| Hi Jianshuo, yes! Gary and I took the metro during our Shanghai trip, to try it out. And it was pretty good! I looked at the floor of the train and remembered what you said about the floor being littered with cards. Well, the floor of the train we took was very clean, and I thought, "Hmm, this is not as bad as what Jianshuo described!" Also, we were quite concerned about pickpockets at the station or on the train, so we hid our mobile phones in our bags. But to my surprise, I saw people using their phones openly on the train. A colleague later told me that if I were to do that in Malaysia, my phone may get snatched away while I'm still using it!!! Also, when we were preparing to get on or off the train, nobody tried to push anyone away. Sometimes the people in Singapore (not necessarily Singaporeans) are even more unruly in this aspect. Hehe. So, overall yes, the people were pretty orderly, although I had a bad experience while queueing up to buy the metro tickets. We were not standing close enough to the machine while figuring out how to use it, so someone just cut in from behind without asking. I stared at him, but he pretended not to see. Other than that, it was pretty okay. By the way, I was amused by this list of rules and regulations for using the metro. There were like 12 guidelines listed on that poster. Wow. This is something Singapore doesn't have yet. But who knows, someone from the Singapore Mass Rapit Transit (SMRT) corporation may see that and decide to implement it one day. After all, Singapore is a "fine" country. Hahaha. Cheers, Ling *:) |
Shanghai Looks Like a Modern City