Archive for July 26th, 2007

Posted on July 26, 2007 - by Abner

Give Me My Saman!!!

The experience below is not mine but of someone I like to call mine. *snicker*
It happened yesterday morning and here is my loose translation of the account.

MM turned at a junction and Uncle Policeman and his friends were already soliciting with other drivers there.

Uncle Policeman : Sudah kahwin?
MM : *looks up blur a bit* Belum.
UP : Nak pegi mana ni…
MM : Balik ofis
UP : Amoi, Lesen… Tak pakai seat belt, saman ya.
MM : Berapa? *handing license over*
UP : RM150…*pause*… cam mana sekarang?
MM : Saman la.
UP : Betul mau saman ke? Tak mau settle sekarang?
MM : *shakes head* … Tak mau
UP : Huh.. mengapa?
MM : Takde duit, cik
UP : Berapa u ada?

*MM purse has RM60, but she show no signs of submission.*

MM : Ni duit untuk makan. Takde gaji sekarang.
UP : Betul mau saman ke?
MM : Ya, saman lah.
UP : Betul ke?
MM : Saman le cik, pasal bila dapat gaji saya boleh bayar. Kalau bagi sekarang I dah tak cukup duit makan. Macam mana…
UP : U patut kahwin.. tengok… sekarang takde suami cover
MM : Takde jodoh apa boleh buat
UP : Amoi, pasti u demand tinggi

*MM smiles sheepishly and shows innocent face… adding more sweetness to complete the effect. Keep smiling while UP looked back and forth at MM and his gang*

UP : Betul mau saman ke?
M : Ya
UP : Kalau cam tu, I saman la

*Proceeded to write… or pretend to all the while looking at MM and gang – conscience at work perhaps? Not if I can say so. Walks over and return the ID and license.*

UP : Ah cantik, tak rela saman. Pegi lah.
MM : Betul? I pegi ni…
UP : *nods*
MM : Betul ni?

*Zoom and off she goes into the bustling traffic… and did I mention they were all wearing the badge. The Anti Rasuah badge.*

For guys it would be so so different. Unless…

Uncle Policeman : Boy, u comel/kacak… i bagi u jalan. *while he hands me back my license purposely touching my hand*

That’s freaky. It’s already bad enough, I don’t need to have hungry perverted policeman prowling our streets. He could have jotted down my house address and knock down my door in the middle of the night together with his personal SDU assualt team. Give me my summon anytime. Please.

Posted on July 26, 2007 - by Abner

Annual Fee Free

Am chewing on some seaweed while typing this. How should I start…

The night before I was checking my credit card outstanding payment when a RM90 charge glared back at me. What is this Annual Membership Fee doing in my account statement? The guy I spoke to last time agreed to waive it for 2 years. And this is only the second year. I am pissed. I hate calling up to argue about all these… the hassle and the constant frowning.

But guess what, when I called I was greeted quite warmly and I just mentioned it’s regarding my annual membership issue. The guy on the phone, S (forgot his name) said ok and proceeded with verification details first. When that was done, he just said he will cancel out the charges and all I have to do was to swipe the card for 12 times in a year. I haven’t even said a word yet. My mind went… mmm good good. He then said I qualified for some loan thing which I declined nicely and I even asked him to redirect a card that never seem to reach me. Overall, the service rendered was satisfactory by me. And my statement now says Annual Membership Fee Reversal. Done.

Oh and by the way, my gum does not hurt that bad anymore. Had no problem chewing on some hard rice for dinner yesterday. Hehe. Home cooked rice is nice. Shall we do it more often? *wink*