Let me tell you a story:
Zahari was an unafortunate kampung boy, received very little education, he decided to try his luck in the city. He then settled down at a taman renting a small room in that taman. Knowing that he was not able to do any other work. he dedided to sell " Pisang Goreng" at Pasar Malam. He was told to go to the Bangunan MPxx to apply for a hawker licence. He did so, he paid rm15 rinngit to get to the bangunan by taxi, went up to the second floor but the staff at the counter whispered to him :" Hey, awak orang baru? tu tempat orang ni yang jaga, i kasi u numbor, cuba telipon la"...he then left the bangunan empty-handed but the phone number.
He called that number given at the counter, hoping that he could get a license and a " petak" to sell " Pisang Goreng". Not that his pisang goreng was of famous, no..but, he needed to fill his empty stomatch! he was starving! pity him.
finally , he got the other end answering the call, " allamdulilah, bang. i dapat awak ni, i nak minta tolong, i orang susah, baru dari kampung, nak jual pisang goreng. cari makan susah ni!"
replied from the other end :" oh, senang, senang, kami semua mahu cari makan, panggil aku ah weng, i ni suka tolong. i boleh gaodim lu punya lesen and petak, senang. berapa duit punya petak lu mahu? ada RM3000, Rm 2000, Rm 1000,yang paling murah Rm500, tu lah gerai paling jauh dan hantu pun tak adak, mana mau? siapa cepat dia dapat!"
Zahari got shocked, " hei, bukan ke ni tempat awam? MPxx punya, apasal mahu kita orang bayar? kalau kita ada duit, usah jual pisang goreng! jual tanah dah! "
he was so sad to learn the cruelity and the " culture' upheld in the city... his plan of selling merely " pisang goreng" was not succesful. He got to cancel the rented room,used up the rest of money he had with him to return to his kampung. at least, selling " pisang goreng" in the kampung was much easier. the " petak" is free..
but, he still failed to understand, why Ah Weng collected money from him for the petak, was he a staff in the MPxx? was he genuine? was he what he read from the newspaper- orang tengah, who berpakat with pegawai in MPxx? he kept thinking of this question while goreng his pisang goreng..failing to understand why, he would yell: "Pisang Goreng Kampung! atas petak free! tak perlu bayar petak, mari mari....petak tak perlu duit di kampung, tapi petak mahu duit banyak di bandar! pisang goreng! pisang goreng!"
Zahari was an unafortunate kampung boy, received very little education, he decided to try his luck in the city. He then settled down at a taman renting a small room in that taman. Knowing that he was not able to do any other work. he dedided to sell " Pisang Goreng" at Pasar Malam. He was told to go to the Bangunan MPxx to apply for a hawker licence. He did so, he paid rm15 rinngit to get to the bangunan by taxi, went up to the second floor but the staff at the counter whispered to him :" Hey, awak orang baru? tu tempat orang ni yang jaga, i kasi u numbor, cuba telipon la"...he then left the bangunan empty-handed but the phone number.
He called that number given at the counter, hoping that he could get a license and a " petak" to sell " Pisang Goreng". Not that his pisang goreng was of famous, no..but, he needed to fill his empty stomatch! he was starving! pity him.
finally , he got the other end answering the call, " allamdulilah, bang. i dapat awak ni, i nak minta tolong, i orang susah, baru dari kampung, nak jual pisang goreng. cari makan susah ni!"
replied from the other end :" oh, senang, senang, kami semua mahu cari makan, panggil aku ah weng, i ni suka tolong. i boleh gaodim lu punya lesen and petak, senang. berapa duit punya petak lu mahu? ada RM3000, Rm 2000, Rm 1000,yang paling murah Rm500, tu lah gerai paling jauh dan hantu pun tak adak, mana mau? siapa cepat dia dapat!"
Zahari got shocked, " hei, bukan ke ni tempat awam? MPxx punya, apasal mahu kita orang bayar? kalau kita ada duit, usah jual pisang goreng! jual tanah dah! "
he was so sad to learn the cruelity and the " culture' upheld in the city... his plan of selling merely " pisang goreng" was not succesful. He got to cancel the rented room,used up the rest of money he had with him to return to his kampung. at least, selling " pisang goreng" in the kampung was much easier. the " petak" is free..
but, he still failed to understand, why Ah Weng collected money from him for the petak, was he a staff in the MPxx? was he genuine? was he what he read from the newspaper- orang tengah, who berpakat with pegawai in MPxx? he kept thinking of this question while goreng his pisang goreng..failing to understand why, he would yell: "Pisang Goreng Kampung! atas petak free! tak perlu bayar petak, mari mari....petak tak perlu duit di kampung, tapi petak mahu duit banyak di bandar! pisang goreng! pisang goreng!"
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