April 20, 2005

german’s joseph ratzinger had been elected as the new pope. he had chosen the name benedict XVI. via catholic online. picture from catholic online.

first we heard that taxi and bus fares will be increased come 1st of may. now we hear that ferry service fares (plying between penang island and mainland) will be increased 100% come 1st of may. why don’t they increase the penang bridge toll? cannot take taxi as expensive, take …

so! finally! it’s done! it’s happened! the bus terminal for express buses had moved to a new site – next to the pesta pulau pinang site in sg. nibong. why sg. nibong? why so far away from city centre? i understand the concern of the authorities that earlier the buses …