[clear - refresh] ---THE ETCH-A-SKETCH BLOG--- [created by may]


18/11/2003
well well.. gave dear a call yesterday and i'm just so glad she's sounding better now. she definitely sounds more upbeat and more ra-ra.. well.. keep it up and don't look back. it seems tt the fan has brought her lotsa relief and more reason to stay happy.

on the other hand, the weather in singapore is sweltering. it's so warm. it's so humid, u even perspire when it's pouring. doesn't help that when u wear darked coloured t-shirts also.

i fetched my bro to school today and met some guys at Toa Payoh Pool to collect some kiddie floats for our water madness event tmr. the five of us were lucky to flag down a taxi driver who took all of us in. normally, u seat four in the taxi, tt's themax, according to the rules. he was willing to bend the rules. that wasn't all. we were also travelling on natural gas, we were to find out later and it was a trial for taxis, only ten in singapore at the moment run on natural gas.

what made the taxi ride more spicy and interessting was the taxi driver himself. he was on his way to jurong to refill his natural gas and was in a very giving mood. he told us he used to work with the police, special branch. they are the police within the police force, weeding out police officers who may or have harboured corrupt intent or commited corrupt acts. well, this uncle, a malay, was 52 and had served in the police force for 32 years. haha. he went on to relate his experiences when as an officer, he was given guard duty for three years at the istana and the prime minister's home. what made his sharing so funny was tt he used all the hokkien, chinese, malay and english vulgarities possible and merged them to make it a most laughable journey to acjc. the five of us were just laughing away coz he was just so darn funny. i've had very interesting taxi rides before, but this has to be one of the better ones. i tell you, singapore taxi drivers are interesting. if u can speak the dialect and communicate in it, all the more better.

he told us about his experience where he was on duty at the prime minister's home. little lee hsien loong was in jc at tt time and he had just come back from school. his father, lau lee, was in the garden having some putting practice. little lee used the remote control to open the gates to the door. and he ran pass the gates. upon seeing his father, he shouted,"pa, i got an A!".. and his father was putting. the old man was furious and yah... all hell broke loose after that. after that, all the security personnel got screwed by the PM's personal bodyguard, who was incharge of the security detail and the driver got it too, for letting little lee open the gate w/0 checking. the aftermath: all the remote controls to the gate were taken back. and the security officers for lau lee's house didn't get their annual pay increment for tt year. *ouch*

well, our taxi driver managed to tell us this story so animatedly that there was never a silent moment on our 15 minute taxi ride to school. haha! :)

wizzing away on 2:42 PM

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