Just these 2 days alone, I spent $42.50 on cab fare. Darn and it's just for 2 trips. The first one was probably due to the long distance. From Paya Lebar to Jurong. But the second one is from my house to City Hall, which I used to pay less than $15 for... I had to pay $20 for the trip yesterday with all the increase in surcharge. I boarded the cab with a surcharge of $2, then ERP gantry kanna $3. Reach there $15, total fare $20... That was the amount I used to pay for taking a cab from Pasir Ris to Jurong.
I just feel that taxi fares are getting more and more expensive, I think the fare would one day grow to the standard of Japan's cab. After some consideration, it might be more worth getting a car, provided oil prices, ie. petrol prices stopped rising. But that virtually seems impossible with the stupid attacks going on and with the oil prices just reaching record high of $78.40. Can bang head on the wall again, cause just when i picked up confidence to enter the bloody market. The oil prices went up and cause the market to fall. !#$%^&*)!(*^*