Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I've always known that I have been spending more on transportation as compared to when I was working under contract. Going to school now means taking a bus to the MRT station, taking the train, then transferring to the bus at Boon Lay interchange. However, I tend not to keep track of travel expenses, I only record my daily expenditure on other items. Until 2 days ago when I forgot to bring my EZlink card out (forgot to put it back into my wallet) and was too lazy to walk back from the bus stop downstairs to my house although tht wld probably take only 5min. I ended up paying by cash when taking the buses and the one way ticket for MRT.
bus to MRT station = $1 (although only 2 stops)
train to Boon Lay = $1.40 (only 4 stations)
Bus to school that is situated in the forested area = $1.20
Total for 1 trip = $3.60
Now don't forget I also have to come back home lor...
so... $3.60 x 2 = $7.20!!!
Can you imagine go and study need $7.20? Plus food in school?
Of course on normal days when I use my GIRO ezlink card, there's rebate when tranferring from bus to train and vice versa so I don't spend $7.20. But still... It's really horrifying when one actually keeps track of the daily travel expenses. $7.20.. that's almost like a $10 note being used up.
Moral of the story. Some things are best left unknown.
2nd moral: best to use GIRO automatic top up when using ezlink card. :) Don't even have to worry about card not having any value left.
Serendipity believed today at 1:26 PM
