Eco's Within and Without

I traveled from Pekanbaru (Riau, Indonesia) to Jakarta for Singapore on 26 December 2018. This travel is intended for stamping of another cultural visa to Indonesia. The stamping is done at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore. Pekanbaru to Jakarta The Pekanbaru - Jakarta flight is a transit flight to Singapore. There are two other options to reach Singapore: a) through flying to Hang Nadim International Airport to Batam and ride a ferry to Singapore any day of the week (PKU-BTH) or b) through a direct flight to Singapore which is available only on weekends. The reason why I have to travel to Jarakta is to appear before immigration because I have overstayed for 3 days pass my visa expiry. You are not advised to overstay because there is a strict penalty on overstaying and it is very difficult to make arrangements. The flight was with Lion Air and departed at 6:20 AM. Travel time was expected to be within 1.5 hours. I was still trembling with fear while on the flight because...

I was on a 6-day (26-31 December 2018) holiday in Singapore so I decided to make a side-trip to Kuala Lumpur and meet a friend there. (29-30 December 2018) Here are the details of the trip's transportation. 1. Alighted at Woodlands MRT Station. Rode bus #170 going Woodlands checkpoint using my EZ link card which still has 5.60 SGD load. 2. Alighted at Woodlands Checkpoint and climb the stairs to the immigration counters. Tapped the passport at the exit machine. Affixed right thumb at the next step in the machine. The gates opened for an exit. 3. Rode a bus from Woodlands Checkpoint to JB Central Checkpoint at the Malaysian side. I used EZ link stil l. Alighted at the levels where buses park. 4. Climbed the stairs to the Malaysian immigration's arrival counters. It's weekend and holiday season for Dec 29, 2018, so the queue is longer than expected. It took me around 1 hour to reach the immigration officer's counter. No questions asked, my passport was immediatel...