I've been procrastinating to update my blog for too long already and I decided that I must write something today!
As I've mentioned in my previous blog that things around me are quite different nowadays. The most obvious one is the closeness of the people. The word 'closeness' here means the measured distance and not the emotional bond between people. Official figures came out 2 weeks ago that Singapore's population has reached 4.84 million! Comparatively Penang island's population is only around 678,000 people. Some of you must be thinking right now that Penang is much smaller than Singapore. So lets put the figures into perspective:
Land area of Singapore: 692.7 sqkm
Land area of Penang Island: 295 sqkm
Simple calculation will then show you that the density of Singapore in terms of no. of people per sqkm is 6,987 people while that of Penang is only 2,298 people. Singapore's density is 3 times higher than that of Penang. Imagine that you are queueing up to purchase your GSC movie ticket on a typical Saturday night, the line in Singapore will be 3 times longer!!! Imagine again that you are on the Rapid Penang bus and you used to swing your arms around talking and gesturing exitingly about the current political situation, but here in Singapore you will be happy if you still can move your fingers in the packed MRT train!!
In other words, Penang is actually quite spacious eventhough it is smaller in terms of land area. We do have quite a comfortable personal space in Penang so we should stop complaining that Penang is small.
