The taxi man's story

The taxidriver is not only a father but also a taxi driver.He was a bad taxi driver as he cheated overseas passengers of their money. They did not know the road well and he could go round and round and charge them by the meter. Besides, all the notes that they pull out are ten-dollars note and they would tell him to keep the change. I would also say that he is also a very experienced taxi-driver as he knows the road well and he could go either the short way or the long way. This shows that he has done his homework well by knowing well the road in Singapore. He was also a "honest" taxi-driver as he told the madam that he will drive her to her destination for her meeting by that way which has less traffic and less car jams. This was because the madam was a local and she know the road well and therefore, the taxi-driver will not take her by the long way to charge her more money. Actually, he wasn't a bad taxi-driver as he needs to do such things to earn a living. Besides, he also needed the money to send her daughter, Lay Choo to university. As a father, I feel that the taxi-driver was a very strict one. This shows how old-fashioned and traditional father as he believes that parents have to be strict. Only then will the children behave themselves. However, he does not know that by doing that, he will make the daughter thinks that she is not being loved. She does not know that her father loves her, but does not show it and he shows it by being strict to her. Childrens nowadys need love, and when they do not have it, they will go to other people for love. They will make caucasian boyfriends in order to have love. They make all kinds of excuses to go out with their boyfriends, such as they have tuition, they have cca, sports day etc. At first, she had good grades and the father pinned high hopes on her. When the father knew that she was fooling around instead of studying, he flew into a rage and he hit her so hard that she had to stay in bed for 3 days. She was the most doted on and the father had high hopes on her, but she lied to him and went against his wishes. The father was disappointed with her and thus the harsher punishment.Maybe she was materialistic, she had peer pressure and she was influenced from her friends, and thus she bacame like that. I feel that the people who were most disappointed with her are her parents. The mother carried her in her stomach to give birth to her into this world and there she was doing things that broke her heart. The taxi-driver worked so hard to provide for her to go into university and Lay Choo did not know that he did that for her own good. She thinks that he does not love her and did things that let him down. To a parent, the most disappointing thing is the children going against theirs wishes and breaking their heart time and again. I think that the children should understand their parents more so that they will make their parents happy. I think that Lay Choo should be working hard so that she will not disappoint her parents anymore. When a children changes for the better, their parents will be delighted. I think that that is the best joy that no one but a parent can have in their whole lives.