In a country as tiny as Singapore, to own a car and to drive it around everyday is a fairly big deal. It certainly isn't cheap either and the rising petrol prices are deterring even more people from driving. (well, except me obviously. I seem rather content to pay through my ass for my car and be broke for everything else.)

Nevertheless, in a country as tiny as Singapore, you'd think that driving around would be a fairly painless activity. Afterall, it takes all of two hours or so to get from one end of the island to the other by train. So driving the relatively short distance from my office to the Boyfriend's house should really only take me about 30mins, 40 at most if one factors in peak hour traffic and all those other folks clamouring to get home after a grueling day at work.

Except that it took me nearly 2 hours to get to his house yesterday evening!!! TWO! I even rerouted my journey to get off the overly congested highway and it still took that long as even the alternative routes were jammed. It was the most frustrating journey I've ever endured and I was one grumpy woman by the time I got to his house. It wasn't even raining nor was there any mention of there being an accident on the roads. The jam was simply puzzling.

But seriously, I thought the recent ERP hikes were supposed to cure this sort of thing. Admittedly I'm not exactly helping the jam by insisting on driving myself but I know many a Singaporean has given up the luxury of driving in favour of cheaper alternatives. So why on earth were so many of us battling the ridiculous traffic?! Perhaps there are a lot more people like me on the road than I realised.