requested to see Dr Teo and not the other guy which i don't know who he is
- When my turn came, he photocopied my draft points written in my paper and requested me to e-mail him and our BPJ Transport Committee Chairman Louis Tay in future.
- Morning for service 963E ride
- Me, Rachel, Hafiz
- IMO, I don't find service 963E that reliable for a simple reason that it still jam along Bt Batok towards Toh Tuck/Ulu Pandan area.
- Reached HarbourFront Bus Interchange we saw 6 service 963/963E buses (woah!)
- After that went to its MacDonald over there for breakfast.
- Finally, Rachel ate something new again. This time is the Hotcake from MacDonald :D
- After that went to Tai Seng Toy Shop near Lavender for a while before i set my journey back home.
Tuesday 14 March 2006:
- BBQ Gathering for ZSS 5N 2005 batch @ Fajar BBQ Pit
- Quite a boring day i can say..
- Pay $7 in the end i only ate 1 satay and 1 hot dog plus few small cups of bartley drink
- After that went for Pasar Malam (Night Market) along BPJ area till around 11:30pm b4 i went home
Wednesday 15 March 2006:
- Tour to the new Budget Terminal near Singapore Changi Airport
- Me, Hafiz, Rachel, Benjamin, Jack, Zhi Ping, Desmond
- Nice tour around there
- After that went to Changi Village for lunch
- And we gonna train Rachel to eat & drink other other food & beverage besides Chicken Rice and hot Milo.
- After that we went to Tampines for a while before taking a service 969 Merz Volgren Bendy back to WDL Regional Int and then took service 960 & 920 back home.
Thursday 16 March 2006:
- Nothing to talk much.. Quite a boring day actually..
Friday 17 March 2006:
- Yishun Feeder Services (804, 811) Nissan UDs Deployment Phototaking Operational Day/Mission
- Me, Hafiz, Rachel
- News received by both Hafiz and Rachel through sms
- Went and reached Yishun Interchange at around 4:35pm
- Camera standby for TIB365E on service 811 and TIB1256E on service 804
- While Hafiz and Rachel saw and took photo of TIB970H on service 800, i saw and took photo of TIB538Z on service 812 :P
- After completing this 'fun' mission, i went back home to have my dinner b4 went for my TKD grading @ Blk 527 Jelapang Rd
- After that a 'yawn' night for me again..
Saturday 18 March 2006:
- Quite a boring day actually
- San Shou grading @ Blk 413 Saujana Rd
- After that went to my relative house for birthday celebration.
Victor Lim
Tuesday, March 07, 200612:34 AM
How i spent my day today (6 March 2006)Okie.. Time to put aside my personal problems first.. Wanna talk about how i spent my day.. heh heh ;)
(Started to write as of yesterday 6 March 2006, so i will treat this entry as i'm writing this yesterday)
This morning, i set off from home at about 7:20am, eagered to go Singapore Poly to appeal.. 1st, i took TIB853M of service(svc) 184 (perm, KJ 184) to Clementi MRT that side. Upon reaching, i was hopping for a Volvo CNG (Gassy) bus on svc 105 to Singapore Poly, but in the end, Volvo Mk 4 came instead, so i decided to go for a toilet break @ Clementi MRT Station and waited for the next svc 105 bus, hoping for a gassy bus. Instead, another Volvo Mk 4 came again, and this time i better take that bus le lo.. SBS2720T on svc 105.. Upon reaching Singapore Poly, i saw a few of ZSS friends there.. Got Wei Chiang, Shatik (sry i really dunno how to spell correctly), Han Hoon and 1 of her friend. And, i also didn't expect that 1 of my bus enthauistist friend, Malcolm (currently studying in SP also) to be there also.. Heh.. he went there to just copy the COP for 2006 and after that he need to rush for his attachment job in Shenton Way. As for me, i decided to take svc 105 again (hoping for a gassy bus again but it failed) from Singapore Poly to Serangoon Interchange (since i never went there before).. SBS924K on svc 105..
Wah.. Over at Serangoon Interchange, IMO, it was far more WORST than Bt Panjang Int.. Just by looking at its deployment of a certain service i can buay tahan(cannot take it) liao.. Its interchange really need some upgrading work liao, ever since it was built somewhere in 1986. So, i went on to take SBS2824C on svc 81 to Tampines Regional Interchange for my lunch break.. After my lunch break, i took SBS1706S on svc 28 (cameo, BN SP) to Toa Payoh.. Initially, the trip really sux like hell lo.. Feel like as if i were on a Nissan Diesel (UD) bus, meaning free sauna again.. But at least that WA Mk 2 can chiong (i even got recorded its turbo-like sound.. heh :D).
Upon reaching Toa Payoh Int, i went for a toilet break and decided to take its feeder services there.. So...... I went on to take a CAC Scania SBS3668E on svc 238 for 1 loop, and later on, SBS365Z on svc 231G for 1 trip.. Haiz.. When i was on svc 231G, i kinda miss my old home at Lor 1 Toa Payoh.. The Piston Clinic at Blk 163 is still there, my old block(forget was it 149 or 150) is also still there, somemore upgraded liao.. I still remembered during my times in Toa Payoh(before mid-1996), the fleets for svc 231 are mainly Volvo B57 series, NAC feeder svc de.. Hmm.. Something to tell Malcolm: Mal, you are very lucky to get Scania buses when you moved to Toa Payoh somewhere in 1998, together with the building of its Toa Payoh HDB Hub, making Toa Payoh Central a much more better place than what it used to be..
As for me currently staying in Bt Panjang, i hope to stay within this Bt Panjang estate even when i become a father.. Who knows, 10 years 20 years down the road it will become what Toa Payoh is right now.. According to Dr Teo, he told me that the current Bt Panjang Interchange is a temporary one. In future, Bt Panjang Interchange will be a underground one(who knows whether it will become SMRT Buses's 1st Interchange to be air conditioned), with commercial building on top of it, and even a MRT station maybe.. All these, we have to wait until the empty field along Senja Rd/Segar Rd and its empty field near Segar LRT Station filled with HDB houses/future sports complex, and with its intergrated transport network(Bus, LRT, MRT), i believe it can be better than Woodlands. Currently, i can say Bt Panjang feeder services are very pathetic.. Let me tell you the rough history of svc 920..
920 is a feeder service introduced in 26 Feburary 2000(correct me if i'm wrong). It was introduced because of complains made by the residents when 179, 344 and 345 was withdrawn due to the BP LRT lo.. These few years till 20th November 2004, it has always bring in good service for its residents and there was once in June/July 2004 where bendies were deployed on svc 920.. Ever since those Nissan UDs 'invaded' Bt Panjang's feeder service from 20th November 2004 to Friday 24th Feburary 2006, it caused a lot of hell problem to its residents.. Breakdowns were a common sight during these times.. Elderly living especially around Bangkit Rd area would have a hard time boarding and alighting the UDs buses..
Ever wonder how come the 3 Mercedes Benz(Merz) buses came back to svc 920? Well, all thanks to Dr Teo, MP for BPJ/Holland GRC for helping me to fight back those Merz when i went to see him during "Meet The People Session". Dr Teo also told me a lot of things which i don't know such as the one where the current Bt Panjang Interchange being a temporary one.. He also said that he will get his transport committee in Bt Panjang to ask me to join in part of their committee too.. And every now and then, i will update with them about its bus services in Bt Panjang.
Okie... talk so much craps le.. Back to topic.. After 238 and 231 in Toa Payoh, i took SBS270M of svc 139 to Bt Merah Interchange and CSS204T to Collyer Quay, lastly TIB546A of svc 700 back to Bt Panjang Interchange before i went for my San Shou training.. But before i went for my training, i saw TIB744U on 920 surprisingly. Initially i really thought it was going to be a additional bus for svc 920 but i was wronged. It was TIB541M's breakdown cameo. Failed my mission to take a photo of it.. Haiz.. Okie.. End of story for the day le..
Victor Lim