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R.O.M. on 7 Sep '08 Recent Rants Bollywood Premiere @ Orchard Hotel on 9 December 2006 Hollywood Glamour Night @ Mandarin Hotel on 8 Dece... Festive Shopping and upcoming D&Ds Beauty Sleep & Neverending Work
Santa Claus visits with Announcement of GST Hike
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Alvin Travel Entries
Kunming & Bangkok Ho Chi Minh City (22 - 26 December 2006) 
Bangkok (4 - 8 August 2007) 
Chiangmai (6 - 10 December 2007) 
Cambodia (15 - 20 July 2008) 
Korea with Jeju (4 - 10 April 2008) 
Online Shopping Archives
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 I declare that... I get cab-sick (if there is such a word) easily! During the course of my work, I travel around in cabs. Some days I actually take more than 10 cabs a day. Yes, it's amazing and many a time, when possible, I try to plan my week such that I only travel out 2 to 3 days a week. As for the remaining 1 to 2 days, I will be more than happy crouched over my laptop clearing emails in office. I stay beside an MRT station and it is really convenient for me. By taking the MRT, I can reach Orchard in 20 minutes, without having the hassle of finding a carpark or finding myself stuck in a traffic jam at CTE. Needless to say, I love moving around in MRT. Yes, sometimes there are no seats, in fact, it's many a time, however, I still enjoy standing in the cabin and watching people around me. There are many interesting people around and I love to see how different people dress. During the peak rush hours, I get to see both ladies and men donned in their working attires, all looking smart. The varieties in their fashion style intrigue me daily. And during the off-peak hours, you see more outlandish dressing. Much louder too. Can be pretty interesting and certainly keep me well entertained throughout the journey to anywhere in this little sunny island. Anyway, back to cabs. I have never dreaded taking cabs, till recently. Probably due to the late working hours, I will always grab a cab home at night. Unfortunately, at night, with an empty stomach without dinner, the cab rides home have mostly been a torture to me. I will feel nauseous as the cab drivers will usually move a little and then jerk to a stop, all thanks to the heavy traffic at the infamous CTE expressway. Sometimes, coupled with the nausea, there was the throbbing headache too. It is really insufferable and I wish I can stop feeling so terrible. Strangely though, in the day time when I take cabs, this does not happen. I reckon it's because the day traffic during office hours is not as bad. Of course there are times when during the day, I suffer from this 'cab-sickness' too. Lately, I have been forcing myself to clear work before 7pm so that I can catch the company shuttle bus to the nearest MRT station to catch the train home. Even when I do work late at times, I will just take a cab to the nearest MRT station then proceed to taking a cab back. Today, after facial, I was tired and just wanted to get home soonest possible. But the thought of calling a cab make me shudder. And so, I headed for the nearest MRT station and journeyed home standing in a crowded MRT cabin. December is not too stressful a month so I guess not grabbing a cab back at night is still alright. Moreover, I can try not to work late too. Hopefully when January arrives, I will feel more at ease and comfortable in a cab and not be cab-sick. Perhaps I should not go by CTE and just take a longer route back home via Scotts Road then Thomson Road. Some cab drivers can be a real terror and their driving skills suck. It does not help when there is slow traffic and since they are driving a manual vehicle, they have to keep stepping on the clutch. I got to admit that whenever I take Mercedes cab, I don't feel so lousy. Perhaps I should just call for Mercs cab in future and be more comfortable with an auto-geared vehicle. Well, we shall see. Till then, will try to find remedy for my cab-sickness! Labels: Sick |
My Wedding
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