So we were at Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, at Shah Alam, last Saturday, for Haul Imam Abdullah Alhaddad. Will blog about that later on. First I wanna talk about our taxi driver.

We had to wait for about 1 hour to get a taxi back to KL. There was a really kind soul there, Azreen, who we didn't know at all, who took pity on us, and volunteered to send Husband to Concorde Hotel to get a cab, because there were totally no cabs at all near the masjid.

So while we waited for the cab to come, I saw so many youths on their bikes with Selangor flags shouting away. I guessed it was a soccer match lah.

Turns out it was Selangor vs Singapore (I also heard Singapore won, but why are the Selangor people acting like they won??)

Anyway. Upon taking the cab, we haggled for a while over the cab fare. Driver wanted RM55, we said RM50 (and then I finalised it with "Halal eh, RM50?" He ok lah ok lah, heh.)

Nearing KL, Husband asked him, tadi Selangor lawan siapa?

He said lawan Singapore. Husband asked, awak tak pergi tengok ke?

Driver said, "Tak lah. Saya dah berjanji dengan diri saya tak akan tengok bola lagi."

"Oh, kenapa? Semua match ke Malaysia jer?"

"Oh Malaysia jer. Lain semua saya boleh tengok. Tapi Malaysia nya match ni saya tak boleh tengok ah. Sampai pecah TV nanti."

"Wah. Kenapa? Diaorang main buruk sangat ke?"

"Bukan buruk! Masa tu Pahang lawan Johor. Saya ni asalnya orang Johor. Pada masa tu, saya pon tengok lah perlawanan dia kat TV, kat rumah. Dia lari dengan bola tu.. cantik jer, mesti boleh masuk ni. Sekali dah sampai depan goalpost, dia pergi tendang setinggi boleh, suka hati dia jer."

He continued on, "Lepas tu, saya tak tahu macam mana, cawan saya pon boleh melayang ikut macam bola tu. Terus meletop lah TV saya macam bomb!"

And he told this story in a totally slumber manner, macam full of regret like that. Both of us were already wiping away tears of laughter at the backseat.

Then Husband asked him, "Abeh isteri awak marah lah?"

"HAH? Marah?? Seminggu saya makan nasi bungkus, Bang! Seminggu! Dia punya mengamok, dia kata biarlah orang tu tendang bola.. yang awak tu pergi meletopkan TV buat apa!"

"Pasal tu lah, lepas perkara tu terjadi, saya berjanji pada diri sendiri, jangan lah tengok lagi bola Malaysia. Lain boleh, asalkan jangan Malaysia jer."

Thanks to his entertaining story, he got RM10 tip. Hahaha.

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