Friday, June 23, 2006

Kuala Lumpur - 3rd rude city in the world!

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Reader's Digest survey on 35 world's capital has discovered that Kuala Lumpur has emerged as the 3rd in the world for sheer rudeness!

What?!?...
Aren't we the first? (we lost only to Mumbai and Bucharest).
I mean we always want to be the tallest, the biggest, the longest, the highest....
We don't have much luck this year, do we?. Not only are we not able to build the first crooked half bridge, we can't even score a first in being the rudest!!!!

I must have contributed towards us getting at least the prestigious 3rd placing!
Yesterday, as I was deeply engrossed infront of the telly watching yet another Korean Drama serial 'Lovers in Prague', the house phone rang...

Rrriiinnggg....
Rrriiinnnggggg...

mama: hey, where is everybody??....anybody??.....

Rriiiiiiinnnnggggg.......

Aiyo!!!
It better not be my mother-in-law!!!
I walked very quickly to the family hall to pick up the phone.

Amoi: hello, may I speak to En. Aziz?
mama: he's not home yet.
Amoi: may I know what time will he be back?
mama: why do you want to know?
Amoi: I need to discuss with him regarding something.
mama: what??
Amoi: If he is interested to look at our holiday time-sharing plan.
mama: no, he's NOT interested!!
Amoi: how do you kno..
'click'!!
I put the phone down and quickly walked back to my bedroom to continue watching 'Lovers in Prague'.

See what I mean?

I would probably earned us a plush 35th position, if my telephone conversation went something like this:

Amoi: hello may I speak to En. Aziz?

mama: Oh, I'm terribly sorry and definitely have to profusely apologise to you because En. Aziz happens to be still on his way home from the office. You know the kind of traffic jam here in the city of Kuala Lumpur, everybody needs to earn a living and we do not mind sharing the narrow road with everyone even if we have to pay the expensive toll.

Amoi: may I know what time will he be back?

mama: well, I'm really not very sure, but I can try my best to assist you if you allow me to, after all I'm only watching a Korean Drama and it will only make me cry, anyway!

Amoi: I want to know if he's interested in a holiday time-sharing plan.

mama: Yes, that holiday time-sharing scheme. We have heard about the plan and was even duped (excuse my word, perhaps 'convinced' is more appropriate) once by a Duta Vista. We paid RM28,000.00 for a membership fee, but because we were late in paying the annual maintenance fee of RM1,000, our membership was cancelled. It was so silly of us, it's not the company's fault at all!! We were the ones who didn't read the very finely printed terms on the contract.
Due to the bad experience, I'm truly sad at the prospect of having to disappoint you this time around. However, I would like to compensate your effort for asking us by inviting you over for tea. I'll try to make that fluffy pancake once again and if it still turns out to be like a block of brick, I will drive over to the nearest bakery to get some British scones for you. Will that humble gesture be acceptable to you? Please...oh, please......

Amoi: 'click'!!..(orang tua ni dah giler agaknyer, or, have I called someone from a different city??!!)....
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gosh you are funny! My hubby was giving at me weird looks as I was laughing so hard while reading this entry.

Thanks for making me laugh :)