IF MY RADIO DIED, WOULD YOU SING TO ME?
when they say you're not that strong;
you're not that weak -
it's not your fault
when you climb, up to your hill
up to your place
i hope you're well
there's nothing left to prove
nothing i won't do
...
i got up pretty early today, and i was mega pleased with myself for doing so. i washed up, showered, changed, packed my bag and left my house. work was half an hour away. so i decided to be an early bird.
i decided to take a cab.
bad choice.
the cab driver started talking to me. at first, it was friendly gestures;
"young man, do you work at Kaki Bukit?"
"oh, what do you do there?"
"how old are you"
well apparently he assumed i was in my early 20s because i was dressed formally, until i broke his heart, telling him i'm actually only undergoing my inturn-ship. he said it's probably because i'm black.
right.
so then i switched on my iPod, trying to savor my few minutes of rest before work commences - he started to talk to me again. i've had experiences with talking cab drivers, if you sound non-chalent or don't reply, they usually stop talking after awhile. but in my carelessness i hastily replied a soft hum - oh boy, this fueled his engine. he asked me about my work, what i do, which department i was in.
i said "marketing"
"oh marketing, so basically you just sell a product, package and make it look good?"
"yeah"
i didn't know what else to say. then he started to go on about having principals in doing things i, we, do. about how we shouldn't stretch a product's strength a mile longer than it is - how we should be truthful to risk tarnishing reputation.
okay, sounds fine. sounds fair. although the undermining phrase "NEVER LIE, DON'T LIE" kept resounding through the words, i took it. because it made sense. but he started telling me about his previous job - and i could tell he was very proud of it.
EGO ALERT EGO ALERT. and in his hastiness and excitement, he drove me to the wrong place - twice.
i reached work late.
i think i've met a few interesting cab drivers ever since i started my attachment. i've met one whose - well, for the lack of a better term, a noob.
"uncle, Kaki Bukit"
"where?"
"near ubi"
"oh... go by?"
"PIE"
"exit by?"
-getting irritated- "Eunos Link?"
"okay. where's the PIE?"
"make a u-turn"
"oh. here?"
"THEN WHERE?!"