Hitting the driving range

Sembawang golf course 9pm on sunday nights, u're gonna see me there every weekend! Why? 9 cents for 50 balls for students. OMG is that cheap or what??? I thought u can't buy anything for 9 cents nowadays. I mean, even egg prata at The Prata Place cost $1.20, which is insane (but good...)!

So DZ and I were wondering over dinner how the price of prata could go up and up and yet nobody complains? DZ says it might have been inflation. Well, inflation is like 2.5% a year or something right now, and it so does not explain the grossly inflated price of prata everywhere! I think we should open up the borders more and let locals go over to JB for prata every night. 50sen for egg prata in JB! Then lets see how these local profiteers compete!

Last night over drinks at P and K's place, P was saying how come everyone seems so broke when tax is so low and everyone lives at home over here. Good question, really, why is everyone so broke? Well, I postulate that for those who drive, its the car. Cars are so insanely expensive. And not to mention you can't really buy resale here. So if cars are expensive why do people keep buying them? Status? Maybe, but you can be rich in New York City and still not drive a car, so... Public transport system sucks? Possibly. Despite all the "first world" and high tech gadgets, public transportation isn't really public, especially if you hear the recent public outcry over rising bus fares and profiteering. I once met a renowned Stanford professor who said that public transport only remains successful if its public and subsidised. Not privatised "public" transport. Maybe there really is only one solution to reducing the number of cars on the roads.

Back to golf. My swing's getting a little more consistent, but still not happy with it. Driving range 9pm at night when its quiet empty and the weather's cool is really therapeautic. I can't imagine going on the green in the daytime in this weather, how can you enjoy it in this heat? Besides, you tend to see better players practicing at night. Sometimes the coaches take time off to practice, or even the counter guy. By the way, counter guy is pretty damn good man! I once saw a coach that hit 200 using irons, and off the range using woods. Now that's some technique I should learn man! In other golf news, Tiger Woods is out, on father's day too. Aw shucks, go Tiger anyway! :P