I was at Bedok station today when I realised that between yesterday (when I last took the MRT) ad today, the signs and the route maps have been changed, to show the extension of the East West line to Joo Koon. I am not sure when the two new stations are opening, but judging from this it must be pretty soon. (And when they do I shall be there to check them out. ) When the extension begins operations, it will either mean journeys on the Green line will be more jampacked and crowded than usual, or it could just mean that those commuters who normally get off at Boon Lay will be able to alight from the new stations, thus relieving congestion there but the overall number of people taking the train will stay constant. I'm personally hoping for the second.
Anyways, something funny happened yesterday while taking the train really early in the morning. It was around 6:30 am and everyone was kinda sleepy. And really, half of the people in the seats were dozing off. (I was not one of them.) At Outram Park station, the woman in the seat opposite mine was sleeping, and her head started to droop, eventually coming to rest on the shoulder of the middle-aged ang moh guy sitting next to her. He either didn't mind this intrusion onto his space or he didn't want to wake her up - I dunno which. (I only noticed this because the aunty sitting next to me was pointing this out to her friend and laughing.) Then two stops later, at Redhill, the train had already stopped and the doors were open. People were already disembarking. Suddenly, the woman awoke with a start. Unexpectedly she got off her seat and literally ran off the train. Was this her stop and she just realised it when she woke up or was she embarrassed at leaning on a stranger's shoulder and decided to get off rather than continue sitting next to him? I have no idea either.
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