Buying Time

Not sure if you have heard of the story of the boy who saved a sum of money hoping to buy an hour of his dad's time but anyway, I've got an alternate version here but no, mine is not so heart wrenching. It's merely painful for the pocket.

To escape from the coldness of my office, I decided that i shall fork out my own money and take a cab home. And to my horror, the fare came up to a horrendous $13.10 when the meter showed $7.80. So what caused that huge difference? See below for breakdown.
Basic: $7.80
CBD: $1
Peak Hour:$1
Booking Fee:$3.30

That is for working in an area where cabs won't turn in unless you make a booking. And for trying to go home before 8pm. No wonder no one has time to go home and make babies or cook for your family. All I was trying to do is to escape the dreary cold and to buy some blog time.

Definitely many things in life cannot be bought and some even priceless. However, today I recognise that money can indeed buy time.

Take a cab - buy some sleep time, buy some family time
Use SKII - buy some time so you will look like you are aging slower
Make an overseas call to your loved one - buy some precious communication time
Outsource household chores - buy some leisure time

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Side track
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Anyway, all the attacks of terrorism have left me saddened and to a certain extent more paranoid. You know paranoia has set in when the MRT slows down to a sudden stop and instead of thinking " What the..", you start to think " What if ..?"

While Singapore has been lucky to be safe from many natural disasters, yet when faced with terrorism, we are just like anyone else in the world - exposed. Fishy is perhaps right in saying that we can never stop terrorism, we can only cope with it and its aftermath as best as we can. And in this aspect, it's like your tsunami that's hard to predict. But what's important is that we can work together so that we are never lost and never terrorised.