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On Dec 28 last year, Miss Jacqueline Wong and her boyfriend, Mr Jonathan See, took a day off work to take the train.

It was no ordinary ride, but one that lasted all of 16 hours that day.

Starting at 6am from Joo Koon station, the couple made stops at all 146 MRT and LRT stations across Singapore.

At each stop, they got off the train and took a selfie.

That "extremely tiring" day was documented by Miss Wong, 25, in her blog. The post, titled Many Selfies, went on her blog on March 4 and has been making its rounds on social media sites.

"My friends said I must be mad. My sister was incredulous," the fun-loving blogger said, adding that she was inspired to do this after reading an online article of a couple who took 118 selfies at all the subway stations in Manhattan.

"I procrastinated a lot. It was only when I told my boyfriend about the challenge and he urged me to do it that it happened at all."

Miss Wong said she put off the idea for a few months after she read the article.

The couple spent only about an hour planning their route.

They managed to avoid the Central Business District's lunch crowds and also got free rides along the Downtown Line from Chinatown station to Downtown station.

In all, they spent less than $10 each on train fare.

Along the way, they took creative selfies to fit in with the name of the MRT station.

For example, at Pending station, Miss Wong looks annoyed as she checks her watch while Mr See, 26, looks irritated in the background.

At Buangkok station, the couple took a head-butting picture.

RUSH

"After every shot, we had to rush back into the train before it closed its doors," said Miss Wong.

"We entered another cabin after taking our selfie so the passengers wouldn't stare at us.

"It was very hectic. Once, Jonathan missed the train and I had to wait for him at the next stop."

The couple narrowly missed the train at Ten Mile Junction as well.

There, trains come only once every 20 minutes - something the couple learnt on that day.

Said Miss Wong: "We talked for the most part of the journey. It was like a typical date where we usually spend hours just talking.

"We spent our first date chatting non-stop for 12 hours."

They covered 118 subway stations in Manhattan

The couple who inspired Miss Jacqueline Wong and her boyfriend, Mr Jonathan See, to take selfies are college students James Doernberg and Kai Jordan.

They took nine hours to cover all 118 stations in Manhattan in New York City last year. They took 130 shots in total.

The couple told the Gothamist website how they came up with the idea.

Mr Doernberg, who is not from New York City, said: "The idea just came to me a few months ago. I was probably thinking about ways to make commuting fun/useful, or different records/accomplishments that I could do while in NYC.

"I mentioned the idea to Kai a few days ago and she latched onto it and thought it sounded really fun. And it was - the nine hours flew by.

"I planned the route out as we went and I was really worried that an inefficient route would take too long or stretch into two days. But everything fell into place pretty well."

Mr Doernberg said it was quite a challenge. They had to jump off the train, take the selfie and get back in before the doors closed.

When asked if they intended to take selfies at other subway networks, they said they were not sure but would discuss it.


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Publication Date: 
Saturday, Mar 15, 2014

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