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Am presenting my best works at the Transit Mapping Symposium attended by world class mappers at the Hong Kong Design Centre!
Come and say hi to me and my works (with other cool works around the world) if you’re in HK this week!
Come and say hi to me and my works (with other cool works around the world) if you’re in HK this week!
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Am presenting my best works at the Transit Mapping Symposium attended by world class mappers at the Hong Kong Design Centre!
Come and say hi to me and my works (with other cool works around the world) if you’re in HK this week!
Come and say hi to me and my works (with other cool works around the world) if you’re in HK this week!
The disruption to the Kelana Jaya Line is the fourth it has happened within less than a span of a week, yet the public has not been given assurance on the reliability of the LRT
This is becoming 2022 all over again
This is becoming 2022 all over again
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The disruption to the Kelana Jaya Line is the fourth it has happened within less than a span of a week, yet the public has not been given assurance on the reliability of the LRT
This is becoming 2022 all over again
This is becoming 2022 all over again
Good to see that MOT has placed reviving cross-border rail services along disused railways as a priority for this year’s budget, with rehabilitation works for the railway set to begin next year:
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Good to see that MOT has placed reviving cross-border rail services along disused railways as a priority for this year’s budget, with rehabilitation works for the railway set to begin next year:
Obscenely cruel policy that’s likely conceived from an air-conditioned office far away in Putrajaya
Getting out of homelessness is extremely difficult when you don’t have a permanent address - we need more rehousing programmes rather than aesthetic fixes that solves nothing
Getting out of homelessness is extremely difficult when you don’t have a permanent address - we need more rehousing programmes rather than aesthetic fixes that solves nothing
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Obscenely cruel policy that’s likely conceived from an air-conditioned office far away in Putrajaya
Getting out of homelessness is extremely difficult when you don’t have a permanent address - we need more rehousing programmes rather than aesthetic fixes that solves nothing
Getting out of homelessness is extremely difficult when you don’t have a permanent address - we need more rehousing programmes rather than aesthetic fixes that solves nothing
Channeling some of my passionate tweets in the past into action - proud to had been collaborating with Dr Afif, the MLA for Taman Medan, working with @myrapidkl to extend the 640 bus, connecting with PJ01 at Taman Medan Bus Terminal
This will bring residents closer to high-paying jobs in KL and PJ
This will bring residents closer to high-paying jobs in KL and PJ
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Channeling some of my passionate tweets in the past into action - proud to had been collaborating with Dr Afif, the MLA for Taman Medan, working with @myrapidkl to extend the 640 bus, connecting with PJ01 at Taman Medan Bus Terminal
This will bring residents closer to high-paying jobs in KL and PJ
This will bring residents closer to high-paying jobs in KL and PJ
A proactive transit agency will recognise the strength that transport enthusiasts have, like bus enthus, and engage with them greatly as they are part of a larger user base of public transport users that cares deeply about its growth and engages positively with them:
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A proactive transit agency will recognise the strength that transport enthusiasts have, like bus enthus, and engage with them greatly as they are part of a larger user base of public transport users that cares deeply about its growth and engages positively with them:
Bus bridging services on the Putrajaya MRT line continues, with express bus services introduced to slip sectors between Tun Razak Exchange to UPM and Sungai Besi to Putrajaya Sentral:
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Bus bridging services on the Putrajaya MRT line continues, with express bus services introduced to slip sectors between Tun Razak Exchange to UPM and Sungai Besi to Putrajaya Sentral:
Frustrated at the last minute announcements but the work must continue - here’s a map of closed stations for this evening:
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Frustrated at the last minute announcements but the work must continue - here’s a map of closed stations for this evening:
Going to Kuala Lumpur? With the ASEAN Summit underway, public transport remains a decent choice to get into the capital!
Here is a handy guide showing bus routes affected by the road closures, especially GOKL bus routes, and alternative transport options for the next few days:
Here is a handy guide showing bus routes affected by the road closures, especially GOKL bus routes, and alternative transport options for the next few days:
October 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Going to Kuala Lumpur? With the ASEAN Summit underway, public transport remains a decent choice to get into the capital!
Here is a handy guide showing bus routes affected by the road closures, especially GOKL bus routes, and alternative transport options for the next few days:
Here is a handy guide showing bus routes affected by the road closures, especially GOKL bus routes, and alternative transport options for the next few days:
Someone in RapidKL must really love walking a lot, or has never walked in Kuala Lumpur for a day in their life as suggesting Kampung Baru or Bukit Nanas as viable walkable alternatives to Ampang Park or Persiaran KLCC is certainly an interesting choice:
October 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Someone in RapidKL must really love walking a lot, or has never walked in Kuala Lumpur for a day in their life as suggesting Kampung Baru or Bukit Nanas as viable walkable alternatives to Ampang Park or Persiaran KLCC is certainly an interesting choice:
Got screwed over by the unexpected station closures in KL? Here is a quick and handy map showing temporary RapidKL station closures for today until 12:00:
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Got screwed over by the unexpected station closures in KL? Here is a quick and handy map showing temporary RapidKL station closures for today until 12:00:
Hate how RapidKL on Twitter calls a post “IMPORTANT NOTICE 🚨” and yet still hides info behind a damn link
Also, what do you mean the two most popular stations on the network are closed for almost HALF A DAY and announced ON THE HOUR OF THE CLOSURE?
RapidKL is taking everyone for a ridiculous ride
Also, what do you mean the two most popular stations on the network are closed for almost HALF A DAY and announced ON THE HOUR OF THE CLOSURE?
RapidKL is taking everyone for a ridiculous ride
October 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hate how RapidKL on Twitter calls a post “IMPORTANT NOTICE 🚨” and yet still hides info behind a damn link
Also, what do you mean the two most popular stations on the network are closed for almost HALF A DAY and announced ON THE HOUR OF THE CLOSURE?
RapidKL is taking everyone for a ridiculous ride
Also, what do you mean the two most popular stations on the network are closed for almost HALF A DAY and announced ON THE HOUR OF THE CLOSURE?
RapidKL is taking everyone for a ridiculous ride
Whoever from RapidKL that wrote the press release has clearly never taken the MRT from Persiaran KLCC as no one would suggest KLCC LRT station as an alternative when it is much faster to walk to Ampang Park LRT instead:
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Whoever from RapidKL that wrote the press release has clearly never taken the MRT from Persiaran KLCC as no one would suggest KLCC LRT station as an alternative when it is much faster to walk to Ampang Park LRT instead:
After a whole day, graphics for the bus bridging services is now out, showing 10 distinct shuttle zones along the alignment of the MRT for people to travel between
Though admittedly given the scale of the disruption, there should be express buses to skip sectors as well
Though admittedly given the scale of the disruption, there should be express buses to skip sectors as well
October 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
After a whole day, graphics for the bus bridging services is now out, showing 10 distinct shuttle zones along the alignment of the MRT for people to travel between
Though admittedly given the scale of the disruption, there should be express buses to skip sectors as well
Though admittedly given the scale of the disruption, there should be express buses to skip sectors as well
There is a deeply troubling aspect to this - that someone can easily cripple the capital by sabotaging the public transport network
How invested and ready are our security services to deter such a threat from happening again?
How invested and ready are our security services to deter such a threat from happening again?
October 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There is a deeply troubling aspect to this - that someone can easily cripple the capital by sabotaging the public transport network
How invested and ready are our security services to deter such a threat from happening again?
How invested and ready are our security services to deter such a threat from happening again?
Japanese Wikipedia on Malaysia is so funny because why do they have an article on KLCC’s District Cooling but no article about KLCC itself
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Japanese Wikipedia on Malaysia is so funny because why do they have an article on KLCC’s District Cooling but no article about KLCC itself
All venues are accessible by public transport:
Axiata Arena, National Hockey Stadium - Bkt Jalil LRT
Mega Star Arena - Bkt Bintang MRT/Monorail
Arena of Stars - Genting Exp. Bus
Idea Live Arena - T813, T816 bus
Zepp KL - Hang Tuah LRT/Monorail
Nine Gods Emperor Temple - T301 bus
Axiata Arena, National Hockey Stadium - Bkt Jalil LRT
Mega Star Arena - Bkt Bintang MRT/Monorail
Arena of Stars - Genting Exp. Bus
Idea Live Arena - T813, T816 bus
Zepp KL - Hang Tuah LRT/Monorail
Nine Gods Emperor Temple - T301 bus
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
All venues are accessible by public transport:
Axiata Arena, National Hockey Stadium - Bkt Jalil LRT
Mega Star Arena - Bkt Bintang MRT/Monorail
Arena of Stars - Genting Exp. Bus
Idea Live Arena - T813, T816 bus
Zepp KL - Hang Tuah LRT/Monorail
Nine Gods Emperor Temple - T301 bus
Axiata Arena, National Hockey Stadium - Bkt Jalil LRT
Mega Star Arena - Bkt Bintang MRT/Monorail
Arena of Stars - Genting Exp. Bus
Idea Live Arena - T813, T816 bus
Zepp KL - Hang Tuah LRT/Monorail
Nine Gods Emperor Temple - T301 bus
With the MRT, LRT, and KLIA Express having additional services for the ASEAN Summit, travelling by public transport is the best way to visit Kuala Lumpur this week!
However, several bus services will be disrupted due to road closures, and here's a visual guide to see them all:
However, several bus services will be disrupted due to road closures, and here's a visual guide to see them all:
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
With the MRT, LRT, and KLIA Express having additional services for the ASEAN Summit, travelling by public transport is the best way to visit Kuala Lumpur this week!
However, several bus services will be disrupted due to road closures, and here's a visual guide to see them all:
However, several bus services will be disrupted due to road closures, and here's a visual guide to see them all:
From Jan 1 next year, the Road Transport Department and Royal Malaysian Police will unify compounds and standardise fine discounts
Streamlining enforcement is good but continuing the policy of discounts for fines is a regressive move and defeats the purpose of a fine
Streamlining enforcement is good but continuing the policy of discounts for fines is a regressive move and defeats the purpose of a fine
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
From Jan 1 next year, the Road Transport Department and Royal Malaysian Police will unify compounds and standardise fine discounts
Streamlining enforcement is good but continuing the policy of discounts for fines is a regressive move and defeats the purpose of a fine
Streamlining enforcement is good but continuing the policy of discounts for fines is a regressive move and defeats the purpose of a fine
RapidKL has to get their maintenance in order for their buses because they aren’t suppose to fart out loud
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
RapidKL has to get their maintenance in order for their buses because they aren’t suppose to fart out loud
Felt compelled to speak on this issue because I do not particularly support making social media accounts verifiable because this will disproportionately harm those who need anonymity to protect their identity, like activists, journalists, and most importantly, victims of abuse
October 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Felt compelled to speak on this issue because I do not particularly support making social media accounts verifiable because this will disproportionately harm those who need anonymity to protect their identity, like activists, journalists, and most importantly, victims of abuse
Lots of people are probably visual learners (myself included!) and would probably appreciate a visual guidance of roads expected to close in downtown KL during the ASEAN Summit rather than having a PDF handout so here is one below:
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Lots of people are probably visual learners (myself included!) and would probably appreciate a visual guidance of roads expected to close in downtown KL during the ASEAN Summit rather than having a PDF handout so here is one below:
Despite decades of innovation in graphic design, any *signs* of deviation from the holy path of ISO 7001 will be condemned upon and with replacement sign reminding the superiority and simplicity of internationally-standardised icons…
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Despite decades of innovation in graphic design, any *signs* of deviation from the holy path of ISO 7001 will be condemned upon and with replacement sign reminding the superiority and simplicity of internationally-standardised icons…
A random road is getting closed in JB for the ASEAN summit, according to then handout by the Traffic Police - surely this must be a typo to refer to Jalan Tun Razak as part of MRR1?
October 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A random road is getting closed in JB for the ASEAN summit, according to then handout by the Traffic Police - surely this must be a typo to refer to Jalan Tun Razak as part of MRR1?
Proud to announce a brand-new design system for bus stops, starting in Kuala Lumpur!
With the help and support from Transport for Jakarta and CMC-SEA (and a fellow mak cik!), we had rolled out a pilot design of the bus stop poster in Pudu
Look forward to an improved bus stop near you!
With the help and support from Transport for Jakarta and CMC-SEA (and a fellow mak cik!), we had rolled out a pilot design of the bus stop poster in Pudu
Look forward to an improved bus stop near you!
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Proud to announce a brand-new design system for bus stops, starting in Kuala Lumpur!
With the help and support from Transport for Jakarta and CMC-SEA (and a fellow mak cik!), we had rolled out a pilot design of the bus stop poster in Pudu
Look forward to an improved bus stop near you!
With the help and support from Transport for Jakarta and CMC-SEA (and a fellow mak cik!), we had rolled out a pilot design of the bus stop poster in Pudu
Look forward to an improved bus stop near you!