~ train ride: bittersweet memories ~

my 1st experience on d train started way back when i was 8. my dad took our family for a day ride to Ipoh, on a 3rd class coach (*gasp!!!). imagine naik tren 3rd class masa thn 80-an. it's basically a pick-your-seat ride (mcm Air Asia lk leh pick your seat), pick your seat where there's an empty seat. in other words, if xde empty seat, berdiri/mencangkung sepjg jln. i can't recall how long it took us to reach Ipoh train station. but once we reached there, we walked around (pusg2 keliling train station je), took pictures, then catched the next train back to KL. itu suatu ketika dahulu.

then came d time when i took d train from JB to KL. that was when i attended boarding school. d price for a 2nd class ticket fr JB to KL costs less than rm20. for 5 years, tiap kali nk cuti skolah, beli tiket train less than rm20? mewah!!! ye, subsidi kerajaan, maka bdk2 skolah cm kami dpt la beli tiket half price. alhamdulillah =) each time nk beli tiket JB-KL from pakcik Ahdan (wuuuu, still igt wehhhh!!!), dh pakat2 nk dok dgn sape walaupun dlm 1 koc tu nnt mostly kenkwn sndiri gk. (partner train ride, jgn nk buat2 xigt yg kita sll dok sblh2 dlm train, muahahaha). JB to KL jelah yg i naik train. KL to JB hrs la menggunakan khidmat kereta bapak sndiri cz...hmmm... stok makanan bermcm2 sgt nk bw blk hostel :p

lpstu, zmn semakin maju & we hv d KTM commuter smpi skrg. i prnh naik komuter smpi Seremban. dh pnah gk naik smpi Klang (ini serious lama). yg xpnah naik is komuter to Rawang.

i rs KTM dh de imprvmnt dgn d new coach. lbh besar. lbh selesa. tpnye, stil byk yg leh improve. cnthnye time management. dh jd cm bhn lawak tau sbnrnye yg org xlh nk pcaya komuter akn smpi kt platform on time. sedih kn? & kalau tren ada prblm, lmbt sgt kakitgn nk bertindak. my experience train komuter stranded dh xtau brp byk kali dh. plg xleh lupa, tren stranded tgh2 landasan. we were in d ladies' coach, tingkap x lh bkk (brp byk sgt kudrat pompn ada nk bkk tgkp). aircond xde. xde announcement. try being in an enclosed area for 5 minutes & u'll understand d feeling. ppl say that d secret is to remain calm. tp cz dh rmi yg rs cm xsng ati cz xde progress, i did d most logical thing - called whatever number written kt sticker yg ada tampal dlm coach tu & asked them in d most sarcastic way possible. i tried not to b sarcastic, tp xleh la. sepns2 keadaan dlm tren tu, pns lg ati i, haaaaa. lg 1 mslh, penumpang2 pn sma gk... dh ada koc wanita, yg lelaki2 pn nk masuk gk, knp? lpstu selamba je duduk & xnk bg pompn yg lbh memerlukan utk duduk. hepppp, abang... don't u know hw 2b a gentleman?

~ my ride from Kajang-KL Sentral-Klang ~

& we also hv d STAR & PUTRA LRT. i prefer these two drpd KTM komuter (sorry KTM. Rapid KL is doing a better job, i guess). skrg cm dh canggih sket especially kt stesen msjd jamek. dulu kalo br turun Putra kt msjd jamek & nk naik STAR, kna beli tiket lain (now they've introduced d chip, kna hati2 sket cz it's smaller than d card). or, if u r Touch&Go user like me, kna touch card kt reader ms nk kuar stesen Putra, then touch again kt reader ms nk g STAR pulak. skrg (i mean, starting thn ni) dh xyh. turun je Putra kt msjd jamek station, can straight take d STAR to whch ever station u wanna go. dh smpi destinasi, br touch your T&Go at d reader. kn lbh sng tu. xyh nk stress beratur byk2 kali utk beli tiket especially during peak hours. 

now that we r gonna hv our MRT, i hope it'll provide a better train service alternative to the users. org2 yg mmg gna train (esp pengguna2 komuter) sure look forward to hv d MRT, kn? ke, i sorg je yg look forward? anyways, if u wanna know more about Malaysia's MRT Project, u can go to MRT Corp's website.  they r having a "I need MRT because..." contest until 31 December 2012. stil smpt lg kalo nk join d contest, get d info here.

.i suka naik MRT kt Spore, hehehe.