No, you're not in China
In our meeting, I strongly urged Mr Obama to shut down McDonalds before the whole world turns obese.
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November 6, 2009 • 11:15 PM 0
Oh Taxis, Where Are You?
Have you ever run late for school or work in the morning and find that every single taxi is hired when you were desperately looking for one? I did. So often that I decided to find out who the culprits are, for the good of all the taxi-deprived people out there. And the truth may surprise you.
So one morning while I was on the bus (no cabs again), I took a deliberate observation of the passengers in taxis on the road. And this was my initial finding: 9 out of 10 cabs had a solo female passenger on board.
Telling myself that it must be a coincidence, I conducted a second round of observation and got almost similar results: 8 out of 10 cabs had a solo female passenger on board.
This made it an astonishing 17 out 20 taxis I observed having a solo female passenger on board. My prejudice against females was at an all time high at that moment (but it didn’t last long as I love women too much). My secondary observation was that every female passenger whom I saw in the taxis was young (18 – 25) and they were dressed decently and looked to have make-up on (Based on my expert judgment of women)
These findings led me to my following casual hypotheses:
- Young women in Singapore are generally less punctual than men, thus resorting to taking taxis.
- Young women in Singapore spend more time preparing themselves (e.g. make-up), causing them to run late, thus resorting to taking taxis.
- Young women in Singapore tend to have poor time management/estimation.
- Young women in Singapore tend to be less tolerant of taking public transport (bus/train).
- The biggest group of non-drivers is young women.
*Young women = 18-25 years
I have a few female friends whom I knew are frequent taxi riders in the morning. So I asked them for their reasons/motivations in taking taxis.
One of them said, “Lazy to take bus, so take cab loh. Somemore don’t need to squeeze with those aunties and uncles,” while another said, “Sometimes wake up late so no choice got to take cab.”
Now, before you start throwing stones at young women (Especially when you are looking for a taxi), please be reminded that these observations and hypotheses are purely based on a one-off observation and may not be entirely accurate and true after all. To strengthen it or to prove their innocence, it would be good to conduct your own observations.
On the more general side of life, there seem to be this phenomenon about taxis in Singapore that I am sure Singaporeans would passionately testify to – When You Want a Cab, There Are None. But When You Don’t, There Are Tons.
Being an avid taxi rider myself, it is something that baffles and frustrates me all the time. It got so bad that I used to pretend I’m not looking for a taxi, hoping that it will change my ‘luck’. I know that’s embarrassing and a little extreme but I am pretty sure I am not alone. I hope.
On the serious note, I believe there are simply not enough taxis to meet the demands of Singaporeans, especially during the morning peak hours. Or are Singaporeans simply too dependent on taxis? What are your views?
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October 30, 2009 • 4:05 AM 0
Speak proper English but be yourself can?
He has probably summed up all the hoo-ha about speaking ‘good english’ in Singapore. And with Miss Ris Low ’s latest claim of being the ambassador of the ‘Speak Good English’ movement, it has become nothing but a joke.
He’s absolutely right, before we start to speak ‘good English’, why don’t we start off by speaking proper English. And adding on to what he said, it’s not about losing Singlish altogether, it’s about using it at the right time.
In fact, we should be ourselves and use Singlish for all we want when we’re out with friends or family.
And for those Singaporeans who try so hard to sound like a English guru by deliberately omitting Singlish or constantly making sure of no grammar or sentence-structural errors in their conversations with friends, it’s time to loosen up and be yourself - A Singaporean.
Just deliver when it’s time to.
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October 26, 2009 • 10:12 PM 0
It’s David Ngog!!!
You’ve gotta watch 2:38 & 4:25 for the reactions of the goals!
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• 12:41 AM 0
Anfield – The only place in the world with a Heart
Your title challenge lies in the balance. And so was your pride. It was do or die.
But You know Anfield will always be there for you through thick and thin. Just like how they did during your match against Manchester United, your most bitter rivals.
As You marched out, your hair stood as the Anfield choir sung to your favourite tune: You’ll never walk alone. You knew you didn’t deserve it, losing 4 games in a row.
But we’re not Old Trafford. We’re Anfield.
The only thing You could do is to do your best and give us a sweet victory. And you did.
Thank you Liverpool (And yes, thank you Lucas) for showing the true Liverpool spirit.
But the truth is it really doesn’t matter if you’ve lost the game. Because You’ll never walk alone. Never.
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October 23, 2009 • 11:42 AM 0
Broken promises
With the launch of Windows 7 yesterday and all, it’s really hard to be convinced with Microsoft after what has happened to Windows Vista, which in my opinion, is the worse thing that has ever happened to humanity.
And what’s ironic is that I’ve been paid by Microsoft for the past 1 year and though I’ve to say as much as I would love to remain loyal, it has shot itself on its foot by all the life-sucking and hair-pulling ‘Not Responding’ messages I’ve encountered throughout my life. (yes, and at work too).
I’ve always felt that Microsoft have given the world so much promises and technological solutions. But the amount of time the world have wasted in front of their computers waiting for it to “Respond” have in way slowed the world down.
So I’ve decided to try a Mac. And I would say I can’t see myself turning back.
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