Sometime last year with my sister and her friend I drove in to Scudai JB to visit her apartment. Later in the afternoon she wants to go scouting for some furniture. I drove them to a row of shops nearby. After dropping them at the shop I went to look for a parking space. Not able to found one I decided to drive over next door where a petrol station is.
Having parked my car I decided to get out from the car for a breather. Soon, I was approached by a man holding a plastic bag. He showed me a camera in the bag. I told him that I was not interested but he insists that I should at least have a peek at the camera. From that look I was tempted, it looks like a new digital camera and I asked him how much? 600 ringits was quoted, I told him not interested again. He then asked me how much I will consider. I said 50 ringits, and he counter 200 ringits. From the glimpse it seems a good buy and I foolishly offer 100 ringits.
I said let me at least inspect the camera, he answered no, dun do it outside as people will see. He suggested, how about look at it in my car? My feelers were out, better not wait he drive my car away, how? I paid him the money and he asks me again for transport money and I gave him another 20 ringits, wat the nerve!
The scenario was I was alone; therefore he got the gut to approach me. It may not happen if I am in a group. I thought I have a deal, he probably couldn’t believe that a sucker was born every day. This may seem a small incident as I was not robbed or hurt. We have heard of numerous stories of innocent victims falling prey to the crimes wave over here!
I learned my lesson, dun be tempted easily. After I took over the camera, I found that it was not a digital camera and it also not working at all! I wanted to ask someone to kick me in the butt! How silly can I be to fall for such a scam!
Do you have a more interesting or ‘better not remember’ story to tell? Come on, let’s liven this post a bit more!
Dan
Poor you
Dan
I had similiar incident happened to me at Zuzhou train station few year back.
The seller showed my fren (shanghainese) & me a real Nokia phone. We checked the phone and all ok but when we passed him the money , it was so quickly that he switched to a “display” model phone to us and run….
My fren ran after him and with some help of the policeman , he was caught by the police at the end.
Your story bring bad this bad experience of mine as well,
karen
Hi Dan
Feel sorry for you being taken for a ride. Don’t be too hard on yourself since you have learned your lesson.
I am wondering what would have happened if you refused to give him transport money.
Hi Dan.
When you get stopped for speeding in M’sia, don’t ‘tip’ the police to let you off.
The ticket is still wriiten up and some months or even years later, your car will be stopped and you will have to pay all th previous tickets which you thot had been ‘settled’.
This has happpened to me a few times and even to my friends.
Just tell them you will send them a chq which you can get from some friends or send a bank draft for the fine. Keep the cheque or bank draft for at least a year.
Some 10 years ago, my friend was told by the Sgp police to settle a speeding ticket for an offence committed in M’sia.
He was very sure he had paid the police then and they even issued him a ticket then. Unfortunately he threw away his ticket. Some 1+ half years later, he was summoned to go to a JB court for that particular offence.
At the court, he told the judge that he had paid the fine but thrown away the ticket. The judge ticked him off for saying that. He said that if that were the case, my friend must be accusing the M’sian police of being corrupt.
Since he had no proof, my friend just kept silent and paid the fine. Had he argued he might have another offence added, that being contempt of court.
Just remember, as a Sgpn, you rank below the different classes of citizenship that M’sia has.
As an afterthought, those still considering relocating to M’sia, think twice. Cheap is not nec’ly better. More often it is worse.
Recently Najib said the M’sian police and hospitals should react to any accident without asking the race of the victims first. I am not sure if the practice has changed.
If anyone approaches you in the petrol station or any carpark or the NS Highway carparks, just ignore them. If you want to buy a Rolex, just go to Lucky Plaza. Otherwise you won’t be able to service your watch.
Some years ago, a friend of mine went ot Kim Seng Plaza to buy an ‘old’ or antique Rolex. The salesman assured him the watch was ‘genuine Rolex’. On top of it he gave him a buy-back or return g’tee if returned within 6 mos., subject to a 10 % reduction in price. So my friend thot all he could lose was 10%. He paid about $13k for the watch. After a few days of use, the genuine Rolex was fast by about 20mins a day! Very unusual.
Undeterred, my friend sent the watch to the agent. After a few days the technician asked him where he got the watch. He told him the above story. The technician said the watch was genuine, and all the parts inside were also genuine. Unfortunately the parts came from different Rolex watches made in different years. It was a cannibalised Rolex, but still genuine.
What happened? The shop took back the watch for a 10% reduction, about $1.3k, for a few days work and put it back in the shop for the next sucker.
Moral of the story? My friend said he told me this so that I would not be suckered like him. So I am telling you here, so as not to be suckered by them.
Hi Karen and Charles
Thanks for sharing! Unbelievable…….
Dan
Thanks for starting this thread.
Hi Joseph Tan,
You must be pretty new here, thank that help a bit and that for being a fool!
Karen, so I am not the only poor thing around. We learned our lesson in life and be wiser.
Geraldine, the transport money I should not have given and I found out that he was an Indonesian illegal! Nice to feel a tap on my shoulder, it really give me a sense of hope.
Charles, you certainly have a lot to share. Sometime it good to reflect back on our mistakes and laugh at ourselves and not feel disheartened as we see that there are worse cases abounding around us.
I have received several emails pertaining to the sort of tricks and tactics use by these desperate criminals. Have anyone heard of any? About the note on the back of the car, the deadly perfume and the stun gun to name a few!
Dan
Hi Dan
I have something to share with you. Someone I knew told me that once while he was driving alone fm Eastern states to Western Aus., he encountered a strange incident.
It happened in a remote town where he stopped at a petrol station to fill up his car. At
that time, he was tired and hungry so he just go about filling up his tank without first checking his wallet. It was after he filled up that he found that there was hardly any money in his wallet. He went through his wallet and then his pocket but to no avail.
With his head bowed down, he walked slowly towards the gas station office. Then just
as he was about to open the door, a tall gentleman walked out, looked at him, smiled
and said “don’t worry about the a/c, it has been settled”.
So Dan, you may have unknowingly helped someone who was desparate enough to do that deal. I am sure he would have preferred to be in better circumstances.
So never mind, lets hope this chap has since prospered and go on to help others. Having said that, we certainly want to be cautious and do not fall prey to unscrupulous tricksters.
HC
I encountered one was a dark skin Indonesian who tried and pleaded me to buy a relative very new Rolex at the old popular Caltex petrol station last year. He put the Rolex onto my hand and said he needed money to go back to Indo and he stole the watch from a car just now.
I said I am not interested and return the watch to him. He refused to take the watch and I got no choice but to put down the watch on the ground. As I sat down and try to close the door, he put the watch on my lap and asked for $500. He squatted down beside me and as he said he was swiveling and looked scare. The way he was pleading showed either he is a professional swindler or a very good actor.
I didn’t give in to him and have to put the Rolex on the ground again and drove off without closing the door as he was blocking the door to be closed.
Hi Dan,
I share your sentiment and am really upset how ppl can go into that extend of cheating…why can’t they just be a human and act like a human and do what a human should do…find a human job la…why be a cheater!
Anyway, mine was also related to Charles type…I was caught speeding in Malaysia…actually I love speeding at 200 kmh…haha…believe it or not1 but am really seasoned coz I know Malaysia route very well and know where the radar lies. However, on this day, I was driving my other car which is not so speedy as my MPV so, I decided to go on the town route but the speed is still itching under my hands.
There along the road, I was stopped by the ‘traffic police’ with photo in his hands, ‘Maam, sorry, you are caught speeding, so you have to pay a fine of RM300 but you can settle here with RM100 instead of the Checkpoint…’ I was like, okay….you wanted money right…I told him I can settle with him but not for RM100 so I reduce the price of RM30 instead…without another word, he agreed. I passed him the money, guess what he said….’No no Maam….don’t give me like this, put it under your passport and pass me your passport with it…’ Ha…this is my experience….from then on, I will always call my ‘khakis’ in Malaysia to lookout for me where ‘they’ are hidden so that I will not fall into their trap…want to know why my Malaysia khakis…they are actually my Tour bus guides and drivers….coz I am also in the transport business ……Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. So, SHCians interested to go on a trip…eg. Durian lunch at Malaysia…
Hi Hou Cheng,
Thank for sharing all the way from Perth! You mean someone may have prayed very hard and an answer was on the way.
Hi Hee Weng Chee, another newbie, glad you could share your experiences with us. Hope to meet you in our monthly meeting!
Hi Anne,now we know you better, a speedster but be careful dun take risk! How about organizing a trip for us to Malaysia, for durians or some exotic escapade?
Should have known you sooner, at our last trip to Fraser we were desparately looking out for bus driver to drive us up and in the end managed to find two vans driver to take us!
Dan
Anne Chua #9
So you are in the transport business I see. Perhaps you could arrange some interesting trips for SHCians?
Hi Hou Chong
Your friend’s encounter was really moving. A stranger saw his dilemma and came to his rescue. So touching!
Hi Hee Weng Chee
Good for you!! The fact that he blocked the door showed that he was trying to wear you out or unnerve you into ‘buying’.
I think it is good that we have all these stories about corruptions, cheats and robberies in Malaysia, otherwise too many ugly Singaporeans would visit Malaysia and it will be like Singapore and there will be no fun to go there anymore.
To me, the best thing about living in Singapore is Malaysia. It is a beautiful country and has retain its charm ever since I can remember. The average citizen are poor in cash but rich in spirit and charactor. We Singaporeans must thank the Malaysian politicians for keeping it that way. Instead of viewing all these crime incidents as bad, I like to see more fear in Singaoporeans so they don’t choke up the causeway whenever I want to go there.
I have travelled the length of Peninsular Malaysia frequently ever since I can drive, some 40 years ago and have never been robbed or cheated. I pay my fines in cash and on the spot…faster than ATM, AXE or internet transfers. I meet more friendly and cheerful people there than in Singapore. The ‘mag-chik’ may take over an hour to serve my dinner, but it is only because she was pounding my sambal chilli fresh and her guitar playing son was slow in climbing the coconut tree to get coconuts to serve us.
Here are some things I do which may be useful tips for ugly Singaporeans when travelly in Malaysia.
1. Leave your Rolex watch and jewelleries at home.
2. Don’t talk and laugh loudly at public places, you will attract attention to yourselve and appear arrogant.
3. Park your cars properly and discreetly instead of parking it right in front of the coffeeshop and walk in like royalties. If they want your car they can take it ‘under your nose’ and there is little you can do.
4. You don’t need to wear branded cloths and accessories unless you are real ugly.
5. Use a small wallet to keep your Ringgets and pull out only the money you want to pay.
6. Don’t go to the same place every week at the same time.
7. Drive a small unpopular car if you can.
8. Don’t go to red light areas and Shopping Malls where Singaporeans frequent.
9. Don’t give money to the poor in public, the robbers like you when you are rich and generous.You can help discreedly when you know the people who need financial help.
10. Move away from places where there many people loitering and doing nothing.
Keep Malaysia clean for yourselves.
Hi TS
True we should learn to appreciate and learn to blend in with each country’s pace, style of life and also to see the other person view of us.
Someone send me a joke about Singaporeans and hope it helps us to see the other party’s view. Generally Malaysians are respectful of a person’s age, background and status even in old age homes. So much so one Singaporean staying in one old age home says he really feels at home. The people there still address and old judge as a ‘judge’, a retired teacher as a ‘teacher’ even though they dont longer judge or teach anymore. They also remember him as still the ‘f…ing Singaporean’ even though he couldly hardly walk on his own.
But there are many though who appreciates the really nice Singaporean, wondering if there are already an extinct breed. Is only when TS travels there occasionally, that they still are hopeful.
Cheers
Hi Hee Weng Chin @ 8,
That’s the new way of selling a fake Rolex. I think fake Rolexes can now be bought for about $25 and he sells you for M$500. Still a good bargain for him.
Hi Dan and Mary,
Sure! I am actually looking forward for a durian trip..have not been pampering myself since the last when I drove my Church members for durian lunch…we paid about RM600 for about 10 of us thereafter we packed some more durian back, imagine my whole car smelled of ‘leaked gas’…trust those so-called lock and lock…ha, that was what one of Church member used and she kept telling us her container was lock and lock…..ya la…lock and lock but leak and leak….heh…okay okay folks, let me go check when is the durian season then will let you all know, but most probably after May coz let me wean my baby stall first ok??
Regards,
AnneC
Malaysian Durians
Last Tuesday, there were 2 durian stalls between Pontian and Pekan Nanas. One Chinese guy sells Thai durians, the other is a Malay guy and he sells the real thing. RM8 per kg for very good D24s’. I don’t think he is rich enough to apply too much chemicals.
Most durians south of Peninsular Malaysia are still up the trees, but some are starting to drop fruits.
Hi Tian Soo,
I have always been puzzled. Since you are on this topic, and I think you know what is a D24 durian, can you advise how do you recognise a D24?
Terence Seah
Hi Anne Chua, #16
Are you an ex teacher Anne? I used to know an Anne Chua who was a teacher.
The durian trip sounds interesting although I’m not a voracious eater of durian. After May is fine with me. Keep me informed of any plans ok?
Thanks
Terence
I am no expert in durian selection but love to eat good ones.
On my post #17 ‘the real thing’ refers to Kampong Durian as oppose to Thai durians. Thai durian plantations are very commercialize and they use more chemical fertilizers and insecticides…I normally stay clear of them. Thai durians are always large, symmetrical and too perfect because insects stay away from them…..so should we.
D24 has a distinct star patent on the ‘back’ end. The Thai ones are very symmetrical, the kampong ones can be crooket. Unfortunately some other breeds also have this same star shapes. I normally tell the seller that I am eating there first than proceed to ask him what durian they are. The seller dare not cheat in case I really know from eating. Ha ha.
Hi Geraldine, #12
That chap (who was out of money ) is a very nice fellow, painted motivational
messages all over his tiny car, has a heart for everyone and believes in everyone –
if you were to talk to him even for a few mins, you feel as if he was your brother.
Hi Tian Soo, #20
I also look out for kampong Durians on my trips to M’sia and recalled many happy occasions eating durians by the roadside. However, there was that 1 incident when
I was hoodwinked. At a stall in JB., I selected, taste-tested and accepted 6 fruits the
usual way. These 6f were then dropped into a large brown paper bag and weighted.
When I got home and opened the paper bag, I found 8 durians inside it instead. It is
a mystery how 2 inedible fruits found their way into the bag to add dead weight.
These guys probably perform magic show full time and sell durian part time..haha.
HC
Hou Chong
Durian sellers without permanent shops make their money more from a quick slide of hand. They will open a good one than put as many rubbish into your bag as they can. Even last week, the smiling Malay guy slip a few durians without stems which I know I did not select. They are fast.
To eat really good durians you have to eat at the stall or buy from someone you know. An alternative is to bring a container and make them open everyone and put them into your container.
Never buy durians from a bicycle man or from the boot of s car.
The shops in Singapore are quite safe because they know they are selling to ‘complain kings’. But they usually deal with durians that are too perfect for me.
Tian Soo, I agree with you. The durian seller I frequent in JB has plastic containers. So, I get him to open every single durian for me. Saves me having to carry that excess weight back to Singapore.
Hou Chong #21, The magic show is performed in China too. You buy a ‘L’ size track suit and when you bring it home it becomes an ‘S’. Even the large dining tablecloth you chose fits only the coffee table, when you get home.
Even the small time money changers (occupying a little booth) do a disappearing act. You hand them the money and they run away with it. The next day, you don’t have time to go look for them cos the tour moves to the next town.
My father related this JB incident to me. At the highway rest area, 2 guys leave the car to go to the gents with the ignition on, leaving 2 ladies in the car. The next moment 2 guys enter the car and drives the car and ladies away! (Always remember to lock your car from the inside).
Yes, yes, this happened to made-in-India souvenir t-shirts too. First we were offered 6 tees for about S$10. We were not tempted cause we were excited about doing the Taj Mahal.
These guys followed us right up to our coach after the visit. My friends bargained real hard and some of us got up to 12 tees for S$10. Less than a dlr for a tee! Some of us shared while others bought as souvenirs to give away. We all thought we had very good deals and superb bargaining powers!
Nice to wear for the first time. After first wash – some colors ran and tees got shorter, after second wash – colors ran more, tees got even shorter and broader and prints simply faded. I found it really funny seeing how the tees changed its shape so dramatically! U think we will get to a wear and throw era for our clothes, after all paper undies are already available?
Dan
U know why it happened?
Joy was missing on that day so the focus was all wrong that was why the camera could not focus lah! Ha ha ha…..
Sori, don’t mean to make a joke out of your lost, Dan.
The old saying goes, to lose a small fortune is to have averted a lost of bigger fortune.
You are safe now.
Hi Mary #19, yes and no! Hmmm…where was or is this Anne Chua still teaching?? How may I know how you got to know Anne Chua? Sorry ah, don’t mean to be rude…cos I remembered calling someone on the phone and it was an answering machine, one that also says…if you are looking for Anne Chua press ####…so I think Anne Chua is really very common lei….but still I would like to know if I know you or you know me….
Regards,
AnneC
Anne Chua. #27
Yes to which question and No to what? Hahaha.
No lah, if you have not been a teacher, then you are not the Anne Chua I used to know.
Anyway, we’ll meet one of these days at one of SHC’s meetings or activities.
Charles Chua
Will there be any ‘record’ if you are not issued any ticket for speeding?
Last year, on my return from Malacca ,an idle traffic cop stopped me just before the Immigration and told me I was caught on camera for speeding further up the road. To me, it just couldn’t be ( because I am a very law abiding citizen, ahem ). I would never go beyond speedlimits, not here in Singapore nor elsewhere.I think safety.
I told him I wasn’t at any time speeding and was adamant abt it. He asked if I wanted to see the ‘photos’. OF course, I said YES and was about to leave my car and follow him to the room.
Then, (as if a change of heart), he said he would let me off this time. He asked to see my passport and then returned it to me.
I did wonder if there was any ‘photo’. His parting words to me were, ” Are you angry with me?”
Whatever does that mean? Perhaps I must have raised my voice a tad during my protest.
Hi guys!
All your experiences, good and bad, are part of travelling to any third-world country. There’s always the corrupt, the con-men, the scam artists, the light-fingered pickpockets and the just-so unscrupulous merchant.
But, having said that, we must not discount the real experience and joy of travel… even if it is to nearby Malaysia. The different culture, food and scenery make it all so compelling to make that short or little-longer trip to our neighbour. Couple that with the very attractive exchange rate and the low, low budget airfares (to further out places like Langkawi and East Malaysia), it’s no wonder that we Singaporeans make up a large percentage of tourists to Malaysia.
But let’s travel with a bit more awareness, presence-of-mind and take precautions wherever we are. Sometimes a little common sense can help… there’s no such thing as a great bargain, greed is difficult to overcome (gambling and jewellery scams), lure to watch some “show” like in Bangkok, accepting an invitation from strangers to drinks, etc.
Our great travellers, Ronald W and Tian Soo will attest to the delights of Malaysia travel. We can also travel on the cheap, using buses and decent hotels and not attracting attention, yet still enjoy the sights and scenery, food and shopping… Malacca anyone??
Hi Amy @ 29,
The policeman was just trying to ‘makan’ you. Luckily you did not flinch. If you are sure you did not commit an offence, you can stand your ground and refuse to pay. Sometimes they allege that you did not use your seatbelt, as if they can see and have proof. They are just trying their luck. You can contribute to them if you think they are deserving of your charity. For myself, I prefer to choose who I give my money to.
I would resist otherwise they will think all Sgpns are stupid and easily bullied.
Thre is a website, but I can’t remember the address, in which you can check the vehicle no to see if there are any outstanding fines. Just ask any used car salesmen and they will know. If you buy a used car they will use this website to check there are no outstanding fines. Website is open to the public.
When you travel, if your travel documents are in order, ie passport and visa, you can insist on your rights. Sometimes as in Indonesia, before, they will ask you to leave your queue and go to a room to ‘check’. Don’t leave the queue. Ask them if there is anything wrong woth your passport or visa. If nothing wrong, don’t leave the queue. Stay there and hold up the queue. Once you leave the queue, they can ‘detain’ you in the room till you give up and ‘donate’.
This was very frequent in the 70’s and 80s in I’sia. My friend, who was working in the Sgp embassy in Jkt used to tell me stories of Sgpns making payments of their watches, sunglasses, travel bags etc. They were just ‘browbeaten’ into giving.
Once I had a 30 day visa to travel in I’sia. The immigration stamped my passport for 14 days only. When I realised it some days later, I told my friend about it. He said this was another common trick, stamp only 14 days despite a valid visa for 30 or more. When I returned, I would be ‘charged for overstaying’ and made to ‘pay’.
I’sia is very ‘greasy’ and ‘oily’, so you just have to stay clean.
Hello Hou Chong #21
I have just eaten a box of defrosted D24 durians which I bought from Willeton this afternoon. The durians were yummy but still cannot compare to the fresh ones from the durian plantations in Malaysia. 2 weeks ago, I tasted one of the best bak kut teh at Kota Tinggi and crispy fried fish sausages from Mersing…yum.
Mary Lee (Perth)
Dan, I agree with you that you shd kick yr butt and pls dont give the excuse that you cant do it yrself……do the squat up-n-down and each time you squat down, hit yr butt hard on your ankle.
In about 2001, my colleague and I drove north to KL in his Lotus to meet a brother of Pak Lah…..the man of the season then.
Somewhere at Tangkak, we were stopped at a road block for speeding which was an understatement. My colleague was about to do what the seasoned him knew best when I walked up to the matamata and asked him how long more to reach KL at the rate we sped.
He probably had never seen one so audacious. His face turned red like the monkey’s butt…if a policeman was authorised by law to bite he wd have.
Nonchalantly, i showed him the address in the name card of the person I was to meet. Like a chameleon, now he wanted to kiss me. He said something into his tel-talkie and then assured us that the way was clear for us to reach PJ in half an hour. Haha, matamata can be a helpful and understanding lot….
Last year, I had another encounter with the matamata who all seemed to enjoy this past-time of blocking roads. I was driving back from Malacca with my ex and my kid, and we were whizzing on the home run b4 the last Msian toll booth. There, I was stopped.
I walked up to the mata, apologised for going a bit too fast, Follow dutifully what the script has written, I took out my wallet, turned my back and put the money in the passport for him to “look at” my particulars.
The shock in his face shocked me. He couldnt believe that I had slipped in five RM1 bills which honestly was what was left in my wallet. To give him S$ was unkind as it wd hv taken him away to the money changer and from doing his job of blocking the roads so conscientiously.
His parting words of “belanjar you lah….” still ring in my ears as I cant help but to giggle triumphantly each time I think of how silly he looked………………
Hi Dan / others,
Thanks for putting up this thread.
To share with all of you :-
I was alone at the old Bangkok Internatnal Airport departure lounge during one of my holidays and had abt 1/2 hr. before I enter the immigration. Suddenly,a dark complexioned stranger who claimed to be a S’porean spoke good English and I assumed that he was one.
Later, he told me that he was “desperate” in need of money and food as his wallet and passport were stolen by the prostitute as he was having his bath after having sex with her. He claimed that he had no food for a day or two and the Spore High Commision was closed for Public Hols ( being a Sunday – well,sounds convincing.
And he gave me his Spore tel business no and his name to me to ask me to contact his siblings once I arrived at Spore.
and informed them of his “desperate” situation and persuaded me to give him some money.
I gave him my remaining 280 baht out of pity and he wanted even more and was not happy with the little amount that I had given to him.
I began to feel suspicious of him and ignore him and entered the immigration gate once it was opened.
When I reached home,I called the tel no he gave me and was
told that there is no such person. Too late I was CONNED!
I learnt a good lesson . Doesn’t pay to be kind. If it was a genuine case,I would feel satisfying to help others in distress.
1) NEVER trust any stranger esp.in a foreign place.
2) BEWARE,never offer to change small coins with strangers,as soon as you bring out your wallet,he/she will grab your wallet and vanish out of sight esp. in foreign places. As far as possible be ALERT and mindful
3) Never take lifts from strangers in a foreign land who claim to be helpful and traveling towards yr destination.
I hope more SHCians can contribute to this thread as a “warning” to unwary Sporeans.
Hi Amy Soon #29
What a gutsy lady!……You stood your ground. YES!
“What a gutsy lady!……You stood your ground. YES!” And yes, aware wants you………….
With more women becoming increasingly plucky and feisty, and finding not enough ground to stand on and so step on our toes, we men will soon have to go underground and no amount of coaxing, pleading and tempting will get us to come out.
Hi Tim
…..’The shock in his face shocked me.’…kekeke
……’He couldnt believe that I had slipped in five RM1 bills which honestly was what was left in my wallet.’…..really?
…..’To give him S$ was unkind as it wd hv taken him away to the money changer and from doing his job of blocking the roads so conscientiously.’…….kakaka
Hi Tim
I know……aware, beware, unaware….
Easy. Will send in puppy to sh** and you’ll come running out!! Hahaha……..
Hi Steven
Yum kung lor! You did it out of kindness, so don’t be put off by this incident as there are people in dire straits and need help.
Hehe, Geralding, of cos I had a bit more RM but they were all safely tucked inside my underpants…….my hreat-grandma used to nag us into keeping our money in all places where it brings put a “choy’from whoever dares to even think of it.
You’re away from home for too long. Know what, the all boys nurseries and kindergartens are now taught this nursery rhyme to prepare them for a future swarmed with women. This is how it goes
“dare you snare aware
Beware
They’ll strip you down to your underwear
Even your mother a woman
Wont care
That it means the tiny sausage you bare
For all to see, stare and swear (at)
Such is the might of aware you must from young be aware”
Hehe……………..
Oh gawd! Tim, ‘……but they were all safely tucked inside my underpants….’kekekeke… Just imagine if you needed to get more money……rummaging through your pants and pulling out……..ngor choy gor lei! The already shocked mata would definitely pass out.
Geraldine, I aint so sure that the matamata would have passed out………..with homosexuality so much in vogue (with due respect, this is not a dig at those naturally inclined to a sexuality different from who they are), he could have been a convert and then I wd have been in big shit literally…….you know what I mean.
Seriously, my eyes are playing tricks on me. I cant type/spell or be gramatically correct, such as saying “in” face/card when it shd have been “on”. Perhaps, my lease is coming to an end and so be it since this world is not mey home, I am just passing thru….my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue…….where the angies beckon me…………..
Hey Tim
Moi is also passing through and no, your lease has a long way to go.
Cheer up!
Hi Geraldine/others,
Really..yum kung lor! if he manage to snatch my Spore passport while I was getting it out of my pouch and vanish out of my sight.
I will be in a great dilemma worse still stranded in B’kok FYI, Spore internatnal passport can be sold as much as
100 000 Bahts on the black market.
Tip 4) Beware of your passport being stolen or snatched away esp.more so in a foreign place.
Geraldine, my thoughts fly wildly in the time tunnel…….I find myself strolling the beach with you in the silhouettes of palms & coconut trees against a golden sunset where you hold my hand and I hold Steven-C by his trousers as his 2 hands alternate placards shouting these protests “Tim, I too want to hold her hand, not you holding my trousers’ rubber waist-band”, “Beware of dire consequences if you still refuse” and finally “Unfair so I am joining Aware to fight for my rights!!”
“Really..yum kung lor! if he manage to snatch my Spore passport ………and vanish out of my sight.” Yes, I can understand why it’s so yum kong. Instead of replacing yr foto with a giraffe’s, he pastes that of humpty dumpty which will wreck the image of a tall handsome man and had him reduced to a brittle shorty rotund…………
Hi Steven
‘….while I was getting it out of my pouch…..’…Tim gets from his underpants and you from the POUCH?! Kakakaka…..Oh, the passport – thought it’s the mountain c….my bad!
Yes. Tip 4 is very important. Imagine the stress of losing it.
Hey Tim
Soooo romantic…..till you hold Steven’s trousers’ rubber waist-band! Kekekeke…Brought a coughing spasm as I am having a cold and laughing so hard. Gosh.
Hi Tim /Geraldine at #45,
Ai yah! Tim, not to worry no triangle love affair.
Geraldine chow yong peh leh lor.
No need to hold my trousers rubber band.
Btw. I never wear rubber bands for trousers,prefer a belt instead.
…while I was getting it out of my pouch….
Aiyah Geraldine, lum toe hui mui toe…it’s the mountain c… my lup cheong. Ha! ha! :)
Hi Geraldine,
…..Brought a coughing spasm as I am having a cold and laughing so hard. Gosh.
Ai yoh yoh,hope it is NOT the swine flu. Tuck Yan Kearn.
“…..Tim, not to worry no triangle……I never wear rubber bands for trousers,prefer a belt instead”.
Well, Steven-C, I must agree with you that you dislike it triangular and that’s why while I wear triangular underpants, you choose to recycle yr pyjama pants, cut it short and wear inside. Now I learn that you hold it up there not with rubber band but with a belt. You lead the world as the first wearing belted underpants, and that’s no small feat.
“Geraldine chow yong peh leh lor”.
To “yong” someone to somebody, you need to own it. I am plesantly surprised that you have title and ownership to this obviously adorable lass but can I ask that you dont “yong” but arrange a ONS for me? If you cant do that and can onlu chui kong L P song, then you’ll have to stand one nite outside my doggy’s toilet,m and that guard-duty you cant yong to Sengh, YK or Patrick-Y…….
Finally, are you really Cantonese? Somehow, yr anglicised Cantonese always contains a betul nut that makes a sound no Cantonese understands e.g. “lum toe hui mui toe” altho I can see your 2 toes quite clearly……..
Hi Tim,
1) ……that’s why while I wear triangular underpants ???
You meant the latest fashionable panties Ha! Ha!:)
Never know that Tim can be a “convert” too.
….you choose to recycle yr pyjama pants, cut it short and wear inside. I prefer boxer shorts instead, more comfortable and airy esp.for sleeping.
2) Ya lah. I must admit my Cantonese is pun toong shui.
HK Cantonese is more refined. Something which I learnt from TVB HK Cantonese drama entitled Point of No Return lately, a new idiom “for siew sum” literally translated as
” fire burn heart.”
Hi Tim,
….chui kong L P song,?????
Mat yeh lei ga ?
Steven-C, other than G-strings & T-backs, underpants and panties are triangular. I can understand why you’re so surprised……..it’s never easy for anyone who wears pyjama cut short as underpants and worn all the way up to his chest to understand the comfort of something more skimpy, triangular, worn just below the navel and definitely more comfortable.
Btw, “chui konf L P song” is hokien but it’s for me to know, for you to find out………..as the Cantones wd have it “ng wa lei ji, bei lei sum si si”.
helo Mr Huang!..
So long din logon..only peep a bit today..Im amazed that i missed so much fun!
Suddenly i stumble into your thread..i thot, it sounded interesting…
I read your story initially…so scared that in the plastic bag cud be a knife or a gun & u got hurt!…then at the end of your story….I had a good laugh!..sori, but you poor innocent guy…so kind indeed!…so kesian,.
tsk!tsk!…really kesian..can imagine how ‘silly’ u look!..ooppss!..sori
btw..nobody wud kick your butt…but will buy you ice kacang!…hehe..luckily u tak kena 300ringgit!..if not u no money to balek kampung hor :)