Another Week Commuting to Work in Sungai Way Free Trade Industrial Zone

It's kind of difficult to reach XXX in Sungai Way Free Trade Industrial Zone using public transport without resorting to Grab. So I am writing this to give a hint on how to reach KESM Industries Berhad, MEMC Electronic Materials Sdn Bhd, Device Dynamics Asia (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, PICA Manufacturing Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd, Omron Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Herbal Science Sdn Bhd, NXP Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Western Digital KL COE, etc using public transport only.

Well, first thing first, Sungai Way Free Trade Industrial Zone (Sungai Way FTIZ) is located right next to Federal Highway. There's a KTM station called Setia Jaya KTM Station opposite the road. So anyone with access to KTM station can choose to reach the Sungai Way FTIZ via KTM rail network. After reached Setia Jaya Station, one could see the NXP building across the road, just cross the Federal highway using the flyover, walk straight and there is a small gate that next to NXP gate 1, just enter the FTIZ using the gate. I had colleagues coming with KTM, the only demerit is the frequency is much lesser than LRT. 

Sungai Way Free Trade Industrial Zone

The nearest LRT station is around 3km to 4km though. Definitely not walking distance to me. Most of the suggestions are taking grab from the LRT station. Mmm, I am not sure on the price. But I took grab from FTIZ to Glenmarie Station before. It's RM14 per trip, well, it's peak hour. So to save money and time, I found that taking bus is the second best option. Some people might be asking, why not just take the Rapid on Demand, my experience tells me don't even need to try this during peak hour, the waiting time is so long, walking might be faster. 

Since Sungai Way FTIZ is literally next to Federal Highway, so we have to find a bus that stopped at both LRT Station and a bus stop at Federal Highway. Well, from my research, there's one bus that stopped at both LRT Ara Damansara and the bus stop opposite KTM Setia Jaya, which is bus Rapid 772. However, there are many more bus routes that stopped at LRT Asia Jaya and KTM Setia Jaya, which is Rapid 772, 750 and 751. So, to take the bus to FTIZ, one could either stop at LRT Asia Jaya or LRT Ara Damansara. LRT Asia Jaya is a safer bet though. More buses passes LRT Asia Jaya.

For my commute to work, I tried both bus 772 and 751. Both covered by My50 pass. 

On this week, I tried to commute using public transport again. On 27th July, I woke up earlier and went to the Johan Setia LRT Station, parked there and rushed to take the LRT. Since this is the earliest train, the first stop was still ok, not full.

first train at LRT Johan Setia (around 5.55am)

LRT Shah Alam from Johan Setia (first train)

After reaching LRT Glenmarie2 (before 7am), I rushed to Kelana Jaya Line to take the train to LRT Ara Damansara. It's only one station from LRT Glenmarie. Kelana Jaya Line was much more busier than the Shah Alam line now. I waited outside the LRT Ara Damansara for the Rapid KL bus 772. 

LRT Ara Damansara Bus Stop

Bus Stop LRT Ara Damansara (Opp)

In the bus 772, there's a monitor. It's interesting, the bus stop name from the bus display still maintain as "Motorola", Motorola was the old name of Freescale, which was the old name of NXP. So, if you are intending to go to Sungai Way Free Trade Industrial Zone, do not hesitate to push the button when it's Motorola stop. It's the correct stop, it's either called "Motorola", "Setia Jaya KTM (opp)" or "Sungei Way Free Trade Zone (Selatan)". 

Rapid bus 772

Normally, when I was driving, I would leave company after 7pm to avoid the jam. However, since I was taking public transport, I left around 6pm. Since there were more buses that stopped at LRT Asia Jaya, instead of going back to LRT Ara Damansara, I took bus to LRT Asia Jaya, and took additional stops before I reached Glenmarie Station. I tried for two days. Then, I made a mistake on Wednesday, I was thinking to take the bus to LRT Ara Damansara to see whether I could save more time. Huge mistake, it was raining that day, and the traffic on Federal Highway was horrible! I waited at the Bus Stop KTM Setia Jaya for more than 1 hour. And I saw on the opposite road, so many bus 750, 751 passing. Anyway, I was lazy to cross again. So, I reached LRT Ara Damansara at around 8pm! One and a half hour to reach a LRT station! The only good news was since it's quite late, I was able to get a seat in my ride back to Johan Setia. 

LRT Ara Damansara

car park at LRT Johan Setia around 9.30pm

For this week, I tried from Monday to Thursday. It's tiring, but I think safer for me and other road users, at least I could safely sleep inside the train when I was too tired. Yeah, hope Rapid KL can provide buses that passed through Glenmarie Station. 

*latest news, the LRT Shah Alam free ride period is extended to Aug 24. 

Frozen Shrimp and Frozen Shell With Tomato In Instant Noodle

When I went to speed mart to buy bread last Tuesday, I browsed the frozen aisle and saw frozen seafood. I like seafood. Itchy hand and I bought one packet of frozen shrimp and one packet of frozen shell (kerang). 

frozen kerang

frozen shrimp

I also got myself a packet of small tomatoes. It's expensive lately. Actually I wrongly read the price, I thought it's RM2.15. It's actually RM2.75. 

a packet of tomatoes

Then, I got Japanese cucumber and cili api from another shop.

Timun Jepun

Cili api

For the tomatoes and Japanese cucumber, I finished it with two dinners. For the frozen shrimp and frozen kerang, I think I can get additional two or three meals out of it. 

For first dinner, I used Maggi Mi Kari. I cut one chili and laid it on the bottom of the pot. Then I put the noodle, then filled few shrimps and shells on the side, and two tomatoes and cucumber on top. Water was added until slightly cover the noodle. 

before cook

after cook

The next day, I used Cintan Mi Springy Kenyal. I didn't defrost the shrimp first, and I had issue to break it into smaller portion. So, I just cooked the one I managed to break. 

visible shrimp on top of the noodle

Well, I am not sure whether it's the frozen shrimp or shell or Maggi Mee that caused my diarrhea the next day. However, I didn't have diarrhea when I used the Cintan Mee the day after. It might be due to the curry though. 

Anyway, the Japanese cucumber was cheaper than I thought. Hehehe. Thinking to add more kitchen stuffs for my home. 

items for 2 dinners	price (RM)
Cintan Mee , Maggi Mee	0.95+0.90
Small tomatoes (5)	2.75
Cili Api	0.20
Japanese Cucumber (2)	1.80
Frozen Shell	1.50
2 oranges	4.00
Frozen Shrimp	3.50
total	15.60

Commuting From Johan Setia to Sungei Way Free Trade Zone

My own apartment is near the Johan Setia LRT Station, in fact, I bought the apartment after the LRT3 started to build. Another reason I bought the house there during that time was because it was around 7km to my workplace. Well, I thought I would retire there, life happened and now I worked in Petaling Jaya. To avoid jam, I would leave my place before 6am and back home after 7pm. It was tiring. Sometimes, even after 7pm, the road was still packed with cars. Anyway, my apartment was built later than the LRT3 and I have been staying in my apartment for few years and finally, LRT3 aka LRT Shah Alam finally opened to public!

The week before, I already got the advise from a colleague who frequently took public transport, she advised me to download the 'moovit' app. I found it quite useful.

On the very first day of the opening 29th June, I woke up much earlier and went to the LRT Johan Setia, It was new and not much information available yet. There are 550 car parks available in LRT Johan Setia. That's the only information I got, When I reached there, there were cars but many parking lots were still empty. Generally, it's well-lit.

cark park in LRT Johan Setia

Car Park in LRT Johan Setia

Since I didn't know anything yet, after parking, I rushed to the main door. 

walkway to LRT Johan Setia

To my surprise, there're a few fellow commuters there and all waiting outside, the gate was still closed! I asked around and they told me the gate would only open at 6am. I was like, what! From what I read, the first train would start at 6am, and gate opened at 6am? How're we supposed to board the first train on time! A fellow commuter told me he purposely took leave to board this first train out of Johan Setia, and another commuter purposely drove from Bukit Tinggi to take the train at the first station. To my surprise, other than a few people who purposely came for fun. Others were like me, really intended to take LRT to work. 

gate to LRT Johan Setia

inside the LRT Johan Setia

At around 6am, the gate opened, and I think the staffs inside had a countdown. Anyway, everybody rushed inside. However, the first train started around 6.05am, ouch, my legs. 

fellow commuters

interval around 10 minutes

So yeah, I took the first train on the first day of LRT Shah Alam from the first station. Kind of memorable. From Johan Setia, the train is not packed yet, still got seats until after LRT Pasar Besar Klang. Then, from the station onwards, more crowded until Glenmarie Station. Many people got off in Glenmarie. 

inside the coach of LRT Shah Alam

From LRT Shah Alam Glenmarie Station, I rushed to LRT Kelana Jaya line to transit to LRT Ara Damansara. So many people walked together, bottleneck at the fare gate. My heart was racing. After teaching LRT Ara Damansara, I ran to the bus stop to take a bus, bus 772. I was lucky, by the time I reached the bus stop, the bus haven't reached yet, so I got to take the bus and reached Sungei Way Free Trade Zone (Selatan) on around 7.30am, I reached my company around 7.40am. I was too agitated that instead of the company card, I tagged using the touch n go card, the security guard couldn't stand it and laughing so hard. 

Instead of usual after 7pm that day, I left my workplace at around 6pm to go home. Initially I planned to take KTM at Setia Jaya KTM Station. However, after I crossed the Federal Highway, the train that I targeted already left! So I had to take bus. So for going back time, I took bus 772 to Ara Damansara LRT station, then from Ara Damansara LRT Station to Glenmarie Station. Finally, Glenmarie Station to Johan Setia LRT Station. I reached home around 8.30pm. The time taken was quite long.

For the next day 30th June, on the morning, I missed the bus 772 and had to waited for the 7.30am bus. However, I still managed to reach company before 8am. It's a scare, although my company allowed flexi hour and must be there at the core hour of 9am to 4pm, I had a daily meeting at 8.30am and I had to prepare before that. On both day, I did it in the train. If I couldn't do it if there's no seat, it would be bad for me. 

Anyway, I wanted to try rapid on demand during going back time. There's a stop from FIZ to LRT Taman Bahagia. I waited from 6.33am and the pick up time keep increasing until when it was changed to 7.45pm, I gave up and booked a grab ride to Glenmarie Station. I reached home around 9pm that day. 

at Glenmarie LRT Station

That's why from Wednesday, I continued driving. I have to figure out how to get to Glenmarie Station from my workplace more efficiently. I even have discussions with my colleagues who stayed in klang and other friends from FIZ on this last mile transportation. I think for the next round of public transportation commute, I would focus on KTM + LRT instead of bus. 

Happy commuting!

Ceiling Fan Duster

I am afraid of height. So I have never clean my ceiling fan. I feel that it's going slow from the weight of the dust. So I search for ceiling fan "cleaner" in an online shopping app. And this "ceiling fan duster" comes out. The user reviews are very positive. So, I bought one.

ceiling fan duster (after use, forget to take photo before use)

There are 3 ceiling fans that I regularly use. And the one in my bedroom was so dusty. The result is the most obvious. It's cleaned and the dust didn't fly everywhere.

before clean

before

after clean

after

The ceiling fan in my living room was so so ok, not so dirty.

Before clean

after clean

I was quite worry that it's going to be another wastage, but I must admit that this is a good buy! Although I would prefer cleaning with a wet rag, the height issue is a problem for me. As long as the ceiling fans are being cleaned, it is a good job! 

Instant Noodle With Cucumber, Eggplant and Tofu

Well, I feel that the combo of instant noodle with cucumber, eggplant and tomato is suitable to me. Means I didn't have diarrhea after eating that.  Hahaha! So I bought again cucumber and eggplant, however, I didn't buy tomato due to it's so expensive this week. I bought tofu instead for the protein. 

The smooth tofu is quite cheap I think, it's just RM1.49 per block. In Japan, around that size, it's around 50 yen (around 15 years ago). A cheap source of protein. I like this kind of smooth tofu in soup only, I don't really like other types of tofu derivatives, like beancurd skin, tofu puff, etc. 

Taufu Lembut

Cucumber

eggplant

I separate the items I bought and finished in two meals. Since the cucumber and eggplant had high water content, I just added just enough water to cover the noodle. Then, I think the steam soften the cucumber and eggplant. It is done without too much water.

just add water slightly above the noodle

after done boiling (Maggi Mee)

Cintan Mee

One meal I cooked Maggi Mee, another I used Cintan Mee. All traditional flavour. I think next round I will buy leafy vegetables to test.

items for 2 dinners	price (RM)
Cintan Mee , Maggi Mee	0.95+0.90
Tofu	1.49
Cucumber	1.84
Eggplant	3.30
2 oranges	4.00
Sotong	1.20
total	13.68

*this is to document the price of the item in June 2026, maybe after 5 years, when I read back this, I can know how far the inflation goes!