Wednesday, November 22, 2006

KL's slowler coaster

Today was my second experience on the KL monorail. The first time was a long way back and it was when the monorail first started. My journey began when I got into the "Chow Kit" monorail station. I am heading towards the "Imbi" station as I'll be meeting up my good pal, Mr. Eric. The condition of the station is ok if not poor but at least they have toilets around (STAR LRT doesn't have them). I waited about a minute or two and the train finally arrived. I got in and there are plenty of empty seats as it's the second stop from the last station.

The train started moving and I begin to feel the bumpiness and jerks of it. If you were to ask me how confident I am on my safety, I'd probably tell you it's on the minimum level. After all, this is a Malaysian monorail and remember the incident where the monorail wheel fell off then hitting someone's head? How about the STAR LRT train that stops at the "right" time, just before it falls to the ground? :) As the train moved on and stopped, more and more passengers entered until it was probably 70% filled up. By that time, I was asking myself if this thing is stable enough. Yes, I know the monorail has never fell down before but again, this is Malaysia. You wouldn't know when it would fall and it can be anytime. Plus, the authorities only work on the problem after an accident or incident happens as that's the Malaysian style.

To be honest, I didn't enjoy the ride but I have no choice as I wanted to beat the traffic. The monorail experience is pathetic as it's some kind of slow moving roller coaster which isn't comfortable at all and unstable. Besides, the fares are pretty costly for the short travelling distance.

Nevertheless, we should thank our government for the wonderful work they have done to ensure the train systems are in place. Of course, we have different train systems running around the city with NOT even a SINGLE interchange station between all 3 of them. I guess this is the best Malaysia could do despite failing most of the things since 1957.

I do not know how long it'll take for these people to understand and learn how to develop the country's economy and stop talking about wealth and equity distribution which they deem is not fair. The Non-bumi's might be richer than them because they worked hard for everything and if they all leave the country one day, it's the day where Malaysia would start to drown and sink. In the hands of these bunch of people that only knows how to talk about wealth distribution, nothing would ever work out.

/me crapped at 12:21 AM GMT+8

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