After work, I was trying to call a cab from the office. Unlike Japan, in Singapore most people call for a taxi. This is very sensible because there are certain times when it is very difficult to get one like when it’s raining or on friday nights. I tried calling a few times with no luck and decided to just go out on the street and try my luck. My office is faraway from the city centre and you got to walk a long way to the train station. No cabs came by so I decided to walk towards the main roads where there was more traffic. It was rather cool and I enjoyed walking under the trees. That is something I miss living in Tokyo. It’s the first thing that strikes me about this country. You look up and all you see are trees, no telephone poles or wires.
Anyway, to make a long story short I ended up walking quite a long distance and after getting pretty tired I decided to just wait in one place. Every cab passing was already occupied or on their way to pick up a customer. I waited for about a hour before one finally stopped. What a relief. This happened to me once before only that time I was desperately in a rush trying to get to the airport to catch a flight. I’ve learned my lesson.
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