Now I know why it’s almost impossible to find a cab during the peak hour of the morning.
One morning while I was on the road, I took a curious observation of passengers in cabs. This was my finding: 9 out of 10 cabs had a single female passenger
Thinking it was a coincidence, I did a second round of observation and the finding was similar: 8 out of 10 cabs had a single female passenger.
This made it an astonishing 17 out 20 cabs having a single female passenger in them.
A secondary observation was that all of the female passengers that I saw in the cabs were rather young (about 18 – 25) and they dressed decently.
These findings led me to the following casual hypotheses:
Young women in Singapore are generally less punctual than men, thus resorting to taking of cabs.
Young women in Singapore are generally less tolerant of taking public transport (bus/train).
The largest group of non-drivers are young women (18-25).
Young women in Singapore generally spend more time making themselves look better (choosing of clothes/make up etc), thus resorting to taking cabs.
Young women in Singapore are generally lazier and more superficial than men and have poorer time management.
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.
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.
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.
