Fantasy route amendments

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New fantasy route service 126 from Ang Mo Kio to Boon Lay.
This service 126 serves to act like the role of service 151, connecting NTU to other parts of Singapore.

However, when service 126 is introduced, the purpose of connecting Ang Mo Kio to Boon Lay is met, hence, service 104 is withdrawn and service 52 is reintroduced which the route is the same as Transitlink Bus Guide 2008.

Do and don'ts of recycling

It is preferable that the thing is rinsed with water before it should be recycled and things containing oil stains such as used utensils shouldn't be recycled.



Lol. In primary school, I am used to be taught about the 3Rs, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. So, I thought that recycling is a good thing and everything should be recycled as far as possible. However, until I have joined NUSSU Save, I have learnt more things regarding the don'ts of recycling. This simple poster shown above are some information about the dos and don'ts of recycling though it is not made in Singapore.

The topic on my Critical Thinking and Writing is on the environment. This has prompted me to ruminate about the reasons why people don't recycle as much in Singapore as in other European countries according to one of the groups which is doing about recycling. One of the reasons is due to the lack of awareness about the full details of recycling. Paper can be recycled but are used paper plates recycable? Plastic bottles are recycable but are disposable plastic cups recycable?

Hope to share this info to everyone more about recycling especially to those that frequently recycle. It is not that we shouldn't recycle from then on, it is that we should take note of the finer details in recycling so that things are really "recycled".

And finally, Good luck to the tests coming up and good health too.

Withdrawal and amendments of Niteowl and Cityshopper Bus services.

For the Niteowls, 1N and 6N's route does not change with effect from 31st October 2008. 2N to 5N's route have been changed while 7N and 8N's route have been withdrawn. In addition, the operating times of the Niteowls have been changed to 12am to 2am.

For the Cityshopper Services, service 576 have been withdrawn with effect from 31st October 2008. In addition, the operating times of the Cityshopper services have been changed to 1200 to 1630 hrs on weekdays and 1000 to 2100 hrs on weekends and public holidays. They operate as a one-directional service from 1000 to 1200 hrs and as a bi-directional service from 1200 hrs onwards.

For more details, click on the posters or visit SBS Transit official website.



In my opinion, Cityshopper Bus services are introduced as an initiative to attract more consumers to utilise public transport by providing direct and express links from HDB Heartlands to the city. However, the demand of the cityshopper services cause them to be rather unprofitable and hence some amendments are to be made. In my opinion, perhaps the fares for these type of services can be reduced to the same as express services except that standing is now allowed. This will certainly allure more people to utilise public transport.
Regarding about the amendments of Niteowls, I will certainly choose SMRT Nightriders over SBST Niteowls becuase of their longer operating hours and the routes that they ply.

Some Transport News

1. SMRT Nightrider bus services will not be operating on next Friday 26th October 2008.

2. 2 bus stops in Marina Bay will be abolished and hence there are some minor changes to the service 400. Click on the image to view the exact details.

3. From 26th October 2008, service 33 will call upon the bus stop just opposite Kent Ridge Terminal travelling in the direction towards Bedok.

All the information obtained are from SBS Transit and SMRT official websites.

Fantasy Route Amendment service 160

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Service 160 will be amended to ply Bukit Panjang as suggested by a fellow forumer. This amendment will serve to provide direct links from Bukit Panjang to Jurong East and to Kranji MRT. In addition, Bukit Panjang residents now have a direct link to Johor.

New hobby dying soon.

Lol. It's only a week that I have acquired the new hobby and now, I am beginning to lose interest of it. First and foremost, it is very troublesome to collect data. I fell asleep while collecting data when boarding other services except for 147 since there were a lot of commuters boarding this service.

Anyway, the pressure is building up and is having a cumulative effect on me. Last week, my immune system is busy fighting with lots of cold viruses and the bactria at my throat. Perhaps I do not have sufficient sleep which has probably resulted to me falling ill. Project deadlines are approaching and my experimental results for all my chemistry experiments are all screwed up for some reason. It seems like university life is not as good as it seems. I always have this theory in my mind. The things/events that I am really yearning for doesn't seem as good as what I am expecting to be. Perhaps I should keep an open mind and take things as it comes.

Time passes in a blink of an eye. It passes as if a neutralisation reaction between an acid and a base has taken place, fast, very rapid and unknowingly. Final year exams are approaching and I have not started revising or even prepared for it. Perhaps, as mentioned earlier, I should take things as it comes and do my best instead of feeling stressed up.

New hobby acquired.

This bus route interest has led to many other interests relating to it. It gradually spurs me to investigate the demand patterns of several bus services. This hobby serves as a documentary evidence to indicate the level of demand for a bus service.

For this hobby, I will be measuring the demand for a bus service by calculating the number of people onboard the bus when passing by several bus stops over a trip. This number will be recorded and averaged by the number of trips that I have made passing by this bus stop. After that, it will be tabulated of in a graph of number of people against fare stage of the service. However, one thing to note is that this is not a good indicator to measure profitability of the bus service since costs are different for people to travel for a further distance and hence it can't be measured by the number of people onboard the bus alone.

Withdrawal of fantasy route 140

Service 140 will be withdrawn with effect from 6th October 2008, the same day as fantasy route 86 is amended. Alternative directions have been written in the poster. Click on the poster to view the enlarged version.

Fantasy Route 86

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This is a small fantasy route change to service 86. It now plies Sengkang East Ctrl instead of Sengkang East Rd for the purpose of improving links at Sengkang East Ctrl.

So, in my fantasy world, 17, 43 and 86 (with effect from 6th Oct 08) ply Sengkang East Ctrl.