A post about taxi-drivers

I was on a taxi one day (wishing the uncle would keep quiet and let me rest ) and i had this idea of blogging about the interesting taxi-drivers i've encountered in my life..
sample size = n and n is probably larger than a lot of people, cos i'm lazy, i don't like to squeeze in public transport during peak hours, and i save money to cab. heh.
Taxi-drivers are probably one of the most interesting people in my life! (eh. oh no i'm making it sound as though everyone around me is boring...but NO! they're really interesting..)

Let me think of a few examples..

1. " you see ah girl...in front got accident..help me see license plate number! sure dio 4D ah!"

I remember this taking this cab with a female driver. we passed by an accident scene and the auntie actually stopped to look at the carplate of the motorcycle.
The conversation turned towards the gruesome details of the many accidents she'd witnessed before. Think a conversation about blood flowing all over the road, flung bodies and trapped bodies under cars..... thank goodness the journey was short. But i was seriously grossed out..

2. the cynic

Then there was this uncle who was extremely cynical about everything. in the journey he practically cursed everything from the government to the chinese-speaking, english-speaking, tourists, to the armed forces, university students and just everything.
i felt like i was in some opposition party rally...

3. the smart

i learnt a lot about taking taxis from an uncle who taught me module TAXI 1101E.
He told me where to wait for taxis, which roads to choose, how to make the journey cheaper...
also began a lecture on his experiences with customers..
eg: don't drive women from PRC cos many don't pay...
eg: drive angmohs cos they give a lot of tips... ( actually he began badmouthing "stingy" singaporeans who didn't give tips... :S )
aiya..he just talked alot i felt like sleeping.. all i could do was nod my head...

4. the boastful

this taxi-uncle i met the other day was super funny.. he was bragging about how nice he was throughout the 15 minute journey.. i can't believe it...
" i'm a very nice person you know... god don't bless me bless who?" *chuckles*
"...even my daughter and wife ask me not to be so nice...." haha.
he listed me so many examples which i don't remember... probably only vague memories of him donating money to beggars or something..
but he really made my day. i was pretty tickled!

5. the psycho

of course, many uncles are pretty psycho...
i remembered this case when i took a cab and alighted at the market near my house because i wanted to get something. When we reached, the uncle suddenly chuckled very loudly and for damn long, refusing to take my money in the meantime. He turned around and told me
" hahaha! i know where you live already.. you live there is it *points in some direction* ..you don't alight there cos you scared i know where you live right?" and he went on chuckling until i was pretty freaked out..

some uncles ask me to marry their sons...
some ask me to marry them... :S

6. the smart alec

i remembered one uncle almost made me so exasperated.. i told him my address and he drove me to somewhere else in the neighbourhood 'cos he claimed he's seen me before and i live "there" ... -_-

7. the good husbands

of course...there's some that go on endlessly on how they fell in love with their wives..had children and alll that... a few get so enthusiastic about this topic they show me photo albums...
i remember an uncle telling me all his pain about inter-ethnic marriages. he asked what race my boyfriend was and asked me to break it off early if he was not Chinese because its difficult to sustain such a relationship.

8. the patriot

haha..lala must like this uncle.. THE PATRIOT! vague memories of this Indian taxi-driver whom spent the journey telling me to work hard and defeat foreign talent or something cos singaporeans are smart. haha! :P rest of the conversation was on how proud he was to be Singaporean lah.. felt like i was in some national education propaganda class...


=D there're really alot more but i'm brain-dead now!
but i stil must say i love nice-taxi-drivers which charge me lesser, forgo the cents and are just plain smiley and friendly.
taxi-drivers are my goodfriends! (minus the fierce,rude and scary ones please..)

nitty gritties.

JON'S HAPPY 21ST:

woohoo! happy birthday biao ge!!!
i wonder how i'll feel during such a milestone in my life...
oh well..the 2-0s are supposed to be happening years ....
lets hope i'll age gracefully and prettily!!! =D

Jon made a hell lot of wishes! haha..i told him to! i mean its only once you turn 2-1....and he got so flustered because he didn't want to miss out anything so he repeated his wishes twice or something!! he's so cute.
anyway..you can't see from the pictures but the cake is super small!!!! heh. it was the joke-of-the-day...everyone had a mouthful...
so my uncle joked that he better wish for how to cut the damn small cake into enough portions for everyone...
and i remarked that he might as well feed everyone the one mouthful since there was no point putting that pathetic portion on a plate!!
haha!! oh well =)
i love birthdays....

lets pray the bees don't come .....

its weird how you still care about things and people you aren't suppose to care so much for...
maybe somethings aren't meant to be forgotten...

Outings

1. BEST BUDDIES OUTING TO THE ZOO

Its such a pleasant surprise that blogger is working well!so i shall attempt to put up the photographs and entries i meant to put up ages ago...
HERE's my Best Buddies Programme community service at the zoo..
its really tiring and a test of your patience and understanding to be attached to my buddy sometimes...

i wonder what keeps me going on..

2. HUANG CHENG

ooh..much awaited event !! i was seriously really excited and watching the show brought back much fond memories, an overwhelming truckload of memories... which probably outshadowed the

less interesting than expected show. I'm a fan of love shows...but eh.. it didn't work too well for me. the 2nd show almost made me sleep! i must admit i was a little disappointed..

before that me and marco had dinner at a Chinese restaurant called Grains...which was really pretty good and affordable!!! its healthy as well..not tasteless healthy kinda food..but rather more vege less oily kinda food...

i really miss you guys...

really...

3. NEW FAVOURITE HAUNT

my new favourite haunt is now the Esplanade Library!!! i love looking out at the nice urban landscape while studying..

i love the art cafe
i love the new friends i made there!!
i love how the have powerpoint plugs all around so i can charge my laptop...i love how the aircon is just nice
heh.. you get how much i like that place...

i'm starting to mug..or rather..i have to start mugging...exams are in a month!!!

waffle ice cream at halfprice on tuesdays makes the world so lovable

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My Valentine's

=) An overdue entry on my lovely Valentine's Day

i love the roses...really do!!!
Its like you KNOW its impractical
you KNOW its expensive..
you KNOW it'll wilt and make you very sad...
yet, you still silently want it.
haha
it just makes a girl very happy =)

!!!!!! so i swaggered around the streets with it

oops...
but hey! its Valentine's Day...

ok anyway...i was given this bottle of very nice coloured sand and i really didn't know how to react..i mean who gives sand for Valentine's Day right? so i asked zuzu if it can be eaten or something (haha..maybe i was hungry!)

but he bust out laughing and asked me to open the wrapped object instead..

TADAH...A SPADE!!! what for????
seeing my confusion, he asked me to start digging!!!
ohmygod...

so i embarked on my "excavation", and dug out these small presents which he said conveyed a message...

i was feeling lazy and started shaking the bottle halfway hoping to uncover something..

but he anticipated that already...so everything was really pretty well hidden.... so i had to be patient and continue digging!

i was utterly confused at the little things i dug up.. the last item of which is this green heart in which he said was true love and placed it in my palm.

so he began, pointing to each item as he narrated...

" in the quest for true love (green heart), you'll see beautiful things (roses), scary things (the skeleton) and even distractions ( the 2 mahjong tiles in which you can PONG)..

and sometimes you may even get your heart broken ( half a heart)

But even so... i won't let you walk away from me (slippers)..."

*awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww*

here's a big thanks to my darlin. loves =)

finally an update

Ew..blogger ate two of my recent entries and i was seriously lazy to retype them again.
so let's hope this one gets published..

i'm seriously busy over the past few weeks.
in fact...all my weekends are burnt doing projects of all sorts, while struggling to keep up with my CCA and of course, those horrible readings! i hate to have no time for loads of things. i hate to keep postponing shopping trips, movie outings and sushi buffets....i need some love!

It really doens't help that inconsiderate teachers like to drop an extra 32 pages of readings the night before my tutorial, which is at 8am the next day!!! as expected..everyone turned up truly flustered in class.
it is already a miracle i managed to pick myself up and turn up for that lesson.
mid-terms mid terms essays and projects...
my hopes of hitting a 4.0 for CAP is flying away.......
*comebackcomeback*
isn't it freezing these days...i'm practically wrapped in a jacket wherever i go.
shall i post a narcassist shot before i go for lessons???

YES!!!

=p

that compulsory family buffet dinner i managed to turn up for...

i need more colour in my life..everything's so depressing now!
speaking of which the lights at marina square really made my day =)