Well, the post today is with reference to recent report on The Straits Times newspaper. The article, had the following title: Are Our Cabbies Clueless?

The article was with regard to the unsatisfactory customer service provided by some

of the taxi drivers in Singapore. The article was about the taxi drivers not knowing certain destination that would prove important or something that should be known by a taxi driver. It shows the replies of different taxi drivers when certain destinations are asked. For example, when a taxi driver was asked to drive to Clifford Centre, he did not know where it is. However, only after explaining the nearby landmarks did he get the idea of where Clifford Centre was.

Personally, I feel that this could be a great problem. For one who is not very well traveled or very clear of Singapore landmarks, it would have been hard to explain a certain destination to a taxi driver. If I were to go out with my friends, especially when I did not know the destination, I would then have to depend on the taxi driver’s experience to get me there. If he did not know where it was, it would have been difficult to get to where I wanted to go, and probably, would not save a lot of time. This could prove a terrible disadvantage.

Also, in the area of tourism, many tourists come into Singapore expecting to get a very much pleasing or entertaining experience with the various sights in Singapore. Places of attraction like The Esplanade or certain art museums might be foreign to some of the taxi drivers. Imagine the impression imprinted into the tourist’s mind. It would be preposterous! What would it say of the citizen’s knowledge of their own country?

However, I feel that we should also look at it from the taxi driver’s point of view. Many of them had become taxi drivers because they had faced retrenchment, or did not have enough qualifications and had to support their families. The pressure that is on them is very much unbearable. As being a taxi driver was probably his or her best course of action, he is subjected to few choices. Some of them might not even want to be taxi drivers. The thought of supporting your own family with a small salary would be hard as you could be working the whole day in the taxi without earning much. The thought of your family waiting on you in hope of bringing home some money would put the person under pressure.

All in all, I feel that while taxi drivers should know the important places in Singapore, we should also spare a thought for the taxi drivers as they too have their problems.

Recently, news has repeatedly reported the happenings concerning the Korean Christian hostages who were captured and are being killed slowly one by one. The merciless killing pains me as I continue to hear the news about the Korean hostages. The Taliban terrorists were merciless beyond my imagination. The very idea of killing innocents with no apparent rhyme or reason pains me to the core. The Taliban terrorists were simply too much. The Koreans Christians had done nothing to invoke the anger of the terrorists. Moreover, using hostages as blackmail to force another government to do something is simply underhanded. The very thought of this disgusts me.
Don’t they have the slightest bit of morals or principles? Do they feel no shame or pity or even the slightest surface of sympathy? Have they not thought what would happen if they were one of the Korean hostages who could only wait for their deadline? What of them? Are they subhuman? What wrong have they done to deserve such injustice and unscrupulous behavior? It is beyond appalling!
If it were possible, I would rather the government of America did something about the Taliban terrorists’ horrendous actions. If it were possible, I also wished that the American government would be able to rescue the hostages, instead of letting them get killed one by one, until all are dead. Is this what the Taliban terrorists want? I hope not. What I would hope is, that when the Taliban terrorists realize that the killing would not make the American government oblige, they would just release the prisoners, as slim as the chances may be. I sincerely hope that this would not worsen any further, and that the hostages may soon be released to be together again with their families.
With the recent cruel things like this getting more rampant throughout the world, it is getting pretty obvious that the moral standards and principles people live by are slowly getting worse and worse. Nowadays, with the media and internet spreading such violence throughout the world, it is scary to consider the possibility of one of us actually being one of the victims of these assaults and kidnapping.

Spare a thought for the people!

After seeing this article, I realize how much the society of today has deteriorated. With the years going by, the society has degraded much in one of the basic social make ups of a person, basically, the values or morals of a person, which I think, is one of the most important components of a person.
Through the recent “hoo-ha” over the big NKF thing, over the major leaders in the National Kidney Foundation, I am shocked and appalled at the morality of these people. Of all places to embezzle funds, I feel that taking away the money which people actually donated for the good of other less fortunate people who had financial difficulties and medical problems is the worst place to embezzle funds. If this were to happen in every charity organization, nobody would ever want to donate anymore! Then what would become of these organizations, and more importantly, what would become of these unfortunate people who are less privileged than most of us?
These unfortunate people are much more in need of these charity funds compared to us? Then these people who are in charge of the charity foundation, what is their purpose? What is their reason for taking up these high-up positions in these charity organizations?
For the good of the less fortunate? OR FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL MONETARY GAIN? This problem is a major problem as it depends on the morality of a person and his values, which I have stated before as the most important components of a person.

These people corrupt the community. But thankfully, now the government has implemented much priority in value added learning, which, hopefully, will be benefiting to the community and will result in better Singaporeans who know what to do, and how to do it right, and in the right manner/

I honestly hope that these people will be rightly dealt with, and that they will get what they deserve for betraying man other Singaporean’s trust and good thoughts. Let us spare a thought for the less fortunate, not betray their hope! I hope that there will be less of such happenings and Singapore will be a better place.

dum de dum de dum..
I just created this blog for my english.
yay.
My very FIRST post.



signing off,
LuCas