I’m at risk of having my blog turned into a complaint column.
Nonetheless, i ought to clarify that before i actually started this blog during carefree days in CT, i always thought that if i ever started a blog, it’d be to record the interesting conversations with cabbies.
Don’t ask me why, but somehow i end up meeting very chatty cab drivers who seem to have the most amazing stories. Lots of rides become an educational journey. Like the other day, when i learnt that bursaries differed depending on the community clubs or areas you live in – my friendly driver shared with me that the Holland/Ghim Moh area had the highest bursary awards. And while we were at it, did you know that bursaries are not just awarded to the needy families?
So anyway, because i left my job and could no longer afford taxi rides (not that i actually paid for the rides out of my own pocket while i was still employed), this blog started without a taxi theme.
Now that i’m back – sometimes on the road – as a long-suffering (ie. suffer from working long hours) journo, guess it’s about time those taxi tales come along.
Stay tuned.
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Nice to see that you’re getting back to your blog!
Taxi driver here in NZ are less chatty. Well, at least for those whom I met, which is incidentally just a handful. You can get heart attack taking taxi rides here, ‘cos the meter literally jump 10 cents per seconds.
So you been giving out Ang Pow during CNY?
Comment by Boon February 27, 2008 @ 7:54 pmFunny my earlier comment didn’t get posted?
Comment by Boon February 27, 2008 @ 8:56 pmIt’s nice to see you getting back at your blog!
The cabbies here in NZ are not so chatty, based on my the handful that I was in. You can almost get a heart attack seeing the fare meter jump 10 cents every seconds. Fortunately they were all company-paid rides.
Comment by Boon February 27, 2008 @ 8:59 pmSorry, your comments got caught in the spam queue! Haven’t been doing much blog housekeeping lately =P
I’ve been busy settling in @ ZDNet – the past 2 months have been a tough ride (esp. with site revamp), but definitely an enjoyable one.
Comment by vitavian March 1, 2008 @ 2:23 am