Flagging Down a Cab?

I have been taking a fair bit of cab back home after work recently. Actually it's not really a lot lah just that it's been quite a long time since I take cab home from work. With the cab charging more and more nowadays, it makes it quite hard for me not to feel a pinch if I take cab home from my work place. Taking cab home from my office will cost me about $18+. I feel that it's kind of expensive so most of the time I will rather spend more time taking bus and mrt instead of taking cab.

As I have been working late for the past few days, by the time I am ready to go home, I will be feeling too tired to make myself spend 1.5 hours by bus and mrt to go home. Instead, I decided to spend more and take a cab home instead. It is lucky that I later found out from my HR and finance that I can claim cab fare if I work until so late. Phew~!

With my taking of the cab home for the past few days, I came to one conclusion... I wonder who are those people who are complaining of expensive cab fares? If they really think it is expensive, then why is it so hard for me to get a cab? I tried flagging a cab along Alexandra Road for the past few days and I think it's almost impossible to flag down a cab. Mind you, I am not trying to flag down a cab during peak hours. I was trying to flag down a cab at 10pm! I thought it will be easy to flag down a cab then since it is after the peak hours but I am obviously wrong. I have to end up calling a cab which is not easy too since it is almost impossible to get through the call a cab HOTline. That line is really HOT lor... I spent 30 mins trying to get through the line and get a cab. Grrr... The next day when I had to take a cab home again, I automatically called a cab instead of trying to flag one down... It's just too troublesome... After all, my company is paying... So why not? :P