There're two buses that get me from Steppyhouse to Harbourfront.
One's 93, which I have to take from the bus stop on the opposite side of Jalan Eunos heading northwards.
Then there's 30, which- if I were to get to Harbourfront- I would have to walk out to Sims Avenue East, cross it, walk along Lorong Melayu, then cross over Changi Road to the other side.
It's a bit of a humid hassle taking Bus 30 to Harbourfront and Vivocity.
Coming back from it, however, is another matter.
It's much more seamless a journey coming back from the bus stop outside Seah Im Hawker Center.
And way more straightforward.
Especially since the bulk of the bus journey runs along the Marina-Coastal Expressway, or the MCE, that from this side of the country begins somewhere around Straits Boulevard after the place behind Prince Edward Road, and which comes out at Fort Road.
Along the way from Telok Blangah Road towards the MCE, it goes along Keppel Road- and all these buildings on the left side of the road.
I can't tell for sure what or where exactly these buildings are, but right after the bus stop opposite Vivocity outside Seah Im, the bus ran along for a bit before coming upon the Keppel Distripark on the left with West Coast Highway on the other side.
Further on afterward the bus turned onto what I think is the road that runs under the Keppel Viaduct, where at one time out the left side of the bus you would be able to see the railway platforms, the magnificent Tanjong Pagar Railway Station building, and maybe even a KTM train.
That's been gone for a good number of years now, unfortunately, but, well, at least the building still stands. We're not allowed to go inside, however, and last I hear, they haven't figured out what to do with this building as well.
After this came the sight of apartment blocks and greens and huge lovely trees rising up from the district known as Raeburn Park and Spottiswoode Park.
And then, almost immediately after came the office buildings and that of M Hotel as the bus stopped at the traffic by the junction leading into Anson Road.
Something about this area has always been of interest to me.
Perhaps it's the way the whole place has been zoned out.
Perhaps it's how you don't think of one side when you're at the other, and vice versa.
Like I could be in the Anson Road/Tanjong Pagar area, near Hotel M and Mapletree and Carlton City, McDonalds all that, and not realize just how close I am to the former railway station, the harbor port, Sentosa, and the sea.
Or I could be at the harbor port, at Sentosa or even at Vivocity, and not realize I'm really not that far away from the business offices on Anson Road, Tanjong Pagar and even Robinson Road.
It's all very fascinating how all the land lies in all these intersections and how an extra extension lets you so easily commute from one end to the other.
I can't forget the sight of those glossy glassy skyscrapers at Marina Bay Financial Center either.
In the bright afternoon sunlight, they looked blue.
After this stretch the bus turned into the MCE and continued all the way until somewhere around what is I think Fort Road.
How exactly it turns out, I don't know, but one minute you were in the tunnel, and next, you were out on the road close to the housing estate they call Jalan Batu.
From here the bus turns into Old Airport Road, passing by the Old Airport Road Hawker Center, then Dakota housing estate, past the Geylang River, then a left into Tanjong Katong Road.
From here it goes all the way down, passing by Green Lane, Sandy Lane and Grey Lane before it crosses Geylang Road, down a bit some more, then a right into Sims Avenue.
Here the bus goes all the way down one straight road, passing Paya Lebar Square, one big field, a few housing blocks, the Eunos MRT Station, then finally Sims Avenue East, where on the second bus stop, I alight, and head back home.