Grounded for life
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- John's Apartment
- Taxi!!!
- The Taximan's Story by Catherine Lim
- This is a taxi diver who is the father of eight children. He is a highly hardworking man who sleeps only a few hours a night in order to earn money and send his children to school.He had a passenger one day who happened to be a university professor. He talked about his family, why he worked so hard, and the realities of today's youngsters.
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- Can you take me to the National University of Singapore real quick?
- Sure Madam. We'll be there on time!
- As they discussed his experiences, he revealed what the students do, how they dress and date European or American men after class, and their wild money-making schemes.He further stated that after class, these students go on dates with males and dress provocatively and outrageously. They'd come up with a variety of explanations to justify themselves to their parents.In addition, the taxi driver remarked that he had a lovely and intelligent daughter.
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- SPICE FUSION
- LAY CHOO?! IS THAT YOU?!
- He also recalled seeing a bunch of teens near a well-known restaurant in their city one night. When he noticed a familiar face, which turned out to be her daughter, he got out of his car and yelled "Lay Choo!" And it was there that he confirmed that it was Lay Choo, his most trusted daughter. He grabbed Lay Choo and dragged her away without saying anything.
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- I'm so disappointed with you!! You are disgrace to our family!!!
- What's happening here Hon?
- I'm sorry Papa. Please stop hurting me!!
- When they returned home, he beat his daughter in an outburst of rage. It caused a lot of bruising and other injuries over her body. The mother was shocked and confused when he saw his husband beating their daughter.My wife immediately pulled me away, and I think if she did not pull me away, I'm sure I'd probably kill her.
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- You are grounded for 3 days!!!!
- If only you knew why I did it Papa!
- He locked his daughter in her room and told her she was going to be grounded for three days. There will be no gadgets or television viewing. He was extremely disappointed, and his rage was uncontrollable.
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- I understand Sir! Please update us if she'll be better. Pls tell her to get well soon!
- Good Morning Teacher Maria! Lay Choo can't make it to school today and probably for the next few days cause she has high fever.
- He dialed his Lay Choo's teacher's number. He was too embarrassed to tell her that her daughter was selling herself, so he told her that Lay Choo couldn't come to school because she was sick.
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