True Life Blog » Cai http://truelifeblog.com True Life Stories & True Life Issues Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:54:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Singapore through the window of a taxi http://truelifeblog.com/2009/10/singapore-through-the-window-of-a-taxi/ http://truelifeblog.com/2009/10/singapore-through-the-window-of-a-taxi/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:15:52 +0000 TrueLife http://truelifeblog.com/2009/10/singapore-through-the-window-of-a-taxi/ A Singapore Taxi Driver’s diary is written by a former scientific researcher who for reasons ‘uniquely Singapore’ ended up as a taxi driver.

As a result, I am driving taxi to make a living and writing these real life stories just to make the dull job a little more interesting

Taxi drivers are in the right place to see the life of a city and the variety of its people; Mingjie Cai is a great storyteller with keen skills of observation. This makes an addictive read with some great insights into the lifestyle and people of Singapore.

It’s also a sobering insight into the long hours and low pay of Singapore’s taxi drivers.

Put some time aside for this blog: once you start reading it’s hard to stop.

Read more:
More Singapore blogs from Blogs of the World
Satay in Singapore: Food of the World

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