My Entry Appeared in SammyBoy Forum

I was checking my stats and saw a healthy amount of traffic coming from a link I didn't recognise. Upon clicking the link, it brought me to the infamous sammyboy forum! Fortunately, there weren't any NSFW content, else I may be misunderstood by my wife and I'll have lots of explaining to do. Heh!

Apparently, a member has copied-and-pasted my entry "Another Reason To Get A Car" there. I would need to extend my thanks to the ShaolinTiger for posting a message and linking the entry back to my blog. Some of the exchanges there were indeed quite lively!

In the forum, a posting called me a stinky for complaining about paying an extra $1 (it was $1.40 to be exact :p). I was also called an idiot for wanting to buy a car. One even commented that I'm a weakling for not challenging the taxi driver and if I can't tolerate being charged extra $1, why am I tolerating being charged thousands of dollars by the government for owning a car? On why I didn't challenge the cab driver? Well, for friends who know me, they would know I'm a pacifist in nature. Well, some would call that a weakling if you like. LOL. But I'm comfortable with who I am.

It was indeed a very enlightening exchange. When I saw the messages in the forum, I wasn't offended at all. I can understand why they misunderstood my entry. From just that entry, it does seem like I've decided to get a car over $1.40.

In reality, I've been thinking about getting a car for quite a while already. Now I've two growing kids and the elder son is going to primary one next year. The school bus arrives at our place to pick him up at 6.15 am and he'll only be back by 2.30 pm. There is just too much unnecessary wasted traveling time for him. Everyone knows how competitive is our school system here. It does not bode him well if he is too tired during lesson time.

Of course, there are many other factors to consider while making a decision to own a car. My previous entry was just one of the many reasons that have nudged me towards buying one.

One of my friend told me if by getting a car helps me save time and thus have more time in developing my business, I should seriously consider in getting one.

I'm still considering my options. Maybe, in one of my future entries, I may just list them all the reasons why I'm thinking of buying a car. One of them is definitely not about the overcharged $1.40 taxi fare but more of the ability to have more control of my time and the convenience of having a car.

Of course, in Singapore, the convenience comes at a hefty price.