End of Days

If I tried this stunt in Singapore, I would probably be dead.

There is probably one traffic light there near the hotel, working one of course. All the rest are not-so-effective zebra crossing  at junctions. To cross the road, you have to watch out for left. (Cars are driving in the opposite direction of Singapore.) Damn it! I don’t know how many times I was looking at the wrong direction when I cross the road. The cars would be whizzing pass me all the time.

The trick is to watch for small pocket of space betwen cars, especially slow moving cars, and move without any hesitation. Check near the midway for cars in the opposite direction. Stay put if the car is extremely near (already passsing you by), or move across quickly without giving a second thought if the car is still a distance away (1~3 metres, depemding on speed of course). Ignore the horning since they are friendly warning or cursing!

Actually Chinese are very careful drivers. Most of the time they watch out for pedestrains and will slow down for pedestrains crossing the road. Of course, it is not too good to take our own sweet time, unless we like horn symphony.

I survived crossing the road in China and found some great food around the hotel. Or else it would be hotel food all the way. It gives me shudders just to think about it!

Chen Kee.. To be continued….

One of things in China that have strikes me was the traffic. I wonder if I can survive driving there. Cars just crisscrossed here and there. Horns were used almost every twist and turn of the road. It can become a symphony.

Usually, there is no solid divider separating the road opoosite. It is just two white lines in the middle. The outer lane is the express lane. Car can travel anything between 80 to 100km/h.

All of the sudden, car on the opposite side came into our lane. Car! Car! Car! Whew!! I realised I was clutching the side of the seat. That was closed. As I looked at the driver , he appeared as nothing extra-ordinary has happened. True enough, such happening occured everyday as I journey to and fro between the hotel and the factory. In the end, I got used to it.

Have you seen a speed detector detector before? Thought of getting one in China, but wonder if it will work in Singapore?

Chen Kee.. to be continued….

For those who are wandering what happen to me, I went to China for a working trip for 2 weeks. I was back at my ancestral province Fujian. But did not have the chance to visit my ancestral ground. My workplace was at Jin Jiang City. A four-hours flight to Xiamen Airport and an hour plus car ride to Jin Jiang City.

Chen Kee.. to be continued….