Day 45 of the 60DWCC - Medical Review at NUH

THL is on leave today. She has a dental appointment as well as a medical review at NUH. She left for her dental appointment after we had our breakfast at a nearby coffeeshop.

I took care of RK's lunch after he came back home. After which we took a train down to my Mother-in-law place for her to take care of RK while I accompany THL to NUH for her medical review. The medical review is for the doctor to check on the recovery status of her knee which underwent a surgery last year.

After THL's medical review at NUH, we took a direct bus to my mum's place. We reached within 30 minutes and we stayed until 7pm before leaving for our dinner at the foodcourt inside the nearby mall.

After dinner, we took a cab to fetch RK home. Although the cab fare was quite expensive when you add in all the extra peak hour charges, it saved us a lot of hassle having to switch over buses to buses to fetch RK home from my in-law's place.

Transport Expenses: $26.92

Bus to Jurong Point (THL) => $0.83
Bus to Mum's place => $.78 x 2 => $1.56

MRT Rides:
Boon Lay to Pioneer => $0.73
Pionner to Jurong East => $1.03 x 2 => $2.06
Jurong East to Kentridge Station => $1.27 x 2 => $2.54

Taxi Ride:
Mum place to Pioneer to Home => $19.20

Day 31 to Day 45 transport expenses is at $124.53 which is actually lower than the first 15 days of the 60DWCC which was at $126.11. The next update would be from Day 46 all the way till Day 60. Stay tuned...

Daily Afterthoughts:

Although the transport expense is on the high side today, I seriously think it would have been higher if we had driven a car. (after we add in the petrol consumption and parking fees).

If only owning a car is as cheap as just paying for petrol consumption and parking charges. Let's say if things like road tax, car insurance and COE are non-existent, I think owning a car in SG would have been so much cheaper but of course there would be twice or thrice as much cars on the road than it is today, something which could be a nightmare to a lot of people.

Day 12 of the 60DWCC - A Heavy Breakfast at Long John Silvers Jurong Point

After procrastinating for a month, THL and I finally decided to bank in our big bag of coins at home. It has only been a few months and we have managed to collate about $350 worth of loose coins. :D

We took at bus to Jurong Point and we initially thought of having at Swenson but upon looking at their breakfast menu, we decided to give their severely overpriced breakfast a miss. We walked over to Long John Silvers which is not far ahead and we had a somewhat heavy breakfast there for half the price that of Swenson. As RK could not finish his share, I had to sacrifice my stomach space and ate some of his portion. :B

We banked in our coins at one of the local bank's coin deposit machine and we were always disgusted at the fee charged for depositing coins. This time round, we were charged nearly $12 for some $350 worth of coins.

Are the banks truly the modern day blood suckers?

We walked around Jurong Point after that for THL to get a few gifts for her family members and we took a bus home after that.

THL went off for her company dinner at around 4pm leaving me and RK at home. We took a short nap and we had Roti Prata for dinner at around 7pm. The prata from this shop is not really nice but it is good enough to satisfy both our cravings for prata. :D

Transport Expenses: $15.14

Bus Ride:

Bus to Jurong Point => $0.83 x 2 + $0.41 = $2.07

Jurong Point to Home => $0.83 x 2 + $0.41 = $2.07

Taxi Fare: $11 (THL taxi fare to and fro to her D&D venue)

Daily Afterthoughts:

Living standard in Singapore has really gone up tremendously over the last 2 years and I really pity those low income families who has to go on par with the raising standard of living. Speaking of which, just look at the fact that we can only "own" a car in Singapore for 10 years and after that we have to renew the COE again.

The Certificate of Entitlements (COE) had gone all time high since the last couple of years and if you still need owning a car in Singapore is cheap, think again. The money spent on a car in SG could really be saved and spent somewhere else (down-payment for Condo, Tour, Tonic, Enrichment programs for kids etc), no?