Taxi Drivers
I find it interesting at times to hear what taxi drivers have to say. No doubt at times I would just want some peace and quiet in the cab, and at times some of them just blabber nonsense, but there are actually some of them who give rather interesting views and opinions on certain issues.
For one reason or another, 80% of them would always complain about the government. And I find it rather hard to relate to them, because my only view regarding this is that I am more than content with the stability and security of Singapore, period. Maybe because policy issues such as the CPF and taxes have not hit me yet, so I am not experiencing all that they are experiencing, yet.
But today's taxi driver raised an issue about the competetiveness of Singapore, and also the issue of opportunity and luck. I totally agree with him, that no matter how hard you study, how much you achieve, if at the end of it all lady luck deserts you, all still fails. Yes, you can work hard to achieve a certain something, but somehow or rather a portion of your sucess it still depends on your luck and the opportunity that comes your way. You can study for 20 over years and get a certain job. But you can chance upon saving a CEO from an imminent road danger in just a few seconds and maybe land that very same job (sorry for the stupid example but you get the point).
But then again, the taxi driver also said that in some ways the world is fair. You can work so hard to be a rich man, living in a big house with a front porch, a backyard and a good view. But because you are always working so hard, you only go back home for a good night's rest in preparation for work the next day, so what for have such a nice house? You do not even have the time to appreciate the view.
He also went on to describe how worried he was for his daughter, and somehow or rather, I felt very strange when he described his daughter, as I felt that almost everything he said about his daughther could be similarly applied to me. First he said she studied business it in poly, then I was like saying, me too! Then he went on to say how she can be so different at home as compared to her usual self at school, and then I was thinking, hey me too! And then miraculously, he said she can be so lazy, she can bring the drinking cups into the room and lazily leave them there, and it accumulates so much so that the kitchen run out of cups. Oh my goodness, that was also so me! What are the chances of that!
Funny thing was, when I reached my destination, he realised that he forgot to turn on the meter, and I was sure that the price he quoted in the end was much lesser than what it should have been. Maybe a discount for the chat and company I provided him.
For one reason or another, 80% of them would always complain about the government. And I find it rather hard to relate to them, because my only view regarding this is that I am more than content with the stability and security of Singapore, period. Maybe because policy issues such as the CPF and taxes have not hit me yet, so I am not experiencing all that they are experiencing, yet.
But today's taxi driver raised an issue about the competetiveness of Singapore, and also the issue of opportunity and luck. I totally agree with him, that no matter how hard you study, how much you achieve, if at the end of it all lady luck deserts you, all still fails. Yes, you can work hard to achieve a certain something, but somehow or rather a portion of your sucess it still depends on your luck and the opportunity that comes your way. You can study for 20 over years and get a certain job. But you can chance upon saving a CEO from an imminent road danger in just a few seconds and maybe land that very same job (sorry for the stupid example but you get the point).
But then again, the taxi driver also said that in some ways the world is fair. You can work so hard to be a rich man, living in a big house with a front porch, a backyard and a good view. But because you are always working so hard, you only go back home for a good night's rest in preparation for work the next day, so what for have such a nice house? You do not even have the time to appreciate the view.
He also went on to describe how worried he was for his daughter, and somehow or rather, I felt very strange when he described his daughter, as I felt that almost everything he said about his daughther could be similarly applied to me. First he said she studied business it in poly, then I was like saying, me too! Then he went on to say how she can be so different at home as compared to her usual self at school, and then I was thinking, hey me too! And then miraculously, he said she can be so lazy, she can bring the drinking cups into the room and lazily leave them there, and it accumulates so much so that the kitchen run out of cups. Oh my goodness, that was also so me! What are the chances of that!
Funny thing was, when I reached my destination, he realised that he forgot to turn on the meter, and I was sure that the price he quoted in the end was much lesser than what it should have been. Maybe a discount for the chat and company I provided him.
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