95 / 100

Why does the service 95 have so many sub-services? (The pic above shows a 95B and a 95D service; presumably there must be a 95A and 95C as well.) I was trying to figure out that question on a recent trip to NUS. On the way there, me and a friend stopped at Clementi station, and got onto a cab. We asked the driver to take us to our destination, University Hall. He had no idea where it was, and he freely admitted it. When we reached the area, he saw a sign pointing out "University Hall". He followed the sign and dropped us at this modern looking building. Only after we checked it out did we realise it wasn't University Hall; instead it was some music conservatory. In the end we had to take a NUS shuttle bus to reach the place. (At least on the map the NUS bus services are marked clearly.)(Oh yeah, and from what I heard from another friend, who is currently studying at NUS, no cabbie knows where anything is there. The first time he went there, a taxi driver took him in circles around the campus before he finally asked to be let off.) And on the way out, I took the 95 out of there towards Buona Vista MRT. Luckily that day all the buses were 95 standard. I would be flummoxed if I had to decipher where all the different 95s were going.

And in the afternoon I had lunch at Golden Mile. (The Thai beef noodles are nice. Yes, I went there for food, not for the giant dried water beetles or whatever else is there.) And I took the 100 bus to Aljunied to swap for the 67 to go home. It was okay, but passing through Geylang would not be my preference. It was like only 2, why are all these you-know-whos out so early?