Traffic jam lagi...

I just hate traffic jam...!! I find that getting stuck in trafic jam is really a total waste of time (especially if you are the one driving...). can't do anything else at that time except listening to the news, to the radio programs, to the music .... or if you are crazy enough, to listen to self motivation CDs... oh yeah, there is another activity, menganyam ketupat with other friends on the mobile phone... hehe

when I came to Dubai, my office was at Dubai Airport Free Zone, in order to save money, I took an apartment just after entering Sharjah (a neighbouring emirate). To give you a better picture, it's like working in KL, but staying in PJ... and office is at Bangsar...). Rental was lower (much much more lower) than in Dubai, and my work place was just nearby... Life was good, left home just after 7am, and would arrive at the office 15 to 20mn after that...

6 months after that, the company shifted office. Why? because we were growing big time and the office just couldn't accommodate the number of people joining the company... We moved to Dubai Silicon Oasis... It was further but thanks to Emirates Road, it was not that far... took me about 40mn to reach the office from home. Had to leave home a bit earlier (6h45am) in order not to be caught in the traffic jam... would normally arrive at the office around 7h30am...

then I left that company... and join this new company Sagem Orga located at Dubai Internet City... basically it is at the other end of Dubai... so I have to travel across Dubai to get to my work place... result : have to go out at 6am in the morning, if not, I will get caught in the massive traffic jam. travelling time - 1 hour... going home is worse, it will take about 1h15mn to reach home (if I am lucky)....

and since school has started, combined with the Ramadan month rush... traffic has gotten worse in the morning and during coming back home (everybody finishes at around 3pm to 4pm..., and there is a mad rush of people trying to be home before Iftar, which would be around 6h30pm)

Oh my goodness... I dunno how long I would stand staying here in Sharjah... it's just getting more and more difficult, not to mention the money that I have to spend for petrol & toll....

siksa jiwa & raga...

6am in the morning, you enter the main road, and ther eis alrdy a traffic jam... it seems that traffic starts as early as 5h30am....

but traffic eases up further down, especially when you are near to the toll gate. People take alternative route to avoid paying toll...

Toll gate at Garhoud Bridge... not so many cars early morning, toll system is like in Singapore, you have a tag in your car, and you just go through the toll gate... katchnnnnggggg...!! 4 dirham...!!

nearing to my office, there is another toll gate : Al Barsha toll gate.... katchnnngggg!!! another 4 dirham... daily return trip will cost me AED16...!! patut Sheikh kat Dubai nih kaya raya... hehe..

in the afternoon at 4pm... mad rush of people going home for iftar

on the way back to Sharjah.... bumper to bumper...

siksanya menghabiskan masa 1jam 15mn (atau lebih) dlm kereta.... boring giler...!! dah la lapar... banyakkan bersabar...!!

Dubai got double decker bus now you know...!! (just started service a month ago). aiyoo, this city state is really becoming like Singapore.... Lee Kuan Yew is a member of the advisory panel to Dubai state government... habis laaa... hehe...

Conclusion : once I finish my current contract with the landlord, I will definitely have to move to Dubai...!! masa habis in travelling time jer.... not productive...!