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!