Locality advantage
I was at Bolton Industrial Area, Batu Caves this afternoon. After a survey, I went to a road side nasi campur stall for lunch. There were quite a number scooping their food and takig away. I was just staring the people there coz its a bit crowded.
Guy1: Berapa? (How much is it?)
Boss: RM8.80
Guy1: RM8.00 lah.
Boss: Tak boleh la… awak ambik banyak lauk.. (how can, you took so much of food)
Guy: Aiyo… ayam dan ikan saja lah…. (aiyo, its just a chicken and a fish)
Boss: Tak boleh lah…. (cannot lah.)
The conversation stopped and the guy gave her a RM10.00 bill.
Then there’s another chinese guy complaining the food is expensive.
Guy2: Boss, ini manyak mahal lah (this is very expensive)
Boss: Tak de lah. Ini berpatutan. Harga semua barang pun sudah naik. (No lah.. this is resonable. Almost everything had its price gone up.)
Guy2: ok lah oklah…
Then I took a plate of rice and took big big scoop of sambal petai, 6-7 cuts of beef and a huge bean sprout hill. Sat on the table and walloped. Ordered a limau ais. Thats all. Spread my The Sun paper and started to eat and read about the shameful Port Klang Authority drama.
After I finished my food… I reached into my pocket and took out a pack of Peel Menthol Orange. The box was in orange colour.
LadyBoss: Eh dik.. rokok tu rasa oren ke?? (Hey bro, is that cigarette orange flavoured?)
G: Yeah. Orange.
LadyBoss: Haha… tengok warna kotak pun saya dah tau. (Haha.. I knew it when I saw the box colour.)
G: Aku beli kat Langkawi. (I bought it at Langkawi.)
LadyBoss: ooohhh…
I just ignored her and continued reading newspaper.
Then when I was about to pay they were in a mess. The lady boss asked another lady. I told them what I had…. then suddenly the lady said RM4.50 . They just simply charge.I was like… what?! 4.50? Yes, said the lady. Wooh… i saw 2 fella complained that food is too expensive and here i got big discount.
The lady boss asked me if i’m chinese or a malay.. i said im a chinese. “eh, I thought you’re a malay coz you speak fluent BM in malay accent.”
This is not the first time I was mistaken for a malay or getting a comment for speaking BM in malay accent . Maybe that explains the RM4.50 meal inclusive of drink. Great.
