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February 24, 2005
What do you do when you commute?
This entry actually follows an earlier one on "Reading of Blogs", but goes into a different direction.
What do people do when they commute? To and from work, especially? When I worked in Singapore and used the MRT to commute, I read books and magazine, and was very productive in doing so.
Look, this was a ride of 5o minutes in total. How much can you do in that time?
Nowadays, and in Kuala Lumpur, I drive a car. This mainly means bumper-to-bumper traffic and total concentration on the traffic. No chance to read, although I saw people reading newspapers or books, even when driving at higher speed - shame on them.
Listen to radio? I like Radio 4, I have to admit. Those guys - especially the Greenman and the (what's his name again?) in the morning are good, entertaining and sometimes, I can even learn a thing or two. But it is not challenging, it mainly is small talk.
Audio tapes? Tough to drive when you have to concentrate hard. There is always the one car that tries to push its way into my lane and cuts me badly. Or the cars in front of me stop abruptly for the same reason - someone cuts in.
Sometimes, I am singing songs along with my kid. He has his favourites and tries to follow. He sings way better than me. My wife tries to take a quick nap, sometimes, but peeps through one eye, when she realises that I drive too fast.
Often, we test the spelling with my kid - or others, like science, when it is their turn for a test. I always wonder, what kind of values do we instil in my kid - learning in the car, living in the car?
So big question - what do you do when commuting?
Posted by Andreas at February 24, 2005 09:12 PM
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listen to music. to prevent myself from getting over-stressed from bad drivers and to be a better driver myself.
Posted by: chasyss at February 24, 2005 10:03 PM