On the 24th of January , early in the morning at about 5am , my family left for Ipoh , Malaysia . We expected a traffic jam that would delay us at about 45minutes to around an hour , because of the Chinese New Year .

As we arrived at Tuas checkpoint , we caught in a traffic jam . We did not really bother , since we already expected it to happen sooner or later . However , on reaching so close to the checkpoint , we were denied our entrance . The lane my father's car was on , was closed at the end . There were policemen there asking us to turn around and start queing again . We were disappointed .

The second round of queing , we took the other entrance , ( you can either turn left or right to the checkpoint , AND , the signs above signaled for cars to enter . ) However , once again , there was a dead end , and , policemen were there , asking we people to turn and queue again . At that moment , my father started criticizing the way these policemen manage the traffic . At least they could put another sign saying this road is blocked , OR they could at least block the entrance earlier , so to prevent more cars from entering .

Finally , we went from Tuas checkpoint , to Woodlands checkpoint . As usual , there was a traffic jam there at Woodlands too but at least we were not denied our entry . Finally , we were not in Singapore .

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