What on 1st of April??

Its April 1st! So what do we expect other than being pranked by your friends over sms or some comments in Facebook?
You might have seen the new poster being pasted behind the driver in buses. The reduction of bus and train fare! But only from 1 April 2009 to 30 June 2010... Well we all had heard the incredible discount of 1 cent from our fare... WAH 省钱王~ ... ... Actually is 1cents to 20cents.

Heard alot of critics on whether the fare reduction, really does make a different. Just nice, i'm on my self-given assignment to check my daily expenses, which i also included the transport fare. Managed to get the fare before and after the price reduction.

Before: $4.64
After: $4.15
*Bus trip to MRT, MRT to Clementi Station, Bus trip to SIM and return trip. Means, 4 bus rides, 2 train rides and 2 transfer rebates

A difference of no more than 50cents a day.. sian~ Not even a cup of drink. But equate it to percentage, that's 10.56%! Oh now the figure seems better.. Seriously, have you ever being bothered by a few cents while taking public transport before? Well not for me..

A few disappointing things that i noted..

The transfer rebates. The flyer claimed to have the 50 cent rebate! But its for SBS transit not SMRT.. So.. good bye 50 cent rebate.. But i think SMRT rebate is about 30-40cents

Concession for Tertiary Students, only a reduction of $1-4. Tertiary students, i mentioned here is not University but Polytechnic Students. Remember the petition which they run to 'protest' about the difference between their concession as compared to JC students.

Really admire the courage of the initiator. Too bad his/her effort doesn't seems to achieve much yet. Instead University students stands to gain from their effort. Well too bad you are classified as Tertiary Students..


I really benefit from this
C Cube
*Above Figures are obtained from 2 days of observation