If you have noticed, URLs to all the pages have now been stripped of the directory “wordpress” in them, including the home page. I thought the URLs look prettier without the word in them.

Anyway, redirections are in place to redirect the old links to their new links. While I expect this redirection to be permanent, please do update your bookmarks, if any, to point to the main page without the “wordpress” directory.

Technical details follow:
I haven’t figured out how to do any redirections for URLs pointing to “wordpress/” to redirect to “/”. (I’m currently hard-coding it into a “index.php” file under “/wordpress”.) Any ideas to edit the following “.htaccess” residing under “/wordpress” would be welcome.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) /$1 [L,R]
</IfModule>

Tags: Wordpress

Bus Fares have risen again and while this does not really concern me, for a few more years at least, I do feel the agony of many. It seems like these hikes have become an annual event. (Speaking of annual events, I’ve not been to Kusu Island for a kind of yearly pilgrimage for good luck. Perhaps I could make a trip there one of these days.)

Then again, today’s article says that rising costs have forced bus operators to raise fares so as to prevent a degradation of services. Some claim that the listed companies are only out for their profits but then again, did they consider if government operated firm is going to be better (Economic students, use your theory here! ) in terms of cost. I am not that worried that the government will provide substandard service though seeing that we are such an efficient country.

Singaporeans just like to complain. Haven’t they realized that we have pretty good transport systems here in Singapore? Sure, though the waiting times for the trains or buses can be long at times and they can be rather filled, the bus rides are still generally comfortable and we get to our destinations in a wheeze. There are so many bus routes that it is virtually possible to get to anywhere from everywhere without the need to walk much. In fact, I think we probably have one of the best and extensive transport system for a country of our size.

Of course, some might argue that this is because owning a car in Singapore is like getting a two-storey bungalow in some parts of Australia. Well, I have nothing to counter this and frankly, I would have to agree that to restrict the number of cars on the road, we need a good transport system.

Some still insist that our transport cost is high. Why not look at Hong Kong? They are in very much the same situation as us yet their transport system is so much more costlier than ours. I could have sworn I topped up my Octopus card about thrice during my stay in Hong Kong and I didn’t really travel that much.

So, after reading through my ramblings, what’s my point? My point is this: stop complaining and just be glad you have what you have. If you miss that bus or train just stay annoyed for a maximum of five minutes before realizing that there isn’t much to be annoyed about.

Tags: singapore