After 6 mths OTR as a taxi driver.... I'm now more
tolerant to people horn, middle finger and highbeam me. However,
there's one thing which keeps annoying me. Whenever pax see a young
taxi driver like me, most of them buckle up their seat belt when
board, even at the back seat. Hai yah, sometimes I told myself,
good also lah, anyway it's required by the law.
Pax keeps asking me why so young become a taxi driver, is 39 yrs
old really too young? So ang mo even thought that I'm in my 20's,
don't know to be happy or angry.
On new year's eve, around 12am I saw many taxi quequeing at
Orchard area taxi stand waiting for durian to drop, so decided to
charge in to the northbridge rd area, once turned in to north boat
quay road, wow, huat ah!!!! Too bad, I change shift at 5am, last
pax at 4am, after that rush back to pump diesel and wash car, how I
wish can handover at 8am.
On the New year day and yesterday, I believe many foreigner
still not back from holiday. Usually advance call will be flooded
in the drivers' portal for morning and evening time slots, but
these 2 days very few are available, once I try to bid for it, it's
already taken up by a faster finger.
Today is my real off day after months of driving, song song till
Jurong. No need to throw rental or cover cost for resting, really
peace of mind. Went to watch "Taxi Taxi", but dissapointed with the
script and story arrangement. I was expecting them to highlight
more on the life of a TD. At the end of the show, I was asking
myself what did I went through for the past hour. I spent a blank
hour sitting in a big dark room staring on the screeen feeling like
an idiot.
