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Musings from Dennis #28: Heard about the taxi driver and the reverend who both died at the same time and went up to Heaven? At the gates, the driver received a golden, gem-crusted coat and was ushered in with pomp and pageantry. When it came to the reverend all he got was a simple pullover and was asked to just walk in. He scoffed “Hey don’t you know who I am and what I have done verses this guy here who simply drives people around?” he asked the angels. Came the reply “Over here we go for results. When you preach, people sleep. But when he drives, people pray!”. And that was exactly what I did one Friday evening when a taxi driver brought me from my last business meeting from the Kuala Lumpur city centre to the airport, a good hour away on the highway. I had asked him to rush because I was going to miss my plane back to Singapore if he did not help me. Well he did, and I found myself hanging onto the car roof handles for dear life and was praying so hard as a result. He even almost missed the left turning to the airport and swerved sharply right back in when he realized it and kept at the same high speed! Well I did get to the airport on time, and also lived to tell the story! Just one of those adventures every time we travel for business!