My engine is slow to warm up this morning.
I’m dragging my feet to the completion of an event coverage, knowing for the fact that I need to pick up new stuff – like how to create flash and find plugin that enables images to be enlarged when moused over. I want to have something fancier. Just a static page sounds short-changing my ‘client’, even if it’s a volunteered job.
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I was surfing through the most popular posts for the last 24 hours on Ping.Sg and found one that recommended another blog. A blog written by a Singaporean cabby whom, in his own words, “…has a Phd from Stanford and a proven track record of scientific accomplishments….”!
The name of the blog is A Singapore Taxi Driver’s Diary. And for the next 1 hour, I was simply feasting on his entries.
A Singapore Taxi Driver’s Diaryrecords the daily encounters of a cabby who lost his job due to the economic downtown. As a new cabby, a lot seen through his eyes were captured in a more sensational and refreshing angle, as compared to a seasoned cabby.
I mused over what he has seen and felt, as I walked through the many characters he has encountered. For I saw myself in the many passengers he has driven.
I applaud his EQ. For I would have jumped out of my taxi in protest if my passengers engaged me in what I deem as a gibberish conversation.
I probably would have given up cab-driving after so many times of being short changed by people – be it monetary or due respect. But our Phd cabby simply take them with a pinch of salt and humour.
Most importantly, the Standford Phd holder has the courage to bend double for his family, reducing himself to a cab driver. Not that this is a bad job but indeed like he said, in the eyes of many, cabbies are seen as the job of the uneducated.
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A Singapore Taxi Driver’s Diary touches my heart in many ways. I wish him all the best and hope that he would eventually found something befitting his golden plated credentials.
I’ve decided to put his link under my blogroll for I think this is a truly inspiring if not, heart warming read for people who feel they have not been lucky in life.
It’s a pity I lost the link to the blogger from Ping.Sg who introduced me to this inspirational read. I would love to leave a note to say ‘thank you’ for a great recommendation.
A Note to Dr. Cai, the Phd Cabby:
Dr. Cai - rather than picking up random customers, wld you consider servicing exclusive customers? You know, I’m sure you have also bumped into a couple of rare cabbies who put on a tie, print their business cards and turning themselves into exclusive chauffeurs.
Those exclusive cabbies rarely pick up street jobs and they only operate by appointments. They usually have anchoring clients. Being able to fill up their time effectively, they earn at least 40% to 100% above their peers.
Would this work better for you instead?
[...] is an afternote to my original entry – Lazy Morning with an Inspirational Read dated 18 Aug [...]