Tanjong Pagar Railway Station: The Finale

30th June 2011, Thursday, a normal working day.

But at a place in Tanjong Pagar, people flocking into Tanjong Pagar KTM Railway Station to witness the historic moment: its last day of operation. The station has been permanently ceased from 01st July 2011 and no KTM services into Singapore anymore in the future. As the last passenger train was scheduled to leave at 10pm & Sultan of Johor will drive very last train from Tanjong Pagar at 11pm, people of all ages, reporters and photographers gathered here since early evening time.

I think Tanjong Pagar has not been so crowded before, at least for a decade.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station at Night. The four statues symbolize Malayan and Singapore economy: Agriculture, Commerce, Transports and Industry

FMSR - Federated Malay Straits Railways

The Central Waiting Hall with beautiful art murals and architectures, with traditional scenes like padi (paddy) planting, rubber tapping and traditional papan house.

The station's food court is also famous for delicious Malay food, but all already shifted out days or weeks ago.

"Buka dari 4pm - 4am?"
"Bang, sudah tak da..."

Tutup

Visitors gathered around to reminisce past old days of the station

Platform and rail tracks

Met this uncle, En. Jumadi. Talked to him a while. He self-made a board to wish goodbye to KTM's Singapore last train service. He used to take trains often in the past and will miss it very much.

Here comes the passenger train from Malaysia

Photographers are everywhere, from DSLRs to handphone cameras

Sultan of Johor arrives

Here comes the final train of the night! Sultan of Johor will drive this train back to Malaysia later

Train number 6543 and staffs-in-charge suddenly became Stars-of-the-Night!

Memang syiok when being interviewed and photoshot-ed by hundreds of people

Visitors took photos inside and outside the train for everlasting memories

The very last train at Tanjong Pagar

Selamat Jalan (Happy Journey) KTM!

Tanjong Pagar KTM Railway Station. 1932 - 2011

A Rojak Update

Since I started my job in early August, my life became busier, and pardon me for not updating my blog, my HK trip for a long long time. Hak...hak.......chiu, dust is stacking inches by inches on my blog page, so need to do some clean up first, so not much photos a...

So, how's my a normal working day looks like?

7.20-7.25am Wake up after N times of snoozing my handphone alarm alert.

7.25-7.35am Wash up, put my working clothes (sounds so formal, actually my dressing is just polo-T with long pants, haha)...

7.35am Leave house & try to reach Chinese Garden MRT by 7.45am...emm, which means walking for 10 mins.

7.45-7.50am Get onboard on MRT towards Yio Chu Kang.Most of the time, I'll sleep all the way to YCK.

~8.30am See, although Singapore is a small island, time taking for MRT to run from West to North Singapore can be quite long. Reach Yio Chu Kang station, go to the bus stop & wait for company shuttle bus to come at 8.35am. The bus service comes at every 10 minutes. Without this service, I'll need to walk for 15 minutes + several litres of sweat will be vaporized into the air.

9am Start work!

12-1pm Makan! Lunch time! Either take away at company's cafeteria or food centre opposite my company.

6pm Finish work! But most of the time, I'll follow up my job & leave company around 7-8pm. Again, sleep in the train on the journey back to the West.

Between 9-10pm Reach at home, rest & bath.

10.30pm & beyond Rest, then do surveys on product packaging information. I've been helping a Master student in NTU on product packaging infos, eg: nutrition information, 3rd party seals, etc. Have been doing this since July as that time I haven't found a job, this assignment offers me some allowances.

12.00-1.00am ZzZzZzzz...

How about weekends? Besides rushing the product info assignment, I frequent go back to NTU to find friends & stay overnight in the hostel...or should I say short weekend vacation at NTU? Haha.

Next time I'll post more on my job...or perhaps you can take a look via this link. My company is hiring people now, interested? An interesting and very exciting job I should say, where you can talk with different people with different personalities. Sounds cool huh? :)

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31st of August is Hari Kebangsaan or National Day of Malaysia! Every year Malaysians in NTU celebrate the independence of Malaysia together via an event called Merdaka Night, a fun-filled function where friends gather around and enjoy the performances or shows done by the organizing committees or among ourselves.

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

This year, let's see how a millionaire show links together with Merdeka celebration :)

Anticipating the stage performance, as I am participating in this sketch too! Hehe...as professional keh-leh-feh. Wohoho...

New born baby by Proton!

Some of you in Malaysia might have seen it on the road or through some spyshots online before the launching date, hiding itself up by taping up in black disguise during prototype test runs. And after tonight, you will see it for real, test it for real. Too bad I still in Singapore for final exams, else I think I would rush myself to the showroom to have a look on it, even though I still out of labour force...

Presenting...


*hand claps*
*whistle*

To know more about the new born baby by Proton, I would strongly recommend you to visit Paultan's website, where he already tested out the prototype of the new Proton Exora and gave a very thorough review on it. So, if you are seriously consider to buy or book this car, you can look through his review before make your decision. All in all, it's a good car and worth to buy, further more it's Buatan Malaysia!

Proton Exora brochure is here too!


So, wait no more, go and find it out!

Malaysia TRI-election Final Result

Today, 7th April is the TRI-reelection of two state seats and one parlimentary seat in Malaysia, where the Rakyats given a chance to judge whether the BN (Barisan National) has performed well in its so-called "reformation" in past one year since 308, or Pakatan Rakyat has better ability to "change" for the future.

Rakyats have performed their duty to fill in the report cards this morning. So, what's the result?

THE FINAL VERDICT (Source: Malaysiakini.com):

Pakatan Rakyat was awarded...

2 Bukits! (Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau)

while...

Barisan Nasional was awarded...

A Batang! (Batang Ai)

Bukit Gantang Parlimentary Seat, Perak OFFICIAL RESULTS
Mohd Jamaluddin Nizar (PAS) 21,860 (WON)
Ismail Saffian (BN-Umno) 19,071
Kamarul Ramizu Idris (Ind) 62

Batang Ai State Seat, Sarawak OFFICIAL RESULTS
BN's Malcolm Mussem Lamoh (3,907 votes) (WON)
PKR's Jawah Gerang (2,053).
The majority is 1,854

Bukit Selambau State Seat, Kedah OFFICIAL RESULTS
S Manikumar (PKR) 12,632 (WON)

S Ganesan (MIC) 10,229

Majority 2,403

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Some quotes from leaders:

Anwar: "The Pakatan victory in the two 'bukits' showed that “irrespective of the new PM, Malaysians still want change...with PAS’ victory in Bukit Gantang, Perak should now have fresh elections. ”

~Will the fact of having two Menteri Besars in a state becoming history soon?

Koh Tsu Koon: "By losing two out of three by-elections, we should look at the results as a reminder to BN to effect reform more concretely..."

~How BN is going to lead the country concretely if those implemented policies tend to be altered here and there from time to time, like petrol price issue? Well, hope Najib can lead better. I hope...

Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud on Batang Ai's BN victory: "They welcome Najib's leadership. They believe that positive change will come with his appointment...We fully support the new prime minister and this is the way the people of Batang Ai giving Najib a rousing welcome..."

这一枚炸弹。。。

。。。炸到人民的头上，简直一发不可收拾...

究竟咩事? 有咩也甘大件事?


油价上升了, 一两毛没什么啦, 但这次却激升...多少仙了...RM1.92 --> RM2.70...78仙啊大佬!!! 坐油屎车的更惨, RM1.58 --> RM2.58, 足足一零吉大饼啊! 壹里的geh油可以在我家后面的kopi茶铺吃一餐午餐咯.

又听过"雪球效应"吗? 当油价up --> 交通费up, 运输费up, 材料费up, 制作费up, 食物费up, 电费up...(up 到数不尽, 你帮我继续举例子吧), 唯独人工薪水花红股票马票中奖机率久久都不up. 令我想起许冠杰的打工仔心声:
"我地呢班打工仔 通街走籴直头系坏肠胃
揾个些少到月底点够洗（奀过鬼） 确系认真湿滞
...
我地呢班打工仔 一生一世为钱币做奴隶 个种辛苦折堕讲出吓鬼
咪话冇乜所谓"

详文如下:

Petrol to cost RM2.70 from midnight (updated) - The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday announced price hikes for petrol, diesel and electricity.

He said the new price for petrol is RM2.70 a litre, effective midnight tonight. The price goes up by 78sen from the current RM1.92, a hike of 40%.

Abdullah also announced that the price of diesel would be increased by RM1 from RM1.58 to RM2.58.

He also said that Tenaga Nasional Bhd would be raising electricity rates by 18% for homes and 26% for business users.

The announcements are part of the new fuel subsidy plan.

Abdullah also announced a RM625 annual cash rebate per vehicle, for owners of private vehicles with engine capacities of up to 2,000cc, as well as pickup trucks and jeeps with engine capacities of up to 2,500cc.

Owners of private motorcycles with engine capacities of up to 250cc will receive RM150.

Payment will be made via Money Order upon renewal of road tax, from July 1.

For owners of private vehicles with engine capacities exceeding 2000cc, road tax will be reduced by RM200.

Owners of private motorcycles with engine capacities above 250 cc will get RM50 reduction in road tax.

汽油起78仙‧柴油漲1令吉‧電費料7月也調高 - 星洲日报

2008-06-04 17:58

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  駕車人士趕在汽油價格調漲前，到油站添油；使到各地油站皆出現排長龍情況。（圖：星洲日報）

（布城）首相拿督斯里阿都拉於今日（週三，4日）下午5時宣佈調整汽油價格，其中Ron 97汽油每公升起78仙，即從現有的每公升1令吉92仙調高至2令吉70仙。

Ron 92汽油每公升同樣調高78仙至2令吉66仙；而柴油則每公升起1令吉，即從1令吉58仙調高至2令吉58仙。

新的油價將從午夜起生效。

他說，在減少汽油津貼後，政府將會根據私家車引擎的馬力，在車主更新路稅時給予現金回扣；1999馬力以下的轎車可以取回625令吉，而電單車的現金回扣是120令吉。

這也意味著1999馬力以下的轎車車主已無需再繳交路稅。

根據較早時的消息指出，政府將通過為電單車和低馬力的私家車提供現金補貼等系列配套，應付國際原油價格飆漲對中下層人民所帶來的衝擊。

政府同時也允許國家能源公司從7月起調高電費。電費將繼續採用多用多付機制，除了家電用戶外，小販小商和鄉村工業等也會受影響。

不過，電費調整只涉及馬來半島，東馬兩州並不受影響。

政府同時也向獨立發電站和棕油廠商徵收暴利稅。

政府雖然允許汽油漲價，但家用煤氣和德士使用的液化天然氣則保持原狀，不受影響。

政府預料大馬的消費指數將因此上漲不超過1%，而經濟成長則會下跌0.5至0.6%。

在作出以上調整後，政府將會節省48億7000萬令吉的津貼。

首相的重要宣佈：

●汽油價格將根據市價浮動，不過政府給予每公升30仙津貼，會每月檢討。
●明日（週四，6月5日）起調整汽油價格，汽油調至2令吉70仙。
●柴油每公升起1令吉，至2令吉58仙。
●繼續通過柴油卡津貼公共交通業者及漁民。
●2000cc以下私家車，2500cc以下的多用途卡車和吉普車，更新路稅享現金回扣625令吉，250cc以下電單車的現金回扣是150令吉。回扣由7月1日通過郵政匯票支付。
●2000cc以上的汽油和柴油車，獲得200令吉的路稅回扣。250cc以上的電單車路稅回扣50令吉，胥視最低2令吉的路稅而定。由6月1日生效。
●國家能源公司從7月起調高電費。電費將繼續採用多用多付機制，每月消費43令吉60仙獲200千瓦特以內德用戶不受影響。

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