My First EZLink Card

I bought my first EZLink Card two weeks ago. Not having to rush to work and meetings, I thought I would make the effort to commute through public transportation while I make my museum rounds in Singapore. Surprisingly, I felt a sense of liberation as I received the card. I guess not having to worry about parking is liberation enough. That I would have had to mingle with the crowd in the bus and in the MRT has a comforting assurance that I am really part of the ordinary people mass. It's almost a personal triumph to declare that I'm not totally dependent on my car!

I boasted about my new-found freedom with my RGS girlfriends one day. Another revelation - we all share the same discovery that, now that we're into our 50s, less busy with work and bringing up children, we all want to go back to becoming mere plebians taking public transport. There's a tint of self-pride to 'return to our roots'. We've come full circle.