Visited nenek yesterday when Uncle Farouk reminded us on how ‘fantastic’ our recent Jakarta visit turned out to be….!
Uncle F: Heard u guys had such a ‘memorable’ visit huh? (Emphasizing on the ‘m’ word :P)
Us: hmmmphhh ummmphhh *smirk* and we burst out laughing, hell YES it was fun uncle, we replied nonchalantly.
Being the top 5 most populous city, of course all of us are aware of Jakarta ever congested traffic condition and notorious undisciplined behavior of the road drivers. Being trapped in hellish traffic jam is fine by me. We do experience it almost any other day in KL anyway, dont we? But imagine this stupiddddddd situation:
Due to heavy downpour outside, we were stuck for almost 2 hours in a dodgy shopping mall that only has invitation cards and printing shops as their major tenants. Damn, the mall is stinky and steamy hot and dusty and erghhhhh u name it, everything was so uncomfortable here. Nothing else can we do expect to wait. .. After hours of waiting and with the help our the shop owner, we finally managed to get a bluebird cab to send us back…Goodness we were so glad.
Uncle F: Heard u guys had such a ‘memorable’ visit huh? (Emphasizing on the ‘m’ word :P)
Us: hmmmphhh ummmphhh *smirk* and we burst out laughing, hell YES it was fun uncle, we replied nonchalantly.
Being the top 5 most populous city, of course all of us are aware of Jakarta ever congested traffic condition and notorious undisciplined behavior of the road drivers. Being trapped in hellish traffic jam is fine by me. We do experience it almost any other day in KL anyway, dont we? But imagine this stupiddddddd situation:
Due to heavy downpour outside, we were stuck for almost 2 hours in a dodgy shopping mall that only has invitation cards and printing shops as their major tenants. Damn, the mall is stinky and steamy hot and dusty and erghhhhh u name it, everything was so uncomfortable here. Nothing else can we do expect to wait. .. After hours of waiting and with the help our the shop owner, we finally managed to get a bluebird cab to send us back…Goodness we were so glad.
It was still drizzling and was already dark by then at roughly 6:30pm.
We were trying to close our eyes and take a short nap until the pak Driver finally said something to us:
‘Bagaimana ya pak untuk ke La Meridien’…Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat the fuck you gotta be kidding right? You’re the taxi driver not us, ask us ‘Jalan Bukit Bintang or Petaling Street’ that, we definitely can direct you.
Shitttt.shitttt and double shittt…what have we got ourselves into??? A Taxi from HELL in a hellish traffic condition….Such a great combo isn’t it?? Hell and hell, we were dead! Erghhhh he didn’t even know the basic 101 driving..Ya Ampun, right and left, left and right, he just couldn’t decide where to go!!! Our taxi got hit by a reckless motorcycle from behind and still, he acted so blur…Mengucap je la I dalam kereta kan….We had our friends in Jakarta to call and direct him via phone, not once guys but twice, still he was so distorted and indecisive of which way to go..
We were trying to close our eyes and take a short nap until the pak Driver finally said something to us:
‘Bagaimana ya pak untuk ke La Meridien’…Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat the fuck you gotta be kidding right? You’re the taxi driver not us, ask us ‘Jalan Bukit Bintang or Petaling Street’ that, we definitely can direct you.
Shitttt.shitttt and double shittt…what have we got ourselves into??? A Taxi from HELL in a hellish traffic condition….Such a great combo isn’t it?? Hell and hell, we were dead! Erghhhh he didn’t even know the basic 101 driving..Ya Ampun, right and left, left and right, he just couldn’t decide where to go!!! Our taxi got hit by a reckless motorcycle from behind and still, he acted so blur…Mengucap je la I dalam kereta kan….We had our friends in Jakarta to call and direct him via phone, not once guys but twice, still he was so distorted and indecisive of which way to go..
BIG ARSE! MOROON
Azim: “Pak tahu ngak Jalan Sudirman? Hotel kami di baris itu aja ya”
To our surprise…dengan mata yang terbeliak
Pak driver “Ngak, ngak pak.. saya baru satu hari membawa taksi” Duhh your problem not mine!
To our surprise…dengan mata yang terbeliak
Pak driver “Ngak, ngak pak.. saya baru satu hari membawa taksi” Duhh your problem not mine!
OH MY GOD….if THE main and popular road in Jakarta he didn’t even know, forget about any other landmarks. Screw him man!! I was trying so damn hard to keep my calm and to raise my voice (Ibu- Azim’s mother was with me at the back seat..so maintain la kan :P)
After endless effort of getting direction (from people by the roadside, map and phone call)..WE..FINALLY reach our hotel, safely in one peace after 2.5 hours!!!! Oh, did I tell you that the actual distance from the mall to our hotel is less than 15km?!!!! and it took us 2.5 hours?? Dah bole sampai bandung ya pak!!!!!! HelloOOOOOooOO!!!
So there you go, all our dinner and clubbing plans were down the drain! We didn’t even manage to catch up with our friend there!!! We were too exhausted even to think of dinnerL
But wait, cerita menyedihkan tak habis disini…
After endless effort of getting direction (from people by the roadside, map and phone call)..WE..FINALLY reach our hotel, safely in one peace after 2.5 hours!!!! Oh, did I tell you that the actual distance from the mall to our hotel is less than 15km?!!!! and it took us 2.5 hours?? Dah bole sampai bandung ya pak!!!!!! HelloOOOOOooOO!!!
So there you go, all our dinner and clubbing plans were down the drain! We didn’t even manage to catch up with our friend there!!! We were too exhausted even to think of dinnerL
But wait, cerita menyedihkan tak habis disini…
(red fonts to represent our anger and frustrtion..)
On our second day, we woke up early, fresh and rejuvenated, eager to start our shopping spree!! Chris drove us to the city centre when we reached a roundabout and saw a flock of demonstrators marched through the street to mark the International Labour Day, demanding higher wages and opposing the so-called outsourcing practices in the country. Great, it looked like the witch spell still doesn’t go away, yet another disaster. What an experience!!!
On our second day, we woke up early, fresh and rejuvenated, eager to start our shopping spree!! Chris drove us to the city centre when we reached a roundabout and saw a flock of demonstrators marched through the street to mark the International Labour Day, demanding higher wages and opposing the so-called outsourcing practices in the country. Great, it looked like the witch spell still doesn’t go away, yet another disaster. What an experience!!!
I have never ever had myself trapped in such a chaotic and dangerous situation in my very own country. Our car was stuck right in the middle of the huge crowd, with riot police equipped with shields and sticks and backed by trucks with mounted water cannons!! Kalau ye pun nak mati darurat, I rela kalau kat Negara sendiri la kan!!
*SIGHHHHHHH*
What an experience!! Good and bad, we were safely home. But yucks I am down with soar and itchy throat now :
4 comments:
mek..patut u join je the riots..hehehe! shout "Malaysia Bolehh"
LOL
Lackluster: *DOINK* *GILA*
Hehehe... priceless experience. Patut-lah Pak Jim MC today... Hihihi...
Michelle: Even worse, i dont have my voice today. All in sign language..erghhh!
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