New Highway Experience
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Note: July is coming!! This is gonna be a very busy month for me. I've even informed my boss about my schedule, coz "last minute tasks" are too common and often. I wish to do a lot of things (fulfill my dreams) whilst not neglecting my job. I felt funny when he told me, "Will not call you tonight, no worry!"
Mentioned before that I spent the just-over weekend at Sg Lembing. We also gained another new experience this time, which was to have our car broken down on the highway when we were heading back to KL.
Prior to that, someone asked about the Emergency Phone available along the highway. None of us used it before, hence the question could not be answered appropriately.
Neng noticed that the temperature of the car was approaching maximum. She stopped the car. I experienced the same before, but I didn't notice the increased temperature, till my car could not go any further and I smelled something burning. I'm indeed a lousy driver.
Without having the chance to use the emergency phone, the patrol team had noticed us.
They came from the other side of the highway.
We were quite amazed with their efficiency. However, it's just the matter of our luck! They said they just passed by coincidently...
As we know, under such condition, we need to let the car rest for a little while before we could do anything.
Facing such a problem, I knew Neng must be feeling bad, coz we were talking about getting home early then take long hours sleep. We had been too hectic and tired for the past 2 days.
Therefore, I told her, need not to worry. There were 9 of us in total and for sure would face everything together. By the way, I snapped some photos, talked some nonsense to make others feel relaxed a bit. (though I didn't know if I was successful in doing this)
We stopped here (106.3) on the Lebuhraya Pantai Timur. The next exit is to Lanchang.
Not long after the arrival of the highway patrol team, another Chinese uncle arrived. The patrol team could not help in any way, till the car is "certified" to be problematic (this is their policy). The Chinese uncle claimed that the "casket" (hope the spelling is right) was broken.
However, the patrol team said they had only 1 "towing truck" (again, hope the term is right). If we were to wait for their free service, it's not known how long we had gotta wait. The Chinese uncle then offered the service for RM30, and we agreed.
The mechanic (more commonly known as foreman) arrived. He dragged the car to his shop. This is not the Chinese uncle previously mentioned.
There was only an iron stick used to drag the car. Someone had to manage the steering. Leong was the honored candidate for the holy task.
Arrived at the shop. I praised Leong for his great job (purposely did that in front of his girlfriend), but he said I was teasing him. Haiz...
Needless to say, the car examination was carried out immediately.
Tested this and that... the "casket" was actually not broken, but the engine fan did not function accordingly.
I was wondering if he felt pressured being monitored by 9 people.
While waiting, I said, no matter how much we study, how great are us (one is lawyer, one is working in the satellite industry, many deals with financial-related stuff etc), when the car broke down, we could do nothing, except asking help from the expert in that area.
The mechanic/foreman was okay. He did not charge us unreasonably due to emergency or coz we are not locals. He didn't change anything but provided us with temporary solutions (that could allow us to reach home, but would need further service afterwards).
Apart from telling Neng not to feel guilty, this incident allowed me to discover and feel how caring and considerate are my hometown friends. Compared to them, I'm really nothing although people used to say I'm meticulous.
Things happen for a reason, and I believe, it's the same this time.
P/S: Read Neng's write-up here in Chinese.
Note: July is coming!! This is gonna be a very busy month for me. I've even informed my boss about my schedule, coz "last minute tasks" are too common and often. I wish to do a lot of things (fulfill my dreams) whilst not neglecting my job. I felt funny when he told me, "Will not call you tonight, no worry!"
Mentioned before that I spent the just-over weekend at Sg Lembing. We also gained another new experience this time, which was to have our car broken down on the highway when we were heading back to KL.
Prior to that, someone asked about the Emergency Phone available along the highway. None of us used it before, hence the question could not be answered appropriately.
Neng noticed that the temperature of the car was approaching maximum. She stopped the car. I experienced the same before, but I didn't notice the increased temperature, till my car could not go any further and I smelled something burning. I'm indeed a lousy driver.
Without having the chance to use the emergency phone, the patrol team had noticed us.
They came from the other side of the highway.
We were quite amazed with their efficiency. However, it's just the matter of our luck! They said they just passed by coincidently...
As we know, under such condition, we need to let the car rest for a little while before we could do anything. Facing such a problem, I knew Neng must be feeling bad, coz we were talking about getting home early then take long hours sleep. We had been too hectic and tired for the past 2 days.
Therefore, I told her, need not to worry. There were 9 of us in total and for sure would face everything together. By the way, I snapped some photos, talked some nonsense to make others feel relaxed a bit. (though I didn't know if I was successful in doing this)
We stopped here (106.3) on the Lebuhraya Pantai Timur. The next exit is to Lanchang. Not long after the arrival of the highway patrol team, another Chinese uncle arrived. The patrol team could not help in any way, till the car is "certified" to be problematic (this is their policy). The Chinese uncle claimed that the "casket" (hope the spelling is right) was broken.
However, the patrol team said they had only 1 "towing truck" (again, hope the term is right). If we were to wait for their free service, it's not known how long we had gotta wait. The Chinese uncle then offered the service for RM30, and we agreed.
The mechanic (more commonly known as foreman) arrived. He dragged the car to his shop. This is not the Chinese uncle previously mentioned.
There was only an iron stick used to drag the car. Someone had to manage the steering. Leong was the honored candidate for the holy task.
Arrived at the shop. I praised Leong for his great job (purposely did that in front of his girlfriend), but he said I was teasing him. Haiz...
Needless to say, the car examination was carried out immediately.
Tested this and that... the "casket" was actually not broken, but the engine fan did not function accordingly.
I was wondering if he felt pressured being monitored by 9 people. While waiting, I said, no matter how much we study, how great are us (one is lawyer, one is working in the satellite industry, many deals with financial-related stuff etc), when the car broke down, we could do nothing, except asking help from the expert in that area.
The mechanic/foreman was okay. He did not charge us unreasonably due to emergency or coz we are not locals. He didn't change anything but provided us with temporary solutions (that could allow us to reach home, but would need further service afterwards).
Apart from telling Neng not to feel guilty, this incident allowed me to discover and feel how caring and considerate are my hometown friends. Compared to them, I'm really nothing although people used to say I'm meticulous.
Things happen for a reason, and I believe, it's the same this time.
P/S: Read Neng's write-up here in Chinese.
17 comments:
I'm the first person to write here :p "I praised Leong for his great job (purposely did that in front of his girlfriend)" Did my girlfriend hear that? hihi
BTW, yn's car is ok now?
not sure. would check with her later. i assumed yesterday the car was under repair.. so didn't ask yesterday..
hmm.. i'm also not sure if she heard my compliment... u should ask her and see :)
耽误了大家的时间，真的很抱歉。非常感谢大家当时给我的支持与协助，出钱又出力，让我好感动。朋友，谢谢你们，你们是最棒的！:)
Don't worry, my car is ok right now...Already changed the fan's switch, coolent and also cleaned the tank and engine. I learnt more about car now :)
how much have u spent for the car repair?
Besides the above mentioned accessories, there's replacement for other things too, ...overall 600 something.
Good to hear that your car is okay now :)
"耽误了大家的时间" ??? It is not true. In fact, we had spent quality time there, no worry!
Also take note:
1. When we first reach the workshop,ann checked out the situation all around the shop. In case we being cheated, we know who and where to claim.
2. When the "spoilt" part is different from the first examination, we must beware that they have the tendency of spoiling the other parts(yong's eye never stay away from the car until it was driven away).
3. When they bring the car for test drive, beware that they might never come back. That's why yong was giving an eye when the car was driven away (missing).
i feel so regret. i thought ann was only thinking about how to get MC on the next day. was not aware she had been so careful!!!
i also feel bad for saying yong was "taken away" by the malay when we didn't see her. sooooo sorry!
Yi, you are right! We should at least have one or 2 people get into the car and follow him during test driving. I shouldn't trust him so much and let him just drive away the car alone.
假期时去cherating回来,我的车也是水箱的问题，在karak，水箱上部有裂缝，结果在高温下水蒸气和coolant都喷了出来。还好加满自来水后，还能驾回到家。花了RM300多去修理，要命！
I'm sure this will be a good memory for all of you. 患难见真情，很难得的。
P/S: "Dragging truck" >> "towing truck"
水箱真的要照顾好，有问题的话就比较麻烦。我上一次去了修车厂n次，才把水箱修理好！
现在，我洗车时都会看看储备水箱的水有没有肮脏。每换3～4次黑油，都会想把coolant换掉。
迟点又要修理车，有问题了 %×#@%××！！！
不知政府会不会均贴修车费，呵呵。
Next time bring me with you la!
I can fix the car (i'm mechanic) and i love go to Sg. Lembing!
:-)
Please, control oil and water sometime :-)
P.S.
A funny: is very strange for me see that there the foreman put normal water in the radiator. Here we have to put a kind of chemical water that didn't became ice till -40°.
Here we have winter :-)
hi andrea.. it's u.. recall after looking at your blog. when are u coming to msia again? u went to sg lembing before?
we don't have -40C temperature. maybe this is why normal water is enough to cater for the condition.
Maybe end of the year...sure feb or march.
Ya, i went there, my local friends bring me there and was very very nice. I love that place.
next time maybe u should explore the Rainbow Waterfall!
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