Monday, April 27, 2009

the escapism

taxi taxi taxi. That's my main medium of transportation for me in KL.

Last saturday, when Syira n I was about to move our ass out from Midvalley, we went to South Court to grab a cab. Once I exited myself from the circulating moving glass, a guy who's the driver of that blue mpv cab approached me, "cik nak g mane cik?".

Of course I didn't care much of attending to his approach as I knew that those blue mpv cab gonna cost me a heaven once I place my butt on its comfy seat. So there I was, walking away n asked for other budget taxis.

But that guy kept on chasing me and followed me close anywhere I went.

"Takpe bang. mahal la taxi tu".

"Eh..takpe dik. Ikut meter".

"Memang la ikut meter, tapi starting 6 hengget kan?".

"Takpe2. saya kasi 3 hengget je".

"Takpela bang. karang dah sampai tempat saya tatau la bpe pulak kene".

"Ok la..saya bagi 10hengget. Boleh?".

"Takpe takpe. Saya cari taxi lain".

So I went to look for other taxi but most of them asked me for rm8, rm10 or rm15. None of them used metre. Until I came into this waja LCCT cab.

"Pakcik guna metre tak?".

"Mesti la guna. Ada ke taxi tak guna metre?".

After confirmation n agreement with Syira to get into that taxi, then we made our way back home.

Sepanjang perjalanan balik tu pakcik tu ngan bongkak dan angkuh duk bercerita pasal jenis2 taxi di Malaysia. Segala jenis category dia terangkan. Pakcik siap cakap,

"Tengok bumbung ni adik (sambil tangan duk ketuk-ketuk bumbung kereta). Kalau ada lambang macam ni,maksudnya taxi A class. Bukan calang-calang orang yg boleh drive taxi macam ni".

Cehhhhhhhhhhh~~~belagak pulak boleh drive taxi A class. hampeh punya pakcik. like i care. bluekkkkkkkkk!!!

dah la tu...sempat pulak stop sana sini nak tunjuk jenis2 taxi.

Helloooooooooooooooooo~~~kitorang bukan nak amik kursus nak jadi taxi driver pun. Tolong jalan cepat boleh tak???

Sampai je depan gate,

"Okay, 30 hengget 40 sen".

Aku yang agak2 blur time tu

"Brape pakcik?"

"30 hengget 40 sen. tapi xpela, 40 sen tu tak payah la".

Syira terdiam. Aku terkojol,

"Uik? biar betul pakcik. jangan main2".

"Betul la. 30 hengget 40 sen".

Kepala aku terhendap-hendap tengok meter di depan. Yea u're right!!!! rm30.40.

"Boleh kurang tak pakcik? 15hengget buleh pakcik?".

"Owhhh...tak boleh".

Siot punya pakcik!!!!!!!!! Aku kasi trus 50hengget n after dapat change trus aku blah. Sentap okes. That day aku naik jugak LCCT taxi, sorang pulak tu, dia ikut meter jugak, Indian pulak tu driver dia, tapi aku kena murah je. Ni dah la Malay, langsung tak tolong bangsa sendiri. Sambil drive bukan main lagi kasi nasihat jgn naik taxi sebarangan. Jangan naik taxi dengan abang mpv gatal sebab abang tu pantang nampak perempuan mesti kasi murah. business is business konon. pakcik layan la sangat business tapi kalau mencekik duit student apa guna? cuba pakcik imagine anak pakcik kena macam kitorang kena. elehhhhhhhhhh~~ada hati pakcik kutuk taxi budget cakap diorang tu orang2 miskin yang bawak taxi and banyak buat masalah, rogol n merompak. abis pakcik tu kalau terpelajar sangat nape nak cekik duit orang? kalau nk cekik duit orang kaya takpela jugak. ni student kottttt. 30hengget pakcik? saya tambah lagi bape ringgit je dah boleh balik kedah tau tak?????? habis mulia la ye hati pakcik kasi discount 40sen??? taxi budget lain setakat posen2 ni tak kira sgt pun. eeeeeiiii~~~ bawak LCCT taxi tu best sgt ke? ritu kitorang naik KLIA taxi pun kena 16hengget je utk jarak yg sama. ni LCCT taxi pun nak over2.pakcik pasang meter lain ye pakcik? guna meter new york yellow cab ye? takpe pakcik takpe. kitorang mintak biar pakcik kena saman bermillion-million.padan muka pakcik.

i hate pakcik poyo perasan best itu.

11 comments:

hunny said...

OMG! sumpah x nk naek cab begitu2 suda! fath, susah2 nk dpt cab kdg2 ktorg naek shuttle bus tu je.die trun kt um.pastu kt stesen um tu ktorg naek taxi.lg murah.bus rm1.taxi plak rm2+ je kot.hihi.. :D

Elsa Soraya Othman said...

kah kah, kena tipu dengan driver taxi pulak ke ? hape hape je la driver taxi kat kl nih, i pun takot nak naik kalo takde yang pakai meter. prefer tunggu jugak jugak sampai yg pakai meter datang. tau nak cekik darah org je diorang ni eh.

fathiah zulkafli said...

hunny: tula hunny jgn naik tau taxi selain taxi iswara tu.owhhhhh~~~cmne cmne?amik shuttle bus n turun kt um?haaa tula slalu nmpk shuttle bus tu tp x reti laaaaa...kalo time ssh dpt taxi mmg nk je naik bus tp x reti.ish memalukan btul.takpe2 pasni kne g tuisyen ngn hunny la.nk belajar.hehehe =p

fathiah zulkafli said...

sue: btulll.i pun rela tunggu sampai dapat taxi yg guna meter.tapi taxi pakcik tu guna meter la.tapi meter import dari new york.mesti dia budget dia tu bwk taxi first class so leh charge mhl2.hampeh punya pakcik taxi.i sue u pakcik!!!!!!i mean saman la.bukan nama u eh darling.hehehehe =p

Eizwan Abdullah said...

Semoga abang taxi tu membaca blog cik akak kita niee~~~~ tapi agak2 abang taxi tu pndai ke nk surf blog...????!!!!!

fathiah zulkafli said...

eizwan:hehehe.tulis emo2 kat sini mcm pakcik taxi tu leh tau je kan.tulaaaaa.kalau pakcik txi tu leh baca kan bagus.so that pasni dia x cekik duit org lg dh.smoga insapppppppp =p

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moi said...

Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku! Mahal nyaaa! That was really bad, and I feel sorry for you.

OMG! Taxis in Malaysia memang macam tu ye? Its been years since I naik cab though, so I memang cannot imagine how could taxi driver possibly tipu on the fares, padahal guna meter? aihh.

Be extra careful the next time you ride a cab yea? ;)

fathiah zulkafli said...

mahal giler kan?i terkejut btul time tu.kalau la i x ckup cash time tu mau jugak i nangis.heheheheheh.

yea sure!pasni i mmg extra careful la.naik budget taxi je pasni.iswara please!hehe =p

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