Monday, October 5, 2009

Scenic Drive to our Neighbor

Once upon a time, Dr. M had a dream. A dream to break down the causeway and build a 'Scenic Bridge'. It was a dream to build a bridge on our-side of the Johor Straits whether or not our friendly neighbor down south agrees with it.
Of course, what happened after that was history. Pak Lah turned the idea into rubbish. We kept the Causeway and Dr. M kept the word 'scenic' in 'Scenic Bridge'. Instead, we have a 'Scenic Drive' up the hill towards the new CIQ. Oh...not to mention, the weekend crawl is worse then even!And while we are at it, don't you think the 'Scenic Drive' looks exactly like an F1 circuit? We build our very own F1 circuit in Sepang years ago. Recently, our neighborly neighbor launched their street F1. But as usual, the spirit of 'Malaysia Boleh' ensures we will have 2 F1 circuits instead! One smack at the entrance into Singapore!Bravo! Malaysia Boleh! Sit tight, take a long winding ride up to the JB CIQ whilst enjoying a view of JB city. Oh... and hopefully no more tremors that will keep the CIQ shutdown for 40 minutes. Anyway, one last curve before reaching the CIQ.
Well, at least we don't have to put up with the filthy and disgraceful old JB Kastam. Btw, if you are tired of the long crawls and decide to use the Second Link, please be advised that toll payments can only be made using Touch N Go card effectively recently. No more cash payments! Didn't know about this until complaints appeared in the papers about poor publicity prior to going cashless. Hey, I stay in JB and didn't have an inkling about this new move until it's a done deal. Nvm-lah, I almost never use Second Link.

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