Just to share some notes from a field trip today...
Took the afternoon off work to run the car. Traffic at 2nd link non-existent (sgd3.2 + RM7.5 each way up and down) . With the good new roads, the distances amongst the Nusajaya developments in the main-road loop (eastwards from Nusajaya interchange, HH & NI, Kota Iskandar, & loop back south & west passing Medini, Legoland, Educity, EL/LH, Geland Patah interchange) are even closer than I imagined. And this not yet including the Coastal Hway that can be seen being completed that will slice through the centre of the loop; from HH to Legoland. Got me thinking about the appreciation that will surely come when they are completed and more people discover the area . Saw a couple of Singapore Mercedes driving thru the show houses too...
Dropped by the showhouses of East Ledang (impressive what ideas you can get to make up a terrace. they block the road but just ask the guard in the shed and he will let you thru) and even kapoh the Nusa Idaman (semi d Prec 4 showhouse). Wonder why HH does not do a proper showhouse ? Perhaps is true without doing it, they have sold out all their developments (at least the terraces) thus the concept & from seeing outside the Gateway & Golf & Clubhouse, it sells for itself.
At the BI Jusco car park, I went into my car, and locked it. Someone came up to my side door and asked if can ask me a question. I shook my head and he went away. Part of me wanted to but another part said dont bother. Nothing happened and perhaps I over-reacted. Although I see many more police patrolling (and even the new Nusajaya Police Station at the Anjung), we should not let our guard down and better to err on the side of caution. I even bought a steering lock that is std deterrent accessory in Malaysian cars. I got the baseball bat type for RM35 as it fits the thicker steering wheels (because of airbags) and got a good grip itself as well.
At nightfall, the best part was the food, shopping, then car wash in Bukit Indah, full tank petrol and cool 'highland' air esp after the rain and straight wide highway with the cool air rushing through the winded-down windows in the drive along the 2nd link.
Looking fwd to my HH house to be ready in 2012 to enjoy more of that more regularly.