The taxi awareness in Kuala Lumpur

Back in Kuala Lumpur as a local, hoping that I wouldn't be the first one to get ripped off at 9 pm right smack in the city, I finally managed to catch a cab to send me back 4 blocks away. (It's just stupid to walk if you have not been here) . First, the cabbie said RM10 if not no ride. Fine! I was in a rush to get to my car so that I can go home and rest. Traffic jams as usual and such and by the time I reached to my destination the meter was actually RM 12.50. So yeah I saved RM2.50 by prepaying that nut RM 10. The following conversation is what he told me about how the taxi haggling system works.

1) If the taxi man gives you a flat rate, TAKE IT!

2) Take it because you might end up paying more.

3) Take it because he said, if the customers refuse to take the offer (which is normally ridiculous but sometimes makes sense) he will drive them through traffic jams and make them arrive really late and the meter would be way higher.

4) Take it because the cabbie loves to hold grudges against passengers who refuse to take their offer because the cabbies always thinks they are right

5) It if it is peak time, just take it cause KL cabs only want to camp at Hotels hoping to get a customer that wants to go to the airport.

6) It the cabbie can admit something so evil and be proud of it, he will definitely do it and preach it to other cabbies.

7) They like to get stucked in traffic jams because being idle, the meter jumps faster.

8) You do not need to pity them because they make alot of money conning customers.

9) I was once driven in a blue cab (executive taxi) round and round KL because the stupid taxi man's GPS kept making him turn around and around and he kept fiddling with it to recount routes and thought I was stupid just cause I picked up a cab from the Hotel which was my firm's client.

10) Be nice and friendly to them so that they don't pick on you.

11) If you still insist not to pay inflated prices, u can try queuing up in taxi stands at shopping malls which would take forever for your turn.

The cabbie had the guts to give me his name card and said to call him whenever I needed a ride. His cab stinks and so does he.

Rather unhappy

As we learn through experiences, we have lesser tolerance towards things that we don't want to experience again. We pick things up quickly and we somehow know the traits. But yet we might not know how to react to the same situation because it's a different person. I think I have been cursed with limited happiness. No prolonged happiness but rather only allowed faint happy memories that would only feel so surreal. Life's brings more than a rollercoaster can take, as mine like many other have hair pin turns and 90 degree corners. I always remind myself to never visit the land of sadness by thinking of situations differently and to always open you heart and mind to learn new things. But sadly, it all ends up like SHIT! It's either I am f*&$%d or the other is. I am tired of all these swings and knots. How do you take a break from life?

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hungreee

Enlightened about self-purpose and intent,

Gifted the knowledge of life versus personality,

Realisation that it is time to face the facts,

Taking action today for a better tomorrow.

Walking away is never easy,

How far can you walk to forgive and forget?

How long for can you walk till it is over?

You will never arrive because there is no destination.

Let go of it and we will move faster

Let it be and we will live happier,

Allow it to move along and we shall see new things,

Allow it to change and we shall see different.

Let this be the last time this baggage is carried,

It shall be let down and not carried further,

Let this be the last time emotions are placed,

Left by itself with no regrets.

Done it before, it can be done again,

For there is no excuse, there is always a first time,

Look forward and appreciate what you see and feel today,

For tomorrow, it might never happen again,

Be sincere and not half-hearted,

For the past is only a reminder of what used to be,

But today is the start of tomorrow,

As long as there is a today, there shall always be a tomorrow,

If you keep thinking of yesterday, today and tomorrow will never come.

Yesterday is a teaching today, if we fail to learn,

We fail to live and we fail to move on,

Only so much of self pity can be blamed,

The rest is self inflicted longing of emotional pain.

People who wait are just trying their luck, people who take action are those who want it.

New song

Without you - Empire of the Sun

No

No shapes at all

Nothing real or artificial

No energy or heat

No troughs there are no peaks

No hangover from last night

No shame in first light

No time there'll be no change

No colours to rearrange

And I

I get that feeling

When we're apart

I get the teaching that I can't be without you

Without you babe

Without you

No future there is no past

No slow there is no fast

No grace with which to admire

No face there is no desire

No symmetry or peace

No sirens all police

No cameras and no phones

No photographs and no tone

And I

I get that feeling

When we're apart

I get the teaching that I can't be without you

Without you babe

Without you

Come on

Hey now

Come on

Hey now

Come on

Take my heart in your hands

Come on

Hey now

Come on

Hey now

Come on

Take my heart in your hands

And I

I get that feeling

When we're apart

I get the teaching that I can't be without you

Without you babe

Without you

taken from some online website I forgot, boooo SCT! Bully me

To a freaking hot CNY!

Happy Chinese New Year of the Metal Tiger...Meow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snow how I miss you,

Snow how I want to be with you on a hot summers day,

Snow how I wish I could touch you,

Snow how I need your chill,

Snow how I miss your softness,

Snow how I miss the blizzard you bring,

Snow how I wish you were cooling me down,

Snow how much do I love you?

-T-

My life is like plate of desserts. Pastries, marshmallows, and strawberry fondues...too many sweet things on a plate. I shall not devour it but to slowly nibble and cherish its sweetness while it lasts.