I hate to admit it, but ever since we got a car a few years back, we have all gotten complacent and have really lost touch with the public transport in Singapore. Except for taxis, of course. I am quite spoilt in that sense, and I loathe having to stand on the public transport and having to "tahan" with many undesirable smells.
My kids of course have to bear the consequences of their spoilt parents. My hubby does not even know how to use the ez-link card, I think :p. The kids hardly take public transport.
So occasionally, to give them a sense of how it feels and how fun it can be, we do chuck the car aside and take either the bus, MRT or LRT. Usually, it's somewhere near within the neighbourhood, so even if we are tired after the trip, we can take a cab back home hehe. Tsk tsk.
Recently, the kids have been begging for a ride on a double-decker bus. It's amusing how things we regard as something small is actually such a big thing for a 6-7 year old.
Before the ride, they kept talking about it all the time and were super excited about it.
Well, they were not disappointed. Even us who have taken many times when we were young, could not help but feel happy and me and hubby remembered the many times we took the double-decker bus when we were dating.
I do hope in future they become independant and learn to go around without the car/taxi.
