Right off the Bat - 93, 123M
I started today right away, taking the rest of Trunk Service 123M from my local bus-stop down to HarbourFront Interchange from where I left off last time out.
The route detours via Bukit Purmei Avenue on its way through to HarbourFront.
I had my breakfast at the adjacent Seah Im Food Centre. I saw a Volvo B10M bus deployed on Trunk Service 93. Making the best of this chance opportunity (since all of them will be retired by Christmas), I took the bus all the way through to Eunos Bus Interchange.
Service 93 passes through Queensway, Lornie and Braddell on its way to Eunos.
I also caught this Air Force Plane on approach to Paya Lebar Airbase.
Wandering in Bedok - 60, 69, 225
Eunos Bus Interchange, designed in the same style as the MRT Station next to it, has few bus services for its size. One of them in Trunk Service 60 which is a short route between Eunos and Bedok passing through Bedok Reservoir, looping at the bus interchange.
The route passes through Bedok Reservoir and Bedok North estates.
Arriving in the quite crowded Bedok Bus Interchange, I went into Bedok Mall and walked around for a while, thinking about where to go next. I decided to take Feeder Service 225 first, specifically 225G, a short bi-directional feeder route that serves the flats around the narrow Bedok North Street 3.
Despite being short in terms of distance, the route gets regular double-deckers due to high commuter traffic.
After Feeder 225, I took a Volvo B10TL on Trunk Service 69, another short service like Trunk 60 which runs from Bedok to Tampines through Tampines West.
The scene at Tampines Bus Interchange
The Village - 29, 109
At Tampines Bus Interchange, I had my lunch of Economical Bee Hoon before continuing on my trip. I decided to take Trunk Service 29 to Changi Village via Upper Changi since I haven't properly explored that area other than the Bus Terminal.
The old roads in Changi that Service 29 plies.
(Loyang Way and Upper Changi Road North)
Changi Village itself has a rustic nature that can't be seen anywhere else in Singapore, with the large hawker centre (that made me regret eating lunch too early) and low-rise HDB flats with shops on the ground floor.
Beyond the chalet and the hawker village, there is also a delightful coastal boardwalk near Changi Beach and the Ferry Terminal.
Anyways, after a quick walk around the village, I had the chance to ride another Volvo B10M, this time assigned to Trunk Service 109 from Changi Village to Serangoon.
109 passes through Pasir Ris, Sengkang, Hougang and Yio Chu Kang.
Rainy Rounds - 56, 315
I arrived at Serangoon Bus Interchange sometime in the late afternoon. I walked a few rounds around the NEX shopping centre to get some ideas.
I got on Feeder Service 315, which serves Serangoon Gardens and Serangoon North housing estates. Interestingly, the nearest town centre to Serangoon North in actually Hougang, but Feeder 315 still gets a good amount of commuters travelling to Serangoon Gardens and Serangoon Interchange.
Winding around Serangoon North
317 is the other Feeder Service serving Serangoon Interchange
Shophouses in Serangoon Gardens
After the round on Feeder 315, I took the MRT a short distance to Bishan and took Trunk Service 56 down to Marina Centre to get closer to home since it was turning into the Evening.
Service 56 plies Toa Payoh, Novena and Middle Road, ending at Marina Centre Bus Terminal near the Marina Square Shopping Mall
The windows were ripe with condensation after the showers in the late afternoon.
To Commonwealth - 195
The area around Marina Centre Bus Terminal
To finish off the day, after having traversed through old housing estates from the heartlands of Eunos and Bishan to the quaint Changi Village, I took a trip on Trunk Service 195, one of my local services, half of the entire trip to Commonwealth MRT Station.
The sun sat as the bus passed through Tiong Bahru and Telok Blangah
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