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It cost me AUD75 bucks including the postage with a promise of I will getting my shoe less then a month. After month I still didn't see the shoe coming and I waited from month and month. At one stage these shoe maker sms me saying that the shoe is on it way but actually it is not.
After nearly a year I forgotten about this shoe until about a week ago I received SMS saying that he is going to send my shoe through his friend from Monash University. A dorsen (lecturer).
I made an arrangement to pick up the shoe at Monash University, Clayton on Friday morning with great anticipation. I met this Indonesian guy who worked as a Director at the Deputy Vice Chancellor (International) who responsible for bringing my shoe.
When meeting this guy, I am kind of a bit of shocked when I am greeted with few questions and statement about my study and also about his journey to Malaysia. He invited me to his office and the first statement that he made was, he had a bad experienced when he was in Malaysia and Melaka. He said that our taxi driver is the worst and rude in the world. The tour agent that arranged his travel was cheating on him and so on.
I am quite shocked actually to hear that statement. I can say the way he say it was a bit sarcastic. I am just wondering whether is it true that our taxi driver is the worst in the world and does it any different from Indonesian taxi driver. For me if it is true that I think the authority should look into this matter seriously. I am just confused with the statement from someone who came from the country that even worst then us made that statement. The way he say it just like orang baru pertama kali dapat kerja kat luar negara and merasa hidup senang hingga lupa yang dulu mungkin hidupnya merempat or even worst and he have nothing at all.
Or maybe it is just a statement from one Indonesian who have forgotten that what he have back there (in Indonesia) is not even comparable to what we have back home (Malaysia)
With all those remarks, I decided not to pursue further. I dismissed myself and leave the place with a smile. I am smiling because this guy remind me this proverb. "Ibarat monyet dapat bunga."
Meanwhile the shoes, it is not the one I want it. I ordered different design. Tapi disebabkan tak nak la menunggu kasut yang lain setahun from now, I just take this shoes. The leather is hard, the shoe is not comfortable at all, not like the one that I tried before. So what happen to my 25buck shipping cost? On top of 75buck I am paying for this shoe, I have to add another AUD11 bucks to pick it up from Clayton. From 50AUD for a pair of shoe, I end up paying 85bucks. Not worth it at all.
Shoes that has been forgotten
It cost me AUD75 bucks including the postage with a promise of I will getting my shoe less then a month. After month I still didn't see the shoe coming and I waited from month and month. At one stage these shoe maker sms me saying that the shoe is on it way but actually it is not.
After nearly a year I forgotten about this shoe until about a week ago I received SMS saying that he is going to send my shoe through his friend from Monash University. A dorsen (lecturer).
I made an arrangement to pick up the shoe at Monash University, Clayton on Friday morning with great anticipation. I met this Indonesian guy who worked as a Director at the Deputy Vice Chancellor (International) who responsible for bringing my shoe.
When meeting this guy, I am kind of a bit of shocked when I am greeted with few questions and statement about my study and also about his journey to Malaysia. He invited me to his office and the first statement that he made was, he had a bad experienced when he was in Malaysia and Melaka. He said that our taxi driver is the worst and rude in the world. The tour agent that arranged his travel was cheating on him and so on.
I am quite shocked actually to hear that statement. I can say the way he say it was a bit sarcastic. I am just wondering whether is it true that our taxi driver is the worst in the world and does it any different from Indonesian taxi driver. For me if it is true that I think the authority should look into this matter seriously. I am just confused with the statement from someone who came from the country that even worst then us made that statement. The way he say it just like orang baru pertama kali dapat kerja kat luar negara and merasa hidup senang hingga lupa yang dulu mungkin hidupnya merempat or even worst and he have nothing at all.
Or maybe it is just a statement from one Indonesian who have forgotten that what he have back there (in Indonesia) is not even comparable to what we have back home (Malaysia)
With all those remarks, I decided not to pursue further. I dismissed myself and leave the place with a smile. I am smiling because this guy remind me this proverb. "Ibarat monyet dapat bunga."
Meanwhile the shoes, it is not the one I want it. I ordered different design. Tapi disebabkan tak nak la menunggu kasut yang lain setahun from now, I just take this shoes. The leather is hard, the shoe is not comfortable at all, not like the one that I tried before. So what happen to my 25buck shipping cost? On top of 75buck I am paying for this shoe, I have to add another AUD11 bucks to pick it up from Clayton. From 50AUD for a pair of shoe, I end up paying 85bucks. Not worth it at all.
Shoes that has been forgotten
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8 comments:
isy rasa terpanggil nak komen... hmm depa ni (PADI(pendatang dengan izin) and PATI(pendatang tanpa izin)) sepatutnya tengok keharmonian neagara kita... bukan semua orang macam taxi driver tu pon... mana2 kat dunia ni pon macam tu... kalu p arab saudi lagi bahaya... sehinggakan kalau bawak orang perempuan...dinasihatkan yang lelaki masuk dalam taxi dulu... hah tu nak kata apa... Malaysia ku tercinta.
askrain78: thanks for visiting my blog. Yes.. kadang sya terfikir akan sesetengah manusia macam ni. Kalau tak silap kat Malaysia tu taxi driver pun ramai indon... but for me this person mmg sombong la pada pandangan mata sya. jenis yang suka merendah2 kan orang lain...
kasut tu tak selesa ek..tp cantik..
Malim - bila dia ckp our taxi drivers are the worst in the world - u ada tanya berapa negara yg dia dah lewat ? Granted, that our taxi drivers are not as good as in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore and some Western countries etc .... tp they are better than his Indonesians lah. Many times more ! Brp kali I kena songlap dek teksi drivers at their JKT airport ha ha. Tak tahu dek untung mereka2 ni.
kasih: mmg tak selesa.. leather dia macam synthetic leather.. keras.. pakai 2 jam my belakang tumit melecet.. doesn't look like a good leather
pendayung: u know what was the first question dia tanya? dia kata i study mana? then cakap english... i cakap bahasa indonesia pun dia cakap english. it seems that dia malu agaknya mengaku indonesian. then i cakap i study at this university.. dia kata 'The worst university in the world".. mmg terus hilang rasa hormat walaupun dia tua maybe 20 tahun older then me or even 30 tahun
hahaha... worst university... kat UK (tak ingat.. university ke college ntah) namanya AA something (lupalah pulak namanya) tapi agak terkenal dengan depa punya architecture product... all over the world kenal... bangunan depa macam rumah kedai jer... hah nak kata apa.
Hello, Malaysian taxi drivers are truly the WORST in the world...and they are so RUDE as well... so sorry to say that reality to you...
In Indonesia there's a taxi company called bluebird which provide an excellent service. Few taxis from different companies than bluebird perhaps suck... but in Malaysia, all taxis suck! You don't have any good taxi comparable to Indonesian bluebird...
Indonesian don't like to talk in Bahasa Melayu with Malaysian not because they feel ashamed being Indonesian, but because Bahasa Melayu is difficult to understand and so weird... of course it's easier to speak English with Malaysians..
Anyway, Malaysians always think that they're richer than all Indonesians. The fact doesn't say so. According to statistics, the number of Indonesian middle class with income higher than 700 USD/month is about 40 million people...almost twice Malaysian population which has 6800 USD income per capita (or 680 USD/month)...
So that person you talked to perhaps even richer than you back in Indonesia...and yes, YOUR TAXI SUCKS...don't believe me? Google this one: "The Worst Taxi in the World"... want to know what google says? they're in MALAYSIA...
and don't blame Indonesian blue collar workers, they don't normally work as a taxi driver in Malaysia... Malaysian taxi drivers are Malaysian Indians and Malays. Period...:)
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