Who is Taxi Uncle?

Apart from being the Taxi Uncle that Taxi Auntie loves, he is an UK finance degree-wielding manager by day, and novice taxi driver by night. He got his taxi license in the first month of 2010 and his first temporary Toyota Crown taxi by February. Finally he got his own 2-litre power machine by March, and yes I am referring to the Hyundai Sonata.

I must admit that the motivation behind this blog is really inspired by Dr Cai, aka the PhD Taxi Driver, author of "A Singapore Taxi Driver's Diary". As much as Dr Cai claims that he is probably the only PhD taxi driver in Singapore, there are many degree holders in Singapore who drive taxis. My Taxi Uncle is such. Sure, people fall on hard times or like Taxi Uncle, who has a day job, taxi driving is a source of extra income. But I think Taxi Uncle simply loves the freedom of driving.

Anyways, there may now be a PhD Taxi Driver, but no close-to-PhD female has quite written about their love affair with a Taxi Uncle, and that would be me!


For some reason, "Driving Ms Daisy" always comes to mind when I think of Taxi Uncle!
To be honest, Taxi Uncle and Auntie are not too old but the minute you drive a taxi, people would call you "uncle", even if you are younger than them. Taxi Uncle almost convulsed the first time when grandmas older than him called him "Uncle" the minute they got into his taxi!

Well, I'm now counting down the days when Taxi Uncle would quit his day job and finally focus on being a full time driver. One more month and counting, finger crossed!

Who is Taxi Auntie?

A taxi auntie is what I call those aunties that you see being driven by taxi uncles, sitting in the front seat when the sign on top says "Busy".

My Taxi Uncle informs me that according to LTA rules, you are not allowed to have a passenger in your taxi when your taxi says "Busy". I only started noticing these taxi aunties when one day I was waiting for Taxi Uncle outside the comfort delgro diesel station at Braddell. A whole line of taxis drove out, with their "Busy" sign on, and with a taxi auntie in the front seat. Mind you, no sweet young things but aunties. Ah yes, wives.

At that sight, I felt a sudden odd sense of pride to join in this line of "taxi aunties". But not before I admonished Taxi Uncle for not letting me in the diesel station with him! Pfft. Yes, he got a earful from me about how other taxi aunties went in but I didn't get to! (Taxi Uncle claims that you're not allowed to have passengers with you when you go refuelling at the diesel station.)

The funny thing is, the next time he went to the diesel station, I actually went with him, full of pride to be a "Taxi Auntie". But the minute we parked, I suddenly felt so self-conscious as all the taxis are lined up side by side. I kept imagining the uncles left and right of us staring at me. I didn't dare look around, kept my head low, eyes counting the lint on my skirt.

See, I forgot to mention that I am a relatively young auntie nearing her thirties. But that morning, I looked particularly young and particularly out of place at 4am in the morning with Taxi Uncle beside me. I didn't want other uncles to think my Taxi Uncle is dating a sweet young thing. I want to say, I'm a taxi auntie too!

Alas, this is the only place I'll get to tell the world I'm a Taxi Auntie too!

Wait, so who is Taxi Auntie?!
Taxi auntie is a close-to-her-thirties professional in the pursuit of her post-graduate degree. She enjoys Taiwanese and Korean drama when not fiddling on her iPhone. She tends to ramble incoherently and lose her train of thought in the middle of a sentence. Luckily, she shall forever be anonymous or Taxi Uncle will be angry with her. Taxi Uncle say Auntie is not allowed to tell the whole world everything about his life. In fact, many of Taxi Auntie's friends do not know that she is dating a taxi driver. But with this blog, Taxi Auntie can finally get the secrets off her chest in peace before she explodes from keeping too many secrets!

My Jar of Secrets

I love Korean and Taiwanese dramas. In one of the dramas, the girl speaks her secrets and worries into a jar and shut them tight. Getting them out of her system forever.

Well, this is my jar.

I've been keeping the stories, secrets and worries to myself for too long and I want to get them out of my system too!

What's my secret?

I'm in love with a taxi uncle in Singapore.

Salacious isn't it? It's like those stories you read in Wanbao where the taxi uncles has hooked up with young girls. Sure, I've actually known many girl friends who told me that they had taxi uncles offer them rides for free, or picking them up regularly. Taxi uncles on call and that sort of things.

But no, my taxi uncle was a perfectly normal, bus-taking, hansum' and young fella when I fell in love with him. But 4 months ago, he got his taxi license. One of the happiest days of his life. It's really not easy getting a license mind you but that's another story for another day.

2 months ago, he got his first taxi, a Toyota crown and started his driving adventures. And my adventure as a taxi auntie began. This blog... no, this jar, will store all the secrets of my daily trials of being a taxi auntie. The stories that I hear every day and stories of my life as I wait every night, worried, till he returns home.

I welcome you to share my lil secrets and I hope that my stories will give you a better idea of life of a taxi uncle and the women who love them. Enjoy!