went on a round island trip with long in his car this afternn. reason: we hor-lan-ded..we had intended to go to upper paya lebar to zhng his car..but we ended up gg all ard singapore literally from one end of the island to the other end and back to our starting pt..

i think both of us are truly fucking directional idiots..because even though we had the street directory in our hands, we fucking missed all the exits tt we were supposed to take; according to the guy at the car zhng-ing place, we were supposed to take the cte..and from there exit to pie then to upp paya lebar..very fast, at most half hr trip.

however, due to reasons unfathomable to both of us, after the cte, we somehow ended up on the tpe instead..all the way to the changi coast, on to the ecp, den back onto the cte, into marina area, den pie again..up to aye...all the way from the north to the east den to the west..where we finally decided to stop at clementi ave 1 to have a smoke break and consult the street directory properly or call ppl who know how to navigate..nb...

since i could not make head or tails of where we were supposed to go from clementi..i called lao da..and he told me to go towards clementi central where there would be an exit towards the pie and from there we could go to paya lebar liao..

with these directions, we proceeded on again..got onto the pie after clementi ave 6..only to hor lan again..this time into upper bt timah, den on to gombak, where we actually passed mindef, towards sheng shiong supermarket somewhere in choa chu kang, all the while wondering how the fuck we were supposed to get out of this mess.

finally, we saw some sign that pointed us towards mandai, and we decided to head back to yishun, break and get our act together before setting off again..luckily, as we followed the mandai road, we came by mandai hill camp, which was a familiar landmark to both of us..and from there, it was easy gg all the way back to yishun.

back at yishun, 2 hrs from when we first set off, we sat down at one of our regular kopitiam hang outs to discuss our next plan of action; long also had lunch while i had tea only since i couldn't eat anything solid due to the wisdom tooth op i just had not long ago... decided to call my father and ask him for directions..which he swiftly explained to me in simple terms tt even a directional idiot like me could follow and trace out on the street directory i had with me.

lunch break over, we set off again.. this time following my father's directions and religiously tracing out the route on the street directory along our way. so..from yishun, to lentor highway, all the way to yio chu kang mrt, pass there, left turn, follow the tracks up to ang mo kio ave 1, left turn again to boundary rd, and from there, straight all the way to upper paya lebar, our destination.

finally! we were there! after hor lan-ing the whole afternn, we were finally at the car zhng-ing place! and the journey took us just abt half and hr only..hooo!

damn, shldn't have listened to the guy on the phone but instead called and asked my father earlier on..otherwise we wouldn't have gotten into such a mess.

from today's misadventure, i think i have learnt tt i am truly a directional idiot, since i cant make head or tails of the roads in singapore...and every exit on every highway or expressway looks the same to me.. haiz, must really go and study the street directory in my spare time liao..

"the guy on the phone" is it referring to lao da? He WAS correct. Since you were in Clementi the best way to go was of course to take the PIE from Clementi central and travel all the way down to the paya lebar exit. The reason u all hor lan at upp bukit timah was because u all kept on the left lane and exited without reading the lane signs (if u dunno, its those green boards u can find at the expressway) That lane is a left turning lane onli and cannot go straight therefore u all hor lan ded.... if ur fren drove correctly at the speed of 90/h u would have reached ur car chnging place in 20 mins time.
» tibetmonk on 2007-03-11 09:42:03

yeah i realised.. but "the guy on the phone" actually referred to the person at the car zhnging place, whom we called for directions before starting off..anyway, thanks for enlightening me.
» HellSinG on 2007-03-13 12:55:33

No worries... i am reliable, efficient and professional.. transport supervisor!
» tibetmonk on 2007-03-13 11:02:45

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