I have a motto: Never take cabs other than Comfort, Citycab or Merc Cab.
However, there are times when I cannot afford to wait and I have no choice but to go against my principles.
Today is one of the 'lucky' days when I got into this Yellow Bumble Bee.
The moment I stepped into it, I knew I was in for a ride (and for goodness sake, I was on my way to Tuas i.e. at least 20minutes ride!!!). I thought I have been in old taxis before but I never knew that such antiques still exist in Singapore. I tried not to breathe hard as I did not want to inhale the dirt within the cab. I did not even put on the seat belt as I was worried that it might stain my clothes.
Its interior was the most 'lok' I have ever seen in cabs. The interior of the doors was covered in plastic cover and the left back passenger seat was ripped (I supposed that was because most people would usually sit on the left back seat).
And like most antique cabs, the 'bell' will start ringing once its speed is over 80km/h. Once it was on AYE which comprises at least half of the journey, I was overwhelmed by this ringing sound. The funny thing is: the driver kept nodding while he was driving, as if enjoying the melody of the 'bell'.
The sound created when he tapped signal was one that I have never heard before and I find it hard to describe it too. It resembles the sound of the pendulum ornament (when you lift up the pendulum at one end, it will hit the rest and the pendulum on the other end will be lifted up). But the sound of the signal was rustier. Bell harmonised by pendulum. What a melody!
Towards the end of the exploration, another discovery was found: a cassette player.
When I was about to reach my destination, a thought came to me: Does this cab have a receipt printer? I was pretty negative. As expected, the uncle took out a memo-pad look-alike and issued me a receipt.
Though the ah-beng-looking uncle seemed rather unkempt and had dandruffs (saw it when he bent down his head while issuing the receipt), he was very humble and friendly. I guess that was the only comforting thing of the whole cab journey.
This trip reaffirmed my principles. I called for a Comfort cab on the way back home.
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