A chinese man with beard like those in kung-fu movies. Stout and tough looking with streetwise look. If he wears a kung-fu style shirt it would be perfect for him but he has on a big baggy T-shirt. Very menacing looking man.

He immediately boarded (front seat) my taxi after the previous customer had alighted.

(All in Hokkien) "KNLBCCB, sibei tulan taxi don't stop for me! All waiting for calls is it!"

Wah liao, si liao, how to handle him.  Best is to make friendly with him and hope he has sympathy (most kung-fu people in movies can empathise with suffering peasant), explain taxi driving hard to make a living, most have to come all the way empty from far away towns to city to pick up next fare thereby wasting time and fuel so they try to make up by taking calls. Tell him he look very macho with the beard and all, not easy for me to grow beard because my whiskers are sparsely populated, how I wish to have a beard like his. Pay him many compliments. At last he cooled down.

He proudly told me he was the first in Singapore to be convicted for road-rage. He slashed and stabbed victim with knife and was jailed. He still feels the victim had asked for it. (Which I personally agree, there are people who really asked for it, sibei lau lan, don't know what tiger they are facing.)

He confesses he likes to fight and had learn kung-fu from books and movies and how he can keep calm while fighting, able to 'siam' his opponents' attacks with or without weapons.

"Come, let me teach you a few moves."

He promptly took my left arm and twisted it before I can say no.

"You must know where to hit your opponent where he is to hurt most."

Poked below my ribs and I let out a yell.

"I have use only minimal strenght and you yell, this shows how effective it is."

"Please, let me learn from you next time we meet, now I'm driving and I have to concentrate." I changed the subject and asks how he likes to go to Leng Kee at a cross junction.  "We can go from here or you like to take another route?"

He told me another route which baffles me. Anyway I don't wish to discuss which is the 'correct' route with him. So I told him to direct me as we go along.

Another BIG SURPRISE when we nears his destination. I had asked him before is it Leng Kee where there's a lot of cars for sale and he had said yes. 

We ended up at  Leng Kie Car Dealers along Commonwealth Ave.

All in all he is actually a very nice man when we get talking. Really do not mind meeting him again, not purposely but if fate arranged it.

 

 

 

 

Fee $45 From InterContinental Hotel to Airport, this British Pax a BP executive along the journey we are interacting all about MU FC which he is a supporter so do I. When alighting at T2 from his pocket $45 is all your, Sir too much No take it. Your service is excellent and througout the journey, it short but i like it. make me feel warm, Ha is that so, unloaded all his luggages and said to him Bon Voyage, he given me a big incredible hulk.

MU... MU...

Me ? So many since 2002 , nothing in particular .

Maybe just one cruel one ....

That time i was OMO ....

10.30pm ... i nearby ChinaTown , changing shift tio CCK ....

One 70+ grandma flag for my taxi , out of sympathy ... i stopped and asked , and before she answer , she already inside my cab .

She said , she not much tooth left , in hokkien : "TengKang Tonggo"

I ask where , cos i really dun where is TengKang Tonggo ... i said : "U better take another taxi , i dunno where ! "

She insist no getting down , so i drove her to Tanglin Police Station , ask Police Officer for help , get her out , i go home .

Too tired to hunt for another trip home .

And the police actually also dunno where's Tengkang Tonggo .

In the end ... it's Sengkang near Punggol !!!

Also once ....

That time still young ...

3 AngMos got into my cab ....

One of them said : " Kranji Naval Base "

I think : "Siow liao , S'pore got Kranji Naval Base ??? "

Fuck la just drive la ....from Orchard Tower to Kranji ... reache Kranji liao , they said : "No wrong"...

I said : " oh maybe it's Sembawang Naval Base , cos near Kranji ...

They reached Sembawang , still no .

already 1 hr gone , still dunno where , i called up my old bird colleague , they said try Changi Naval Base !

I asked : sir, last one , changi naval base ?"

Yeah that's right !!!

wtf right ???

Changi Naval base , they pronoun until Kranji Naval base .

Not very far la .....from orchard to Kranji , Kranji to sembawang , from Sembawang to Changi Naval Base ..... only la .

I think back , quite funny .....Kranji and Changi ....

Thank god i never send them to Tuas Naval base !!!

once at T3 2 local ladies boarded. say bt batok and holland.. up to me which one first… so i told them bt batok first ok? they said ok… peak hours and jam… total fare $54… record…a bit paisay lah…

once 2 lesbians boarded at clark quay… one was crying and half drunk cos her gf left her… at destination, she was totally drunk… her friend no strength to pull her out… i offered to help and pulled her out…

once a shabbily dressed middle aged chinese man flagged me taxi 2am at telok blangah… he says in hokkien go pandan valley off ulu pandan… sat in front… i was thinking knn his profile suit those HDB type mah… wear shorts some more. Want to rob me issit?... anyway at pandan valley, he directed me into a posh condo driveway…. tipped me $2 buck… from then on… i tell myself cannot see people no up liao… i guess he must be a successful hawker or tio beh pioh type…

Lesbians ok .... see also shiok , worst it's butch ..... those girls dressed like guy , and hair cut like guy , try to talk like guy and god-damn , they always have a very jude girlfriend ...

Share some Cao Cab experiences leh...

What happen Jam at CTE after jalan Bahagir, from SGH to Woodland Causeway Point instruction given by this lovely Pax ,  Take this route, Meter keep jumping pip pop pip pop, behind keep mumbing and noisy and very uneasy face black black.

 

Mdm what you want me to do, fly above and go through this Jam, patience.

 

 

This kind of senerio,not easy at all.

Originally posted by kinwashi:

What happen Jam at CTE after jalan Bahagir, from SGH to Woodland Causeway Point instruction given by this lovely Pax ,  Take this route, Meter keep jumping pip pop pip pop, behind keep mumbing and noisy and very uneasy face black black.

 Mdm what you want me to do, fly above and go through this Jam, patience.

This kind of senerio,not easy at all.

Are u being too sensitive ? I was used to be like that , not now .

Juz left ear in , right ear out , or occupied yourself with the radio ... that will be better off .

still i think u felt guilty , which is not your fault , still u felt bad , into too sensitive to it .

From SGH to Wlands ..... depending on time ... i normally encourage them to use CTE , especially after 10.30pm . 

Originally posted by Detached:

Share some Cao Cab experiences leh...

Cao as in stinks ?

Usually i don't have good experiences with Indians customers ...

They think they $0.05 very big , think they are great to can afford to take taxis , demand this demand that .

Some demand me to switch on to the indian FM station ... some want me go by fastest route , nearest route , and don't want to pay more .

Some think i superman , can see through their mind to know which way they wanna to go  ...

Just never like picking indian customers .

Like today , my first customer was a couple , with their baby girl .

Got up : "tekka" .

Ok lor , Tekka ......

This indian man quite ridiculous , becos i am not so sure which part of tekka , so before i reached , i asked : "which part of tekka ? "

KNN : " U dun know where's is KK hospital ? "

I replied : "I thought u told me Tekka ? "

he argue : "Ya la Tekka is KK hospital ! Ai yo u called urself a taxi driver "

me hot liao ... retailiate back : "Hello tambi , Tekka is Tekka , KK is KK , don't mix ! U got it all wrong ! "

His wife intervene in Tamil , then he stop .

KNN indians ....

 

This one really cao, big STINK. Young pax vomit in my taxi.

My hand all wet, slimy and sticky. Holding my breath all the while.

Damn petrol station tap set to low to save water, took soooo long just to fill some water. Took me 1hr. to clean up.

Later got to drive with windows opened and also spray perfume.

Phooooi!!

 

Can we have some passengers share stories of cabbies?

 

Most interesting one, yesterday while driving home from town at about 3am, i saw one cabby fondling a lady's breast while her tube was down. Happened at the traffic light, my friend saw it with me and they gave us the shocked look. hahaha classic!

Yio Chu Kang MRT, another Indian Pax...Taxi Ang Mo Kio UP...where...UP...Mdm no understand?...Ang Mo Kio Central Ang Mo Kio UP...Wow HUB is it, YES HUB...no UP ... say... HUB.

Cao cab as in run away without paying lah!

 

Few days ago, I was in the cab... And the uncle was pissed... So I asked him why mood so bad...

 

He told me "Got one 40+ ah soh.. took his cab.. yishun to chinatown... reach liao.. opened door.. told him "gum xia" and ran off"

last nite got one young indian teen… say want to pay by net… pasir panjang to buona vista mrt… reach there nets cannot go through… knn dont know whether he anyhow press wrong pin or what.. try 3 times also cannot… i tell him to go atm and withdraw.. then he says he got less than $10 in bank that’s why cannot… ccb!... $4.8 also dun have want to take cab… i fuck him off the cab… waste my time… if my collection better yesterday, i will insist i try him back to original location and dump him there… no money say lah. maybe some cabby may still consider… but then this young teen obviously knn one lah

same nite, one auntie a bit disabled flagged my cab… beg me drive her just 3 bus stop…ok lah…

Alvin , if i were u , i straight take him to Police Post , let police officer take note his particular , and make sure he learn that lesson , as in no money better dun take taxi ...

It's good for our fella drivers ....

If he can do to u this time , he can do to many other drivers , have u thought of that ?

Ya , $4.80 is a small amount , what about the next time he at Changi going to Jurong West ? Using the same old trick , that next driver kena lor ?

For the sake of our fella colleague , make sure they learn , and make sure thye dun commit the same crime again .

yes it's amount to cheating , taking taxi without paying .

if big amount me will lah…

another funny experience… i got a call at winsland house lobby… reach there where got lobby. i got off and ask security guard… as i walked back to cab, my pax just came and walking towards cab also… he saw me and thought i want to snatch his cab… he said that is his cab… i told him i am the driver 2 times then he got the message… so funny…but some people really pampered. Winsland house to his house at river valley if i walk only 7mins… fare cost $10.5… but good for me.. not complaining

 

Not everyday is Sunday,

This morning 5.45am job offer from Sengkang to Orchard Hotel, when alighted this lady pax... ting another off Tanglin road Martin Drive job offer to Seletar reservoir, Ang Mo Mr Duncan going for marthon cyclist drive. After unloaded his sport bicycle, one indian cyclist paticipant asked me... taxi can u send my wife to Bedok Ave 4 and back from there again, cos she need to collect some thing from my house, Why? not.

Rental and fuel of the day everthing in, end at 7.55am. haha

wow very solid connection… will surely make my day a happy one.

I always like to hear taxi drivers stories.

Wow Republic Plaza from Church st to Mosque St this two beautiful ladies go there for what?

Taxi you know good Yong Tau Fool shop over there, sOmeOne recommended so we try.

                        Ha you just take taxi here just for your lunch and back with taxi  to Republic Plaza after.
                        YES... very good if more peoples like u two, TAXIS will never die.
                        

Damn funny , just now at CCK , one Thai fella , at 2am , waited 2 hour for a cab .... incredible , right ?

He has lots of money ... a bit drunk , still sober.... with a bit of tattoos .....

Why did no taxi wanted to take him ?

Because nobody wanted to go to the place he wanted to go ...... LIM CHU KANG , near Sungei Gedong Camp .

I asked : "Go where ? "

He replied : "Bung , LIm Chu Kang , please , very near ! "

I asked : "U got money ? Show me your money ? "

He showed me his money , and asked : " How much go LIM Chu Kang ? "

$15 , ok he paid me in advance , say thank you one many times .

Damn funny .

 

I kena a booking at 6.30pm a few Friday night ago ... peak hour .

He booked my taxi , from sushi tei at China street .... to just One Raffles Quay sent catering service .

My whole cab smells sushi ... yucks ! Eat really nice , put inside my cab , stinks !

I have to wait for her staff come down , sent her back to China Street .

Total fare ? $23.70 . 35 minutes job .

The waiting time up the fare , not distance . Distance walk also can reach in 5 minutes .