The headline today (Dec 30) in insing.com:
Massive jam on second day of MCE opening
http://news.insing.com/feature/massive-jam-on-second-day-of-mce-opening/id-00353101
Netizens have been assigning new monikers to the MCE:
Many Cars Everywhere
Mayhem Causing Expressway
Most Congested Expressway
Most Cocked-up Expressway
etc etc
Nick, who had been caught in the jam, texted me with this calmer reaction:
"It'll get better with time. Problem is that underground, [there is] no landmarks to guide drivers. So when they see the sign that says ECP on one side and KPE on the other side, kiasu-ness kicks in and everyone starts filtering left or right. Actually, the turnoff is about one km away."
insing.com also reported that one taxi commuter ended up paying $74.20 for a ride from Bishan to the Marina Bay CBD through the MCE because the cabby got lost three times:
So, now you know. In Singapore, "express" has a peculiar meaning. In our education system, the "express" stream is the normal stream, the "normal" stream is the slower-paced stream. To be in the really express stream, you gotta be in the "gifted" stream. So what do you expect from Singapore's expressways?
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Still want to know what is the next (11th) expressway? It is the North-South Expressway (NSE), and major construction work starts in 2015:
http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/roads-and-motoring/projects/north-south-expressway-nse.html
By the time the massive NSE project is completed, everyone would have forgotten about today's MCE snafu. So, round and round we go again?
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Singapore had so many combat veterans, mostly unsung, and we are only slowly writing about them. I am so glad my former colleague "Vijay" wrote this article about a new book on our pioneering naval volunteers, in today's ST (Dec 30):
I am definitely buying a copy!
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