Diary of a taxi driver
Subtitle: true stories from Singapore's most educated cabdriver
By: Cai Mingjie
Publisher: Aktive Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9789810850203
Subjects: Blogs; Taxicab drivers; Diaries
Description: When Dr. Cai Mingjie, a lifelong scientist and university professor, lost his job at a leading research institute in Singapore, his world collapsed around him. Despite having published numerous papers and a Stanford PhD, he could not find a suitable job. Disheartened by the global financial crisis, he became a taxi driver, the Singaporean job of last resort. While driving a cab he jotted down notes about his experiences and posted them on his blog, quickly becoming an internet celebrity with close to one million pageviews so far. Experience the real Singapore and join Dr. Cai as he recounts true stories about naive prostitutes and lecherous johns, abusive customers and kind strangers, violent drivers and heart-wrenching encounters.