Today I felt really handicapped because I forgot to bring along my ezlink card when I left the house. What happened was because my wallet is falling apart now, at times, I will use my purse instead if I feel that there's nothing much to bring (meaning not many cards and such...). Unfortunately when I took out my cash, it slipped my mind to take out my ezlink card because it was out of sight. Had to pay by cash when I boarded the bus. I didn't want to alight and then go home to take my card because it's a direct bus to Chinatown, which once I missed it, I would have to wait half an hour for the next one. Even after withdrawing money at Chinatown, I had to look for a place whereby I could buy something to get small change to pay for bus fare to Tanjong Pagar (to settle the tailor thingie...). Good thing the GTMs (General Ticketing Machines) at MRT stations accept notes.
Something small that is often taken for granted of could pose that much of an inconvenience when forgotten haha... I guess I double take it for granted because I never even have to top up my card since it will top up by itself through Giro :D For those of you who aren't using Giro for your ezlink card, you will not know that inconvenience will be lessen because you don't need to bother about how much is left in your exlink card. It's ok if you're at the MRT station where you can top it up easily but imagine you're on a bus and you happen not to have small change "-_- That would be so irritating right? :P
Serendipity believed today at 6:10 PM
