I got 2 freaking rich friends in my camp, working right beside me everyday. Taking taxi to them is like us - normal teenagers - taking bus. They take taxi to camp and back home everyday. Look, one of them stays at Novena and the oth, Bt Timah. The ride home wd jolly-well cost them ard $12 + peak hr charge.
$24 a day spent on taxi which also works out to $720 per month! Wadeva.

Will u guys spend $720 a month on transport?

Well, I came across this article written by a taxi driver. He compares taxi fares in Singapore with other developed countries.
A taxi ride from Sembawang to AMK ( 15km ) cost ard $8.50. For a similiar distance, a cabby in HK collects $24.37, Taipei $14.18, Sydney $30.78, New York $32.77, Tokyo $60.17. London $100.92!!!
Imagine paying $100 for a ride from Sembawang to AMK. Haha.
So after reading his article, this came up in my mind...
Imagine one day, Sgp taxi operators decide to charge commuters @ the rate London taxi companies charge . My friends would haf spend $5000 per month on taxi fares!

Okay, the last time I took a taxi was last month. I spent ard $20 incl peak hr charge and admin charge to travel from my camp to NUS. Imagine I were in London. I would haf spent $250 to travel the same dist. That's 1/2 of my monthly allowance.

Well, fact is that we cant compare the living standard btwn Sgp and London. So the cabby who wrote that letter, maybe u shd do some more homework - to compare taxi fares in M'sia, Thailand and China as well. ( An Average Singaporean earns less den an average Hongkongner, New Yorker and Londoner. But definitely more than an average Malaysian, Thai or Chinese. Hence we cant compare our taxi fares with that of other countries )