Silence please.....

Had an interesting experience with a zealous cab driver today... ... ...

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Me: "NUS, 国大, 学校."

Uncle: "Oh, 我知道. 如果是H就不同了..."

Me: "Ha, ya."

Uncle: "要走哪条路?"

Me: "Erm... 随便. 都可以."

Uncle: "那我走PIE. 比较快. 怕走Bukit Timah那条会jam."

Me: "Oh, ok."

Uncle: "赶时间ah?"

Me: "Oh, yah." (Actually, i need to reach school in 15 minutes time)

Uncle: "Ok, 那走PIE比较好,很快."

Me: "Ok."

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Uncle: "Wah, 现在你读大学ah. 很聪明leh. 几年?"

Me: "四年."

Uncle: "Wah, 很聪明leh. Honours ah?"

Me: "Oh, 沒得选. 每个人都四年."

Uncle: "Orh..."

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As he was driving towards PIE, Farrer Road.....

Uncle: "PIE很快的. 你有走过吗?"

Me: (Hmmm, how do i walk along PIE, though i do know the road he is taking..Never mind....) "Oh, 沒有."

Uncle: "Ah, 很快的. 有新路, 走highway很快的."

Me: "Orh..."

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Along Farrer Road....

Uncle: "你看, 都沒有红灯hor. 走Bukit Timah那条就很多红灯."

Me: "Yah."

Uncle: "你走过Bukit Timah你会知道, 很多红灯."

Me: "Yah."

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Turning into AYE.....

Uncle: "这里弯, 一下子就到了. 很快的... 你看现在才$7多. 不会很多, 我驾taxi我懂得."

Me: "Ok."

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Reaching school soon....

Uncle: "你是Engineering是吗?"

Me: "Yah."

Uncle: "很聪明leh. 要考试了吗?"

Me: "Yah, 多一个月."

Uncle: "Oh, 我看你很有把握. 可以的."

Me: "......"

Uncle: (Turned around and looked at me) "我看你很聪明的样子, 可以的啦."

Me: (Stunned) "沒有啦."

Uncle: "Eh...星期六也要去学校?"

Me: "Yah, 有課." (Actually, not really lesson lah)

Uncle: "Wah, 每个星期六都有課?"

Me: "Oh, 不一定."

Uncle: "星期天leh?"

Me: "Oh, 沒有."

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Nearing school.....

Uncle: "你看很快hor. 以后你搭taxi, 你就叫他们走PIE那条路..... 你觉得会远吗? 你要跟我讲, 这样我可以研究吗."

Me: (Hmmm, geographically, the distance between TPY and NUS is the same what, no matter which road he takes) "Oh, Ok lah."

Uncle: "Yah, 你每次搭你会懂得."

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Finally, i have arrived... and paying...

Uncle: "你看, 会贵吗? 不会对不对.."

Me: (Giving him money) "Ha, 还好."

Uncle: (Returning my change) "你觉得会远吗? 老实讲.. 我们要研究一下, 对不对? 这样以后就可以走那条路... "

Me: (Taking my money, and why is he asking the same thing again??) "Yah, 不会远 (Politcally correct answer).... Ok, 谢谢."

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Opening my door, and stepping out of the cab....

Uncle: "Ok, 不会远hor. 以后记得一样的路leh..."

Me: (Going to close the door) "Ok ok...."

Uncle: "blah blah blah..." (He said something which i cant hear as i'm already closing the door!)

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Conclusion: Don't ever say you "赶时间".