i am getting quite excited about the north-east line, which the straits times encourages us to pronounce "nell" (which doesn't seem to have the same off-the-tongue-sassy feel of "mert", i feel. "first, take the nell to sengkang"? nah...), coming home less than three weeks before its opening when the rest of the northeast corridor has already worn thin its expectations. i am not tired of speculating when the line will begin operations, and all the station entrances along serangoon road seem very inviting. life! ran 7 pages of related articles today, and sumiko tan reported that a ride from harbour front to punggol was only 33 mins. 33!! and the journey from hougang to dhoby ghaut consist 7 stations less than that, meaning...i'll be in town in 15-20minutes? that seems impossible, although the idea is exhilarating. and the hougang station is smack at the hougang interchange, one of its entrances opening on naung park. oooh...