Phd holder driving taxi, OMG
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Wahh? really ar? Like this hop up his cab the meter start with $280 or $2.80?
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Go and try his cab and report here lor :)
if fann wong drives taxi then got more ppl want to sit in her taxi for sure
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reading his daily incidents, reminds me of all my familiar past experience too.... but i think he is too nice and too slow to be a profitable cabby.... he drive something like 8am to 1pm... then 430pm to 2am... that is 12hours and he says he nett profit about $50 a day.... unimaginable.... work in mac 12hr also got $50 to earn that kind of amount, one need to drive 60kmh on highway, q at airport, after midnite who dun zoom to town type.... really strange.... haha
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wa lau, earn $50 a day driving taxi. i cant understand also.
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cm, u shd post in his blog and ask him to visit this forum.... maybe he enjoys it here too... haha
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Originally posted by ALN:
cm, u shd post in his blog and ask him to visit this forum…. maybe he enjoys it here too… haha
CM, Ya, you should tell this guy visit this blog. Anyway, i think he already has found his new venture... I think he will still excel with his qualification in any other fields except Taxi driving.....But don't underestimate, he can write a Thesis on Taxi management..
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why dont one of you all invite him here :)
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Originally posted by RotaryEngine:
CM, Ya, you should tell this guy visit this blog. Anyway, i think he already has found his new venture... I think he will still excel with his qualification in any other fields except Taxi driving.....But don't underestimate, he can write a Thesis on Taxi management..
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Originally posted by CM840_2009:
wa lau, earn $50 a day driving taxi. i cant understand also.
Even security guard also earn more than $50 a day -
the taxi companies should hire him as a consultant. just imagine..a remf with actual on the road experience! (as a driver, not as a back seat driver as the current ones are apt to be) or alternatively, lta could use him so that we won't see the snafus like at orchard turn, etc... : )
(.Y.) poolie, how u like my smiley?
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Originally posted by trashbag:
what new venture?new venture? well i mean.... probably new job in his scientific aspiration or new thesis to write on his discovery or teaching or whatever... taxi driving is just a turning point of his life...
I can imagine why he drive taxi....i won't explain.....
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Originally posted by KCTK:
the taxi companies should hire him as a consultant. just imagine..a remf with actual on the road experience! (as a driver, not as a back seat driver as the current ones are apt to be) or alternatively, lta could use him so that we won't see the snafus like at orchard turn, etc... : )
(.Y.) poolie, how u like my smile
KCTCK and all taxi drivers should make him a TAXI Association Official Adviser...Speaker of Taxi Association on behalf of any KNN paynpay assocication appointed rookie....
Personally i don't know him.....but if he is real scientist n phd and out of deperation and dire straits and or PERSONNEL reasons drive a taxi...
His Experiencing taxi driving is BETTER THAN THOSE WHO SIT ON THEIR ASS AND DON"T understand the difficulties and suffering of you guys...
Of course better than any fxxking lta guy and taxiacademy, or cdg or smrt or whatsoever taxi company....lah...
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different pple good at different things lah... doesnt mean phd means can make good taxi planning... anyway cm, pls invite him here lah...
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PhD , Honours or Diploma ....
Once u sit on the taxi driver seat , on the steering , people still call u " UNCLE " .
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CM840 , u honours degree .... and was from the Police Force .... an Honours degree , outside throw any stone , also can get <$4000 job , taxi driving for you ?
U siao bo ?
It's ok la ..... own time own target , but .... ur effort for those time in the Uni all down the drain ....
Can la , for short time , i hope not for long term .
Let me remind you , many has treated taxi driving as a stepping stone , but got stuck to it permanently .
It's like an addiction to those freedom , one step into it , difficult to pull out .
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Originally posted by KCTK:
the taxi companies should hire him as a consultant. just imagine..a remf with actual on the road experience! (as a driver, not as a back seat driver as the current ones are apt to be) or alternatively, lta could use him so that we won't see the snafus like at orchard turn, etc... : )
(.Y.) poolie, how u like my smiley?
avatar u mean ?
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Yeah all kakis so nice if all got avatars .....
Kaki , all go find my picture leh , save in your file , then browse , and upload into the Sgforum avatar , i changed my avatar to TransCab , Liverpool FC too long liao ....
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Well, today's ST mentioned about this unique cabbie.
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Originally posted by lianamaster:
Well, today's ST mentioned about this unique cabbie.
show us the link
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PhD holder now a cabby: Online buzz over former researcher's blog on his exit from A*Star unit
Dr Cai Ming Jie became an SMRT cabby last November after spending 16 years as a researcher at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star).
His career switch has become a talking point online after he started a blog earlier this year. Alongside his experiences as a cabby, he takes issue with the circumstances of his departure from IMCB last May.
An SMRT spokesman confirmed that the former researcher is a driver with SMRT Taxis, but Dr Cai declined to add more beyond this: 'All that needs to be said is on the blog online...It should be IMCB that needs to be asked questions, if any.'
The China-born Dr Cai, who became a Singapore citizen, obtained a PhD in molecular biology from Stanford University in 1990. The Straits Times learnt that he did a two-year postdoctoral fellowship after leaving Stanford at the University of Washington, under famed genetist Professor Lee Hartwell, who won a 2001 Nobel Prize in physiology.
He joined IMCB two years later and worked as a principal investigator in the field of cell genetics up till his departure.
A spokesman for A*Star, meanwhile, said renewal of all its researchers' contracts is based on a number of factors, including the time taken to train PhD students, their performance and their contributions to the research institutes and the agency in general.
Dr Cai's work, like that of all A*Star researchers, was assessed by an external Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), which recommended his contract be terminated.
Still, in spite of the submission of countless curriculum vitaes and applications to universities, government agencies and companies since he was told he would be let go in 2007, Dr Cai failed to get a successful response.
The former researcher now drives a four-year -old Toyota Crown. 'At a time like this, the taxi business is probably the only business in Singapore that still actively recruits people,' he said.
Could this be Singapore's most well qualified taxi driver?
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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Well well well... I read his blog and found his stories to be really interesting and sincere.
I would like to get into his cab one day for sure. =)
PS, if u are the driver who saw my post here, I want to let you know something - you can really write and I suggest u can publish a book on your taxi adventures.
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Thanks to Master Pool for advice, please take care of AxelC. he needs some help.
Saw the Professor picture:
so this is him?
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Originally posted by Poolman:
CM840 , u honours degree .... and was from the Police Force .... an Honours degree , outside throw any stone , also can get <$4000 job , taxi driving for you ?
U siao bo ?
It's ok la ..... own time own target , but .... ur effort for those time in the Uni all down the drain ....
Can la , for short time , i hope not for long term .
Let me remind you , many has treated taxi driving as a stepping stone , but got stuck to it permanently .
It's like an addiction to those freedom , one step into it , difficult to pull out .
i know of few cabbies in this forum with degree wan.... i also know few cabbies in this forum who drive suvs.... hmm...... -
Originally posted by ALN:
i know of few cabbies in this forum with degree wan.... i also know few cabbies in this forum who drive suvs.... hmm......So whats the reasons why these degree holders go drive cabs?