A $olution for More Problem$

Updated: After the revised taxi fare increment, a trip from Punggol to Orchard during non-peak hours.
Before fare increment: $12
After fare increment: $13.50

Verdict? From the looks of it, after the fare increase, the taxi driver earnings will increase. Or did it? Truth is, the sharp increase will make people think twice thrice before opting to take a cab or avoid taking a cab during the peak hours. Yes, they solve the problem now that there are many empty cabs available during the peak hours. No more long queues or waiting time. But it creates another. Cab drivers now will find it even harder to get a passenger. The increase in fare prices does not cover the loss in the number of passengers. So they are back to square one. This time, the jump in fare prices might be hard to swallow for a lot of us. It may take a longer time before the passenger starts coming back or will they even will?

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Have not been updating my blog regularly these days, as I am busy with a lot of things. A lot of things have happen and have a lot of thoughts and grievance to voice out. Most notably, the raise in the taxi fares. It was not too long ago the fares have been raised "adjusted", as put nicely by the relevant government spin-doctors. A 35% of the metered fare is a lot. How much more do they want to raise? If the taxi companies really wanted to help the cab drivers, they can jolly well reduce the taxi rental. But no... cutting taxi rental is a forbidden sin which cuts into their profit margins. So what do they do next? Using the standard solution of passing the problem to the consumers by raising the fares. After all, it's their problem, why should they hurt their profit for our sake? So who’s going to suffer the most for this? Not the passengers, we have a choice to reduce or not take taxi. It's the poor taxi drivers. Their earnings will reduce as people shun from taking taxi. So what we end up with? Lesser business for taxi drivers, the drivers start to do funny things to earn more money and the taxi company raises fare again to "help" out. It's a vicious cycle...

Finally, Gears of War on My PC!

Finally, one year after the release of Gears of War on the Xbox360, the PC version is out. Saw someone selling it second-hand on the net and immediately grab it. MUHAHAHAHA! Now I dun have to buy an Xbox360 liao. Just install it and the graphics and game play are damn solid. Definitely worth the wait.

My Childhood Toys

Troops Fall In!

Was packing my stuff at my parent's place when I came upon the toys that I play when I was little. Wow, bring back a lot of my childhood memories. Children those days dun have computer or PlayStation; we play with toys like this, making our own pretend play and stories. I still remember each and everyone of the toy and who bought it. Look at the Transformer toy, Hound. 20 years ago, it is the most popular toy and cartoon. 20 years later, Transformer is popular again due to the movie.

Autobots! Transform!