tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post1015679590367474268..comments2023-10-22T20:57:20.675+08:00Comments on Fragments: Hope and despairLottiePhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15464376197679468718noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-80791583209951360472009-02-07T17:33:00.000+08:002009-02-07T17:33:00.000+08:00Agreed, Mummy; Singapore taxi drivers are entirely...Agreed, Mummy; Singapore taxi drivers are entirely different, but usually friendly - the real danger in either city comes from <A HREF="http://these-fragments.blogspot.com/2006/05/drive-of-your-life.html" REL="nofollow">drivers of advanced years</A> who probably should not be on the road.LottiePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464376197679468718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-44406736880665954442009-02-06T19:44:00.000+08:002009-02-06T19:44:00.000+08:00I used to love talking to taxi drivers in China, w...I used to love talking to taxi drivers in China, when they spoke English, about politics and business. Maybe it was just the ones who spoke English, but they were very cynical about the state of play as a result of the economic developments.<BR/><BR/>I had a mad drive to the airport in Singapore once with a man who, when finding out I had a degree in Theology, spent the whole journey trying to convert my to Suffism.<BR/><BR/>And, today, on the way to the airport in Singapore again, quite unusually the taxi driver slagged off the ruling Singaporean family for being mean and tight and nepotistic. It was rather refreshing.Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707148532471167469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-65740439382440399282009-02-06T15:48:00.000+08:002009-02-06T15:48:00.000+08:00A wise German once told me 'how you shout from the...A wise German once told me 'how you shout from the mountain, so comes back your echo!'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-79496872620746821582009-02-05T22:50:00.000+08:002009-02-05T22:50:00.000+08:00i think cabbies in the uk have been forever refram...i think cabbies in the uk have been forever reframed after that bloke who won mastermind - what's his name again?<BR/><BR/>I do like the zen approach of cabbie 2 thoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283826976900672836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-86314647938133729542009-02-05T22:28:00.000+08:002009-02-05T22:28:00.000+08:00Hello, NMJ. I certainly have memories of spectacul...Hello, <B>NMJ</B>. I certainly have memories of spectacularly unfriendly cab drivers, in both Edinburgh and London. Ken's take on Eric was that he himself must view taxi driving as a lowly occupation, which is why he was convinced his pasengers didn't respect him. Some of the cab drivers I met in the UK seemed, conversely, to have a complete lack of respect for their passengers.<BR/><BR/>Lucky Ken's cab-half-full approach is definitely preferable...LottiePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464376197679468718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14447458.post-40355554845295969502009-02-05T20:45:00.000+08:002009-02-05T20:45:00.000+08:00Hey Lottie, I'd be delighted to have Eric or Ken ...Hey Lottie, I'd be delighted to have Eric or Ken - they sound fascinating. The last taxi driver I got - dour Edinburgh guy - was rude and incommunicative and didn't even drop me at my door, I had to walk a block, I was fuming as I had a heavy holdall.nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.com