Why I Repect KL People So Much! [100% Salute To KL People]
Aug 12th, 2007 by AhYap
I live in a kampung called Ipoh where we only have 200,00 people. In KL, there are 4.2 million people! That’s 21 times more than Ipoh. In recent years, I have been traveling to KL quite often and I find that I really have to pay my honor to KL people. A lot of things that seems unbearable to me are acceptable to KL people.
1. Respect for KL Drivers in Traffic Jam.
KL people can spend a few hours in the traffic everyday. Usually they will have to drive 1 hour+ to work and 1 hour+ back to work. At least 2 hours a day is wasted in the car. This number is scary if you multiplied that with the number of people driving everyday.
2. Respect for KL People Carrying Laptop while Shopping and Dining.
KL is popular of laptop thieves. Leaving your laptop in the car is unsafe and thus you can see a lot of KL people carrying their laptop while walking in KLCC and dining in SS2. Those who go clubbing after work also need to carry their laptop along.
3. Repect for KL People Paying for Parking Fee
Parking everywhere cost money. Parking at KLCC can cost more than RM10! Parking outdoor at Bukit Bintang area is RM5 on weekdays and RM7 on weekends. Parking fee at Mid Valley is now per hour basis instead of per entry. And more scary, parking at night at some places that should be free are now required to pay as well because the heavily-tattooed guard will tell you, “We take care of your car and make sure no one will scratch your car”.
4. Respect for KL People Paying for lots of Toll.
Thanks to our Minister of Toll, Sammy Vellu on this. If I drive home to Bangi using Jalan Cheras I have to pay 3 tolls.
5. Repect for KL People Queuing for Cinema Tickets
KL has the biggest cinemas and yet people have to queue so long for the tickets. The KLCC queuing line is especially shocking to me where the cinema waiting area can be full of queued up people waiting to buy their tickets.
6. Repect for the KTM Komuter that always break down
Ride it 3 times and it broke down twice. In one occasion it broke down over 1 hour without air conditioning. Baby is crying non-stop and everyone is sweating like shit. Rude words can be listen all the time. I am OK because I am staring at a pretty girl for that 1 hour. Wahahaha. Later they need to send another komuter to pull our broken komuter back to the station and we have to ride another komuter.
7. Respect for the non-standard price Taxi Drivers charge
Taxi drivers in KL are very interesting. They can charge multiple ways, such as pre-negotiated rate, meter rate or mouth rate. Mouth rate means he don’t use the meter nor the pre-negotiated rate but after you reach, he open his mouth and tell you how much he wants. Short distance in KL can cost RM10! Passengers always feel like they are overpaying while drivers always feel like they are undercharging.
8. Respect for KL People Sense of Direction
Ok, this is a real respect. With so many roads and so many places in KL. I do really respect KL people who can navigate everywhere in KL and didn’t get lost.
9. Respect for KL People who Live So Near to Highway (and Electric Cable)
This is suggested by Ernest in his comment and I totally agree with it! Especially the highway near Sri Petaling. Some also live very near to Electric cable tower where they can hang their cloths there free of charge.
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Here is why I love Ipoh. Sometimes there will be traffic jam but it is bearable. You will wish to have our type of traffic jam. Not much high-tech people here so not much people carrying notebook around. Parking is easy and cheap everywhere. Parking at Ipoh Parade is RM1 per entry and parking at other shopping complexes are free including Jaya Jusco, Tesco, Giant, etc. There is no toll in Ipoh. And you don’t need to queue 100 meters for your movie tickets. 
Need a taxi? Call the taxi call center 2534188 and all prices are fixed. And the town is so small that there is no need for LRT or KTM komuter. Although a little sense of direction is required, you won’t get that lost in Ipoh. The last time I wanted to go to KLCC, the two jagung were very big and near to me. I made a bad turning and I lost until the jagung were missing from my eyesight. That’s KL.
But don’t feel disappointed if you are a KL people, because Streamyx in Ipoh is as fucked up as yours.
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Duhh, it seems I won’t get any respect from you…
1. There’s no way I’m driving in KL, I use motorcycle instead.
2. Just to show off how geeky you are, hehe.
3. I use motorcycle instead.
4. I use motorcycle instead.
5. Do online booking lah, hayyo. Else, go for not so popular cinema like MBO at Galaxy Ampang.
Haha, I need to 200% salute you as a motorist in KL. With that kind of traffic and that kind of impatient drivers, you must be a very brave man. Salute! I need to admit online ordering of GSC ticket is very good. That’s what I will make sure I do.
wah hai yap, you said something hidden in my heart~ salute you! true and thats y i live in penang! these are the problem that certain ppl hate, maybe the reason is due to the attraction of KL as best entertainment place > troublesome of living in KL..
I’d say penang are more dangerous in traffic than KL, in fact the way they drive wa.. like stunt man oo..espseacially around penang’s bridge
but what do i know i use LRT instead in kl…heh
Added my comment on KTM komuter and Taxi drivers in my post.
riding around kl in taxi cost = driving and pay for tolls etc…
i once tried using bicycle to work but people start giving me some looks …heh kl people are so used to engine vehicles, that riding bicycle is alien to them..
btw do u use elliot wave theory and fibs in your trading? ah yap
@Azlan: I quit being a trader and now I am an investor. I can buy without looking at the chart, the Warren Buffet way. What I want to know is how much the company is making now and in the pass and how much it is expected to make in the future. Then I want to know if it is selling at a bargain. 2 criterias –
1. Great Businesses (business that make money)
2. Discounted Price (selling cheaply at the market)
well im not into stock but more on currencies (gorge soros style ha ha), there are investors like soros and your self who didnt use the chart to get in the market , but currencies are alot more vilotile than stock maybe its a lot harder to trade without charts i guess,
i think a lot of newbies like myself still depend on the chart to see the market, there are reading on currencies like stock such as the cot report that reflect the interest in currencies but im still not very good at it yet,
so maybe you can explain a bit the steps in chart technical entry back when you’re still a newbie trader..
Well, that’s why I am proud of being a KL-ians..That’s more than 8 points if you want to salute us..lol..
9. Respect KL people for living just 5 meters away from highway..
10. Respect KL people for despite of the 9 points, we still here surviving.
Good luck KL..Malaysia boleh..KL lang lagi Boleh!!
lol..
@Azlan, I have written a new post on Value Investing.
@Ernest, thanks for the great point! I have added it to my post.
That day got robber at this Smart Tunnel Stop in the middle waiting for passerby. Another DAI SOHAI
Then the smart tunnel people cannot see that is SIU SOHAI.
The the government wanna flood the smart tunnel is TOGETHER -GETHER SOHAI.
Samivellu take all the profit is SEI FEI HAI.
Rafidah sell all the car and flood KL is SEI CHAU HAI.
Ong Ka Ting Cannot win RM 1 million is MAH CHEE BAI
Abdullah cannot spell Hishammuddin is TAI BAN HAI
Chan Kong Choy so sick beh tahan all the chau hai go to perth!!!
hahah i think u should go to johor bharu.. the traffic is killing me that’s why i go back working in kl..