the importance of five cents

:: LIFE IN SINGAPORE ::a taxi uncle ripped me offa five-cents today. yep, five measely cents ... not a dollar nor ten-cents .. just five ... was it a mistake? or was it intentional? it matters naught, for the "crime" had been perpetrated and a victim was i ... and in case y'all think im crying over just 5-cents, than you dear readers, are missing the point (which is fari, becoz i haven't gotten