Bus vs Subway

Mukhlis : Ini adalah video menarik tentang bus dan subway di korea, dalam bahasa korea dengan subtitle (tekan cc). Die ada mention tentang tong sampah pada hujung2 video. Tahukah anda Korea adalah negara yg sgt susah nk jumpa tong sampah. Aku pun xsure kenapa. Tapi itu antara akibat org akan buang sampah merata2. Di sudut2 banggunan dan dilorong biasanya akan kelihatan sampah sikit2. Namun di tempat2 yg obvious tiada lah org berani buang sampah. Biasanya pagi2 dalam jam 5 pagi, akan ada pekerja dan lori pembersih yg akan membersihkan kan jalan dan mengutip sampah. Jadi walaupun negara ini kurang tong sampah, tapi masih bersih. Berbanding di Malaysia yg byk tong sampah (itu pun org buang sampah merata lagi), bila ke sana rasa sgt leceh. Jadi kene bawa sampah ke hulu hilir sehingga jumpa tong sampah. Kadang2 org kedai akan offer ambil sampah kita kalau kita beli barang/cendera hati dati kedai die ._.


Kemudian ada juga di sebut tentang sakit kaki kerana byk berjalan naik dan turun tangga. Sebab di korea terutamanya Seoul, mmg akan banyak sangat berjalan. Mmg itu budaya mereka. Berjalan dan berjalan. Kawasan pejalan kaki mmg byk dan sentiasa penuh dengan orang. Masa mula2 di sana, mmg lenguh juga rasa, tapi lama2 alah bisa tegal biasa. Dan mungkin ini juga adalah sebab mengapa korea (dan Japan) adalah antara negara dgn obesity rate yg paling rendah sekali di dunia (0-5%). Berbanding Malaysia yang 5-10% dan USA dengan 45%.

Dima : Well i have nothing much to say about buses or subways but i'll talk a bit about the traffic. They drive on the other side of the road, like the Americans do. No big deal, you think...but the pedestrian traffic follows suit. There i was walking about the subways and walkways, banging into people. only to realize that i was walking in the wrong lane! Felt awkward to 'keep right' unless you're 'overtaking'.

Ooh, the buses are incredibly efficient...so quick do they stop at the bus stops that they'll leave you behind if you hesitate, for whatever reason : looking for your T-money pass, checking to see if its the right bus, etc. And you reach the destination pretty quick because they have designated lanes for the buses. So when they say the bus will be here in 15mins, they really mean 15mins....unlike in Malaysia.

Oh yeah, a bit about their subways. A friend told us that in cases of emergency or disaster, the underground subway system doubles as a defence/fort where the people of Seoul can seek refuge. I don't know if its true, but I can see how it is possible. They form an entire labyrinth so deep underground, that climbing out of the stations requires flights and flights of stairs...my bum aches at the thought of it. Anyway, aside from that, I was impressed by their emergency-preparedness. In the subway stations, along the tracks, there are gas masks, radiation suits, fire hoses, and a bunch of other stuff i can't understand.

Feena : zzzzzzz

Kar Yee : zzzzzzzzz