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happyTopic: Singapore Trip
16th - 19th November : This marks the date I went to Singapore after many years. As many will, I am really excited about the trip. After all, I am going there for a purpose - besides visiting Malaysia's neighboring country, I am going to attend my cousin's Hui Ling's wedding too. Going with my family and a few other relatives added to the fun. <the more the merrier, right>
So on Friday nite (10.30pm), 12 of us embarked on the Komuter train
which took us 10 hours to get from Kajang to Singapore. That is a pretty long ride if you ask me and we basically spend the whole night in the train (sleeping and chatting). After some time, I got a bit restless even when time to sleep. It was difficult to do so at a sitting position - uncomfortable and the rumbling of the train was noisy. Too bad, the bed tixs on the trains were all sold out. Nevertheless we manage to get some sleep in the end. 
We reached Singapore on Saturday morning (approx 8am) we finally reached our destination. We have to get through the imigrasion office @ Woodlands to get our passports checked 
before we are allowed to cross over to Spore. It is quite a spacious checkpoint. The security is pretty tight, as we got down the train, I noticed there was a guard dog that came onto the train, to sniff if there is unauthorised things brought onto the train.
From Woodlands, we took the taxi to our aunt's place where the wedding ceremony takes place (more on this on my next blog). Although most of the taxis I noticed are using Toyotas, there are other taxis which uses differents car models too according to places we wish to visit. Most of these are Japanese. They are very efficient as it took less than 5 minutes for a cab to arrive after each call which usually takes about half an hour in Malaysia! Talk about efficiency! Singapore taxis are quite highclass - using credit cards where in Malaysia only accepts cash.
Visit http://taxisingapore.com/ for more choices according to your preferences (taxis models, starting fares (mostly S$2.50 and telephone no.).
Another thing which I noticed is the different colors of number plates on vechicles- there are reds, blacks, white and yellow. I find this rather unique as mostly number plates in Malaysia are black. I found out later that the different color of number plates depends on the type of class and engine (cc displacement) of the vechicles.
Transportation in Singapore is indeed a 
cinch! The efficient public transportation network of taxis, buses and the modern Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) rail system ensures that getting from point A to point B is hassle-free and extremely affordable. Almost every part of Singapore is connected by bus, MRTs or taxis which made our travelling very convenient. Due to time constraint, our destination from A (Choa Chu Kang) to B is only Orchard Road (shopping + night Christmas deco) and City Hall (cousin's wedding dinner). Nevertheless, it was enough to impress me. Not only are the stations clean and courteous services, but with 51 stations covering all four corners of Singapore and trains arriving every few minutes, we were assured of a speedy and enjoyable journey.
My two days trip to Singapore have been pleasant with the good transportation. I am equally satisfied with my trip to the tourists' destinations of Singapore (which I will share in my next blog). Most of these transportations - bus, taxis and trains are under the services of SMRT. And I do think it is doing a very good job in providing the best convenient way of travelling to tourists and citizens alike. Singapore - Truly unique!
