a miracle just happened this morning. which left me dumbstrucked. im still amazed. im still shocked. im still thinking if i knew you. but no ... it cant be. its too true to be true. uncle taxi driver, u just turned my grey sky blue.
here's what happened. was a little late for work, and the 964 bus just wooshed past. to wait for another 20 mins, i cant afford. i started hailing for cabs. empty cabs drove past me.. a good 4-5 of them. i cant believe it. then there is this yellow top cab starting to switch on his hazard light at the junction. quite a distance to where i was standing. he picked me up and asked "good morning, where u going sir?" trying to squeeze my way in the cab, "just go straight and drop me off near admiralty. and good morning to u too"
then, the 50 year old (i assumed), cabbie continued his conversations in MANDARIN! "uncle know, u can speak mandarin". To my disbelief, i asked "How did u know that?". He replid in mandarin "no need to say i know". then he continued, "i know u are a nice guy. u are born in january". "born leader and from your face, i know you have a clean heart". my jaw dropped. how the heck did he know i was born in january? he said by looking at my face. I go WOW! then he continued to surprise me with his knowledge about me.
"uncle know, u cannot see people in trouble or with problem, but when u have a problem, no one will ever hear it from you". "uncle see ur face, uncle know u are nice person. uncle know u have a clean heart." "you just got married right?" Wooww Wooww Wooww... wait. and how the heck did he know that? "uncle see ur face uncle know already .." then he continued, saying that he dont eat pork now, he start wearing cincin angkeh (which grandpa uses) and had 800 plus of them as collection. he also said that he believed that his life is destined as muslim. that got me a little confused.
then he stopped about himself and start talking about me again. "from your face, uncle know you are a nice guy." he just cant stop saying that im a nice guy. he didnt know the fucked shit in me. "uncle know about your love life also..." i told him to stop talking about that portion, and asked him to stop at the bus stop, just behind my company line.
fare shows S$5.40. I gave him 10 bucks and told him to return 4 bucks. he said thanks and when i got out and just about to close the door, he said "uncle know what is on your mind. just continue loving your wife".
i smiled at him and close the door. i looked at his cab till it got out of my sight. yikes. what an encounter! i remembered a friend who told me a similar experience with a cabbie. i just couldnt trust the shit he was telling... and now if i were to tell someone about what happened, will someone believe me? i swear upon my mother's head i didnt make this shit up. well anyways, the uncle did brighten up my thursday morning. i walked to office smiling ...
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