A Bit Of Hiccup.

It was not a happy Sunday yesterday when my relief driver called me at 7.00am in the morning to inform me that the taxi just could not start. Had to call the company's tow truck to tow it to the motor workshop which is also not open for business on Sundays. All plans for the day were cancelled and I spent an enforced holiday after attending church services in the morning, going to and fro by using the bus services, which was quite interesting, having to switch buses twice and did a fair bit of walking.

The motor workshop just called to inform me that the taxi is repaired and is ready for collection at 1.00pm. I have informed my relief to collect it and maybe drive a little before he hands it over to me. These sort of unforeseen happenings do occur once in a while which is only natural for taxi operators who would also lose out on daily earnings.  Anyway, after a day's disruption and having so much rest, I must say, I'm all set and ready to start once again.

Missing Taxis When You Need Them Most.

When it rains, taxi drivers tend to play safe and very often you find us waiting out the rain storms sitting in our cabs parked alongside roads or sitting in coffee shops having coffee till the rain subsides. There are many reasons why we do so. Firstly, it is always dangerous driving in fog like conditions where visibility is limited, roads are slippery and heavy traffic jams occur with most roads clogged up and without fail, there will  always be accidents everywhere usually bumper to bumper hits and many vehicle breakdowns which ultimately cause huge and massive traffic jams.

 Everyone suffers each time there is a heavy downpour, with long queues of frustrated and anxious passengers waiting at taxi stands all over the island, at the same time, frustrated taxi drivers also waits, cursing the heavy rainfalls which will inadvertently cause a hole in their pockets and if they were to try to venture, there is always the risk of having to fork out something like $1,000.00 up front to our taxi company when you get involved in an accident. 

Then, there is the extra work for us to perform at the end of the shift when we sweat as we need to clean up the insides of our cabs, wet not only on the seats but also dirty floor mats, sometimes with mud and sand especially when you pick up passengers standing along muddy roadsides together with their wet umbrellas.

All these happenings are most unfortunate and nobody wants it to happen. It is a very tiring working day for us whenever it rains. Our feet get easily tired and our eyes strained with non stop serious concentration whilst driving. We understand and feel for our passengers too, waiting long hours after finishing their tired workdays, and therefore, all of us should try to understand and spare a thought for one another in these unfortunate times.

Change and Evolve.......

Hi Folks, I'm back again after such a long absence since I returned from KL after attending the opening of Enagic office. I have been extremely busy running around giving out free Kangen water to friends, relatives, acquaintances everyday and everywhere to people who need them especially those with any kind of health issues. I have become so excited doing this Kangen water business, getting and hearing wonderful results, watching people get well, attending seminars, training sessions as well as conducting my own demonstrations and reading and watching tons of videos about Kangen Water, even forgetting about taxi driving and ferrying passengers. I have become so engrossed in this activity, so very happy meeting and getting to know and making so many new friends everyday. Indeed, I love every minute of this exciting and wonderful new adventure which is making me more compassionate as days go by.

I am now working on a kind of schedule to spread and adjust my activities accordingly but will definitely continue writing my blogs so stay with me and watch more of my new involvements and daily adventures in the near future.

Kuala Lumpur Here I Come.

Hi Folks, I would like to apologise for taking this short break without putting up any recent posts. I have been very busy giving free Kangen water to friends and acquaintances everywhere, including my passengers in Singapore, its my personal venture once again into the business world. It has been a very hectic and exciting week and right now I shall be leaving for the airport in an hour's time to catch a flight to Kuala Lumpur to attend the official and grand opening of Enagic (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd office today.

I will be back this Tuesday evening and also write about my visit to Kuala Lumpur. It should be quite interesting Folks, until then, have an enjoyable and happy weekend. CHEERS !

G.I., Flat-Top, Mohawk and Square Cut.

Went for my hair cut yesterday at Sri Dewa, my regular barber shop for more than 50 years. Sri Dewa (a iconic household name today) with its first shop originally situated directly opposite the Novena Church during the late fifties has since relocated also along Thomson Road, this time opposite the Thomson Medical Centre is a very popular and well known barber shop brand with many other branches bearing the famous 'Sri Dewa' name everywhere in Singapore. It was very popular then, always with long queues, famous and the top barber shop in town. Back then my hair stylist was the proprietor himself.

My barber, Mr. Anuar, speaks good English, very chatty, is a friendly and likable guy. I have had many different regular barbers over the years and he is my present barber after Mr. Hamid who has already passed on a few years ago. I have my hair cut every six weeks. In this shop hangs a rectangle shaped framed with a few photographs of men with different hair styles cut more than fifty years ago and I was one of them during my early teens. Orignally hung on the wall of its very first shop and had been on the walls of Thomson Road Sri Dewa ever since until recently when I asked Mr. Anuar for permission to own it. It was very kind of him to give this photo frame which has all along had my photo in it showing me with a 'GI' crop during my secondary school years, I was advertising live, like a model spotting many new and latest popular hair styles cut at Sri Dewa such as the 'square cut', the 'flat top' and even the'mohawk' and many others. It gives me great pleasure to display this half century old photo frame here.

Change Your Water Change Your Life.

Wow, how time flies, its been two weeks since I bought the Enagic medical device that produces the famed Kangen Water. I have stopped drinking coffee and tea now, something which I never expected would end so abruptly. Since that fateful day, on the 11th of August, I have been drinking Kangen Water by the litres everyday and I even surprised myself immensely and never thought the day would come when I start drinking water which have been a "taboo' drink to me all my life. I am now addicted to this magic and miraculous Kangen Water and I simply cannot imagine leaving home without it.
                           
                                      CHANGE YOUR WATER CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Nowadays, my constant companions or should I say, my ready passengers are the dozen or so containers of 1,2,3,5 and 10 litres filled with Kangen Water which I ferry around daily everywhere happily distributing free of charge this wonderful drink with my friends or sharing them with anyone who needs it. People with medical issues, big and small, serious life threatening sicknesses, aches and pains, you name it, all of us can truly enjoy a change in our body and live happily and healthily, thanks to the Power of Kangen Water.

Together with Irene, this energetic, lovely and beautiful Beauty Trainer, Entertainer Singer/Artist, the both of us have been distributing Kangen Water and giving 'Live Demos' here and there, in roadside coffee shops, kopitiams, in friends' houses, condominiums and even in Tekka Market. Its really very exciting and enjoyable, and we love every bit of time spent introducing this magnificent life changing drink.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Muslim readers a

                 "SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI !!!"

The Power Of Kangen Water !

I'm so sorry Folks for having laid off putting up any post since Monday last week. I will share with you what went on during this absence.You see, I happened to meet an old friend of mine, Irene, last Wednesday evening in this coffee shop at Block 125 along Lorong 2, Toa Payoh and we started chatting. She had a 3 litre bottle of water which she kept pouring for me to drink when I happened to mention something like not being able to hold up a cup of coffee with my right hand as it causes an excruciating pain on my right upper arm. She said to drink this water, is it not smooth and nice and I said I hate drinking water as it always taste like medicine to me. I drink only coffee and tea my whole life. As we continued talking, she kept refilling my glass with water she had with her and before I realised it, I had drunk nearly 2 litres of water and was still feeling quite comfortable. During this time, Irene told me about this miraculous water she called 'Kangen Water'. Being a bit of an unbeliever, yet I still casually listened. We parted about an hour later.

I was home as usual around 2.30am Thursday morning and was trying to recall if there was anything interesting to blog and put up a post and was lifting my cup of coffee so often as I sat in front of my computer, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I felt no pain whatsoever from my right arm every time I held my coffee cup. It was simply amazing, I had to find out more about this Kangen water.

I sought Irene the next day and she was just superb, she was absolutely keen to bring me to discover what Kangen water can do. It has got mysterious and wonderful sort of healing powers. And you know, by Saturday morning, I purchased this medical equipment that can make good water from tap water and at the same time spent an hour listening to and watching the most interesting and awesome demonstration of the power of Kangen Water. "Change your water  Change your Life".

As I was not driving my taxi, Irene and I took and shared a SMRT cab to go home. Along the way, this SMRT taxi driver, Mr. Ng (60 years old) and I got into a casual chit chat. He told me his left shoulder is causing him a lot of pain for a very long time. On hearing this, I immediately offered and persuaded him to drink this wonderful water. I asked him for his water bottle, threw its water away and filled it up with Kangen water from Irene's 3 litre bottle and briefly explained to him that this water maybe able to help ease his shoulder pains, to drink it and also share with his family members. More pleasant chit chats after Irene drop off at Toa Payoh and I continued home.

Sunday afternoon, at about 4.00pm, I received a surprise phone call from this SMRT taxi driver Mr. Ng and he asked to buy water from me. I told him I don't sell this water but I will give him this water for free and he can come to my house to collect. He insisted on paying me for the water, but I told him its free and since he lived in Seng Kang, I said there is also no problem to collect this water from Irene at Toa Payoh much nearer. I gave him Irene's phone number and at 6.30pm he was collecting this Kangen water from Irene's house and that's when we learnt that he was relieved from his shoulder pains and not only that, his daughter was also free from her menstrual pains.

Monday, Tuesday and today, Irene and I gave out free water to my friends who had medical issues and also gave our mini demonstrations at coffee shops and today at Tekka market. It has been most satisfying and exciting, giving and sharing this water with friends these past few days. Honestly, since last Thursday, I have been using my taxi for this purpose, enjoying myself together with Irene and I have not fetched a single paying passenger since.

My Friends, it's my great pleasure to invite you to visit : Kangen Water

Jalan Kayu Roti Prata.

Sometime last week, an elderly Indian man hailed my cab near Newton Food Centre and before he boarded he asked me if I knew where the original famous Jalan Kayu's roti prata shop was and I said "Yes of course". "Please fetch me there" and we were on our way. Along the trip, I asked him where he was from and he told me he was from Ipoh, Malaysia. He told me he heard much about the famous Jalan Kayu roti prata for many years and since he had not been here for ages he decided to eat at this place. He told me that they call it "roti chanai" in Malaysia and his friends said to come to Singapore and try the prata which they claimed is slightly different but is good and taste much better. He was very excited and kept telling me how Singapore has changed and looked so different now. I asked him if he was travelling alone by himself and he said "Yes, it's a long story and I don't want to talk about it". He spoke very good English and most of the time I kept answering his questions which were continuous and mostly about everyday life. I truly enjoyed our conversation till we arrived at the prata shop. He was very thankful and I wished him well.

The Mata Puteh Family (Pt.2).

Last night when I returned home, I spied on the chicks, they were huddled together and I noticed their greenish coloured feathers grown beautifully. I knew they were ready to leave home in a couple of days.

I woke up today around noon, together with my iPhone camera ready, and this is what I managed to capture. The chicks were waiting for Mummy to feed them. I hid myself and patiently waited for action although I was still half asleep.

I was rewarded for my surveillance. True enough the mother came home and fed her chicks for a short while and a little later she flew off.

I took these last photos of the contented and happy chicks and I know also that they would be flying off together anytime now, to an adventurous and exciting new world. It has been an interesting and learning experience for me and for sure there will be other new exclusive bird families seeking this Bamboo Hotel Tree of mine in the near future.