LONG TRIP 40+MIN TO MELAKA AND RETURN
Saturday, 30 December 2017.
Today I plan to go back to JB after getting any trip to KLIA.
8.00am starts the Uber XL abd set destination to KLIA but later I decided to set it off.
9.04am, while parking at Wisma MCA bus stop, TKY-san ping me from Rennaisance West wing. After texted him due to ‘long trip 40+min’ remark, he and his friends were going to Melaka. When arrived at the lobby, she asked me the fare even though the uber apps is already shown. The uberflash gave the trip fare rm284 more expensive than the uberxL which was only rm148. Aiyah! I was on dilemma.
While on the trip, we were not much talking due to the language barrier even though the Japanese amoi who sat next to me that she can speak English very good. But later I asked them whether they need a ride back to KL or not. After nego on the price, they agreed for me to send them back. Note: later I regret on the price which I should ask for double price since I driving mpv! But it's okay, this is my initial experience on outstation job.
11.15am, arrived in Stadhuys building. Before arriving, I got time to call Toyota service center in Melaka to send cik Jnulekasnova for major service. But I need to make an appointment. Aiyah. Later also, I call Toyota service in Muar, the clerk said I can just walk in but due to the long distance (about 1 hour drive) I cancelled my intention. So later I book an appointment to service it this Monday at Toyota Plentong.
12.33pm, parking at Masjid Selat. Pee and pray and noon nap inside the cab.
2.33pm, going to Tesco Melaka for lunch. Nasi goreng kampung only lah. The japanese lady called me and asked me to pick them up at 4pm. I said "dekimasu."
4.00pm, pick the Japanese tourists at the Stadhuys building and drive straight to KL. Later she asked me to drop them off at Jalan Alor.
6.18pm, arrived at Jalan Bukit Bintang. Set the SD to KLIA but no ping for one hour. As I was getting restless, I set the SD back to normal online.
7.33pm, while waiting the Uber ping at Petronas near IJN, EZZ a pinoy pax of 7 people at Mercu Summer KLCC. I texted him since I saw the 'long tirp 40+min' remark and he said they are going to Restaurant Tasek Indah Shah Alam. Aiyah. But I said okay.
8.31pm, after dropping them off at Shah Alam after getting rm8 tip, I set the SD back to KLIA but driving on Federal Highway towards KLCC. No ping all the way, so I decided to drive straight to JB.
Dear diary, today, I managed to complete only 2 trips.
NICELY AFTER MAKAN BERDAMAI I GOT AN AIRPORT JOB
Male toilet, Landside, KLIA Sepang |
Friday, 29 December 2017.
7.05am, after few times trying to set destination to KLIA, I finally had it.
7.46am, fillup ton95 at Shell Jln Damai and having breakfast at Damai corner.
TRIP NO 1.
7.52am, OSO at Three28 Jln Tun Razak going to KLIA. Yay! An Uzbekistan family, 3 adults and a little girl, they talking to each other only. At the dropoff, I hastily open the back door and suddenly the hand carry bag full of cateyez fruit (buah mata kucing) suddenly falling down. Kannina. The old man was very upset with me. I said sorry many times and finally said ‘spasibo’ and the young man looked impressed that I know Russia language. I smiled only but the old man still not friendly. Fookyewla matsalleh.
'Membangau' at Surau Fatimah Charterfield for 6 hours! Kaninna.
TRIP NO 2.
2.45pm, since 9.04am, 6 hours of waiting the ping, finally NAZ at KLIA. 3 pax of young Americans from New York sending to Parkview KLCC. We talked and talked. They said they (a young man and a little girl) were born in Kuching Malaysia, about 20 years ago, now lived in New York. Their mom is Sarawak bumiputera, and the father is Pakistani. The other girl (NAZ) is their cousin. They will be going to Johor Bahru next week.
Then, when approaching Jln Tun Razak, I showed them the new Menara Najib and told them about the joke. They really laughing together. Lol.
TRIP NO 3.
2.56pm, DNL 5 pax of Chinese men and women at Jln TAR going to Jln Alor Bukit Bintang. They were looking for a massage parlor.
Later, JAI ping me at Jln Bunus but when I arrived at the wrong pin location, he cancelled. Pandelela lah.
TRIP NO 4.
4.50pm, NDM 6 pax of Sri Lanka muslim family which I thought initially were from middle east. The mom and daughter were wearing hijab. I send them to Snowalk at iCity Shah Alam.
Break at masjid UM. Pee and pray.
Set the SD to KLIA.
TRIP NO 5.
7.43pm, CLV at Sheraton Hotel PJ ping me just to send 2 chairs to the furniture store at Monsoon Decor Sungai Besi, next to Shell. The boost rate was 1.5x. Note. This is my first time delivering non-homo sapien while driving uber XL. Last time, I remember I sent laundry clothings instead on my Uber X.
Waiting from Petronas Sg Besi to Jalan Bukit Bintang with no ping to the airport.
9.38pm - I called it a day.
Dear diary, today I completed only 5 trips in 12.29hours with 2 airport trips.
I MET ANOTHER GRAB ONLY DRIVER AT LANDSIDE
On Bandar Sepang, from Avani Goldcoast going back to KLIA |
Thursday, 28 Dec 2017.
6.16am starts the apps and set destination to KLIA.
6.46am, at Shell Risda Jln Ampang.
TRIP NO 1.
7.02am, ADM at Gallery @Uthant. 4 pax of family going to KLIA2. Yay! Not much talking. They are going to Vietnam at 10.30am.
8.05am, starts the Queue no. 150+.
8.05am, 141-150 (actual 147)
8.57am, 131-140
9.03am, 121-130
9.19am, 101-110
9.19am, 91-100 ?
9.21am, 121-130 ?
9.43am, 101-110 ?
10.12am, 91-100 (after 2 hrs lapse)
10.32am, 131-140 demm
10.43am, 121-130
11.39am, 111-120
12.02pm, 101-110
12.13, 91-100
12.33pm, 81-90
1.34pm, 71-80
1.57pm, 61-70
2.08pm, 51-60
2.35pm, 41-50
2.40pm, 31-40
2.47pm, 21-30
2.54pm, 11-20
3.21pm, 1-10
TRIP NO 2.
3.25pm, RCL 4 pax of Chinese Indon at KLIA door 4. When asked she said they are going to Avani Sepang. Aiyah! I was on dilemma, but I said okay. And I regret it later bcoz no pax coming back to KLIA!
Waiting queue line for 4 hours again. Kannina.
8.25pm, CLV ping from KLIA2 wanted to go to Bandar Enstek only. I said I could not go, so je cancelled.
TRIP NO 3.
8.29pm, ZLK 2 Malay elderly couples at KLIA2 going to Subang Jaya. They just came back from Acheh. Yay!
I need 2 more pings to complete my current Quest.
TRIP NO 4.
9.40pm, AZH 6 pax of Malay family with many kids at Starbucks Midvalley. I send them to PPR Pantai Indah lah sangat.
TRIP NO 5.
10.11pm, SRY an India family at Northcourt midvalley again, but the gps was wrongly located at Northpoint hotel. Aiyah! After shouting to each other I thought he wanted to cancel, but after I drive slowly to the Northcourt, they were still waiting there. I sent them to nearby Merc Resident. This India family so much talking and demanding too.
Finally i drove home sweet home.
Dear diary, today I complete 5 trips only in 16.43 hours with 7 plus 3 hours waiting at the airport. It was a long tiring day.
MEMBANGAU FOR 5 HOURS AT SURAU FATIMAH KLIA
Astaria apartment, Taman Kosas. |
Wednesday, 27 Dec 2017.
Yesterday was not driving Uber. Feeling not well.
7.27am starts cik Jnulekasnova and Uber XL apps. I set destination to KLIA.
8.04am, Shell Jln Damai to fillup ron95. Then had breakfast at Damai corner.
TRIP NO 1.
8.49am, NOF an Arab lady with a little girl and a baby at KL Trillion going to Avenue K to send her baby and return to KL trillion Block A. The boost rate was 1.3x.
9.49am, break at Lot 10. Then I drove to Lorong Ceylon.
10.25am the SD reached 2 hours with no ping to KLIA.
TRIP NO 2.
10.27am, RMI a Lebanese family who migrated to Sydney at nearby PMI sending to Batu Caves. We talked and talked and wanted me as tour guide tomorrow for the whole day. I said no worries mate. He will call me tonight to confirm.
TRIP NO 3.
11.51am, AZZ a local Malay family, with wife and 2 daughters at Montana Residences going to KLIA. Yay!
‘Membangau’ at Charterfield for 4.5 hours:
1.27pm, 150+ (actually 173)
1.54pm, 141-150
2.27pm, 121-130
2.40pm, 111-120
3.04pm, 101-110
3.18pm, 91-100
3.33pm, 81-90
3.47pm, 71-80
4.07pm, 61-70
4.31pm, 51-60
4.38pm, 41-50
4.41pm, 31-40
4.58pm, 21-30
5.06pm, 11-20
5.25pm, 1-10
TRIP NO 4
5.50 pm, THG ping me just few seconds after I relieve myself on Landside men's toilet. 3 adults + 2 kids Chinese Indon pax at KLIA2. When arrived I waited for 5min and almost cancelled the trip bcoz I didnt see them and couldn't call or text them. But finally she found my cab and I sent them to Sunway Resort Hotel. Yay!
TRIP NO 5.
6.44pm, while approaching the Sunway Pyramid, SZL ping me but I confused bcoz I saw Sunway Pyramid mall, not Sunway Pyramid hotel as where SZL and his family were waiting. I blindly drove to the mall lobby but after calling him and he said he's going to Hotel Royal KL, and he's willing to wait for me to uturn. This is my final trip of the day.
Dear diary, today I completed only 5 trips in 12.08hours. Today I am still feeling sick and sore throat and that period blood stain tragedy on my cab's seat still haunting me. I could be a millionaire today! What an unlucky day today. Demm.
PERIOD STAIN ON MY CAB SEAT
Monday, 25 Dec 2017. Christmas day.
6.30am started cik Jnulekasnova and Uber XL apps.
7.09am, fillup ron95 at Shell Risda Jln Ampang.
7.22am, ZHD 5 pax of Pakistan cricket team at Pasar Maran Lebuh Ampang sending to Kelab Aman. He also asked the fare if they want to go to Port Dickson.
8.12am, HLN and her bf, at Go 3 hotel behind Fahrenheit going to Flat Sei Johor Cheras for free market, not Flea market.
9.00am, breakfast at Restoran Harjis Cheras.
9.59am, MHZ a Pakistan family at Vida Hotel Changkat Ceylon sending to Gocar Nook Bangsar office Jln Riong. They wanted to drive the rented car to Penang.
10.31am, RZM a Sabah family at coffee bean Midvalley sending to Sunway Lagoon.
11.11am, WLS at Jln SS 9a going to Sunway Pyramid .
11.54am, BHP to wash cik Jnulekasnova.
12.28pm, CHR near Hotel Sunjoy9. 6 pax local chinese going to Bandar Utama. In fact, they wanted to go to 1 utama new wing.
1.11pm, KEN a matsalleh with her young sexy amoi at Perdana View Boutique reaident going to Changkat Bukit Bintang via Penchala Link.
1.48pm, KRA 6 pax of Kelantan malay family at Berjaya Times Square. Due to traffic jam and wrong pin location I arrived late. They waited at the teksi queue but later i asked them to go inside the lobby. I sent them to Stesen Bas Pekeliling. After dropoff, when checking the seat, I saw the blood stains on the back row seat. I called them, KRA said sorry, I said okay but later I regret it.
2.15pm, I used Waze to find the nearest carwash in Kg Baru. After cleaned up the cast was rm15 only, and Uber reimbursed me after I reported the incident to them. Note, later I found out there is some blood stain still not clear yet. I called the girl to pay rm20, but she seemd relucrant to pay. “Nape x mintak tadi?,” she wrote. I told her that I didnt know the cleaning cost. Note. until today, she is not responding to my whatsapp. Bugima lah.
3.33pm I managed to set destination to kLIA.
4.04pm, SHW Singaporean with wife and kids at Corus Hotel going to St Regis hotel KL sentral.
4.44pm, AMR at Hotel victory Jln Imbi. But due to bad traffic jam and detour and closed road, I cancellwd the booking.
Return to back longkang near myHabitat.
5.44pm, RYN which I thought from other side of Kampung Keramat. Actually, his house at Damai 33 just behind from where I parked my cab. And it’s a long trip 40+min! Yay! RYN a matsalleh with his young Vietnamese wife and teenage son. He also liked to talk about the rains, his furniture business and his son’s international school at Ampang jaya. I sent them to kLIA for them to fly to Hokkaido tonight.
10.10pm, after 3 hours ‘membangau’ the Queue no still stagnant at 11-20. Kannina.
10.32pm, finally after 3.5 hours I got ping from SLY 4 pax of local Malay family at KLIA1 Door 4. When I called, he said they are going home at Nilai Impian. I said okay since it's already late at night and I just wanted to go HOME sweet HOME. In the cab, we talked and talked. He said, they're back from Bandung's shopping.
Dear diary, today I completed 11 trips in 15hr 12min.
KEEP CALM AND STAY AT SURAU FATIMAH
At KLIA2 flying Airasia to Cambodia! |
Friday, 22 December 2107.
Started at 7.37am. Set destination to KLIA.
Trip no. 1.
8.02am, while pumping up ron95 at Shell Jln Damai, JMS ping from Jln Uthant. JMS, his wife and 2 grown up boys going to kLIA. From the beginning, I asked him which KLIA airport they are heading. Apparently, JMS told me that they just moved in to the country 3 months ago and this is their first time flying out. I reckon he said he is going to Cambodia and flying with Airasia. So I told them that their terminal was KLIA2, not Klia1 as he set it earlier. They are coming from texas, the biggest state which would travel 15 hours from border of Arizona to Louisiana. I never told them that I was studying in Arizona 30 years ago. I also reckon that they are not talkative, so I just keep quite and turned on Hitz radio. The song lyric of "I m in love with your body" from Ed Sheeran - Shape of You.
Today I decided to stay in the Landside and Charterfield until the next airport job came out on my apps. Remember also, today is friday prayer.
2.49pm, HSN 6 pax of Bangla at Masjid Putra sending to construction site at Conezion IOI City resort.
3.17pm, AIN 5 pax of young Malay students at IOI City Mall going back to Kolej Serumpun UPM.
3.41pm, AND booking for his Singapore friends family, 5 pax at Gift Cafe Sg Besi Indah going to NU Sentral.
4.34pm, STN at KL Sentral ERL arrival sending to Honda Jln Klang Lama.
4.56pm, I set destination to KLIA and got ping from THMBI. But my shortlived joy was cancelled when he called saying he got another driver already. Pandelela la.
5.05pm, SYD 6 christmas workers at Jaya Shopping centre sending to nearby LRT Asia Jaya.
Break at masjid Tun Abdul Aziz Jln Semangat PJ.
Masjid ar-Rahman UM. Still no ping to KLIA... even after I tried many times to set SD, then suddenly,
7.33pm, RPL at Twins@Damansara Heights going to KLIA! An Indian local gentleman with his girlfriend is flying to Adelaide. The lady seemed unfriendly to him. Hrmmm. The trip to the airport got a 1.7x surge rate so I dont complain very much.
Waiting at Landside from 9.09pm with Queue number 150+. This time I met fellow driver ADON who liked to talk and talk about our experiences. He is one of the Uber banned drivers, and now he is driving Exora for Grab 6-seater only. When reaching Q no. 1 - 10, it saturated from 11.15pm to 12.19am until 2.15am! Wahlaweh, I need to go home without pax. What a tiring day.
Dear diary, today I completed 7 trips in 17hr 17min with 2 airport one way trips. Waiting aka "membangau" at Landside and Charterfield with network loss issue taught me many lessons to prepare for better tomorrow. Amin ya robbal alamin.
We have something in common. At Landside tonight. |
RUNNING AWAY FROM KLIA QUEUE ALSO NO USE
At surau Fatimah, Charterfield, KLIA. |
Thursday, 21 December 2017.
Starting at 8.00am with 66,477km odometer readings.
8.27am, MHM at Jln Dagang B/2. 6 pax of young Malay students sending off by his father to Sunway Lagoon.
9.22am, CHI booking to pickup 4 pax Chinese men and women at Jln SS 19/4G sending to KLIA.
Masjid Raja Fi Sabilillah, Cyberjaya. |
No ping for 4 hours at Cyberjaya.
2.46pm, RDD at Blok E1 Pusat Pentadbiran Kesihatan Kerajaan Persekutuan, alone going to Putrajaya Sentral.
3.59pm, ASI at gelanggang Futsal Bolatampar JKR WPKL but when arrived I cancelled with 'no rider show'.
4.32pm, LUC at Lorong Meranti Pudu. 4 adults with a baby under the heavy rains. I sent them to midvalley.
5.16pm, SRA, mat salleh husband wife (Portugal) with 2 kids at The Gardens going to Nexus Bangsar but later I dropped them off at Capri.
Break at Masjid UM, pee and pray.
5.54pm, HUS 5 Bangla at Bukit Pantai Apartments. He messaged me, "is it 6 set mayi have to know plz". I replied, "yes". Later in the cab, I lectured him that many Bangladesh working here can speak Malay very well, but you students also cannot write simple English. Aiyah.
6.20pm, RBY 3 Indon men at Lorong Taman Pantai 1. Actually he put the wrong location. After shouting to each other with some mother tongue language, finally I got them inside my cab. The ping showed me the 2.0 surging rate and with only 3 guys I think he chosed the wrong UberX. I am not complaining. However, the traffic was very bad with heavy rains. At the drop off at Jln Perdana 9/10 Pandan Perdana, he shouted at me after looking at the fare price. "Nopo larang banget!," he looked at me. But his friends willing to pay.
Today I completed 7 trips only in 10hr 28min.
DRIVING UP TO GENTING AND 4 HOURS WAITING TO SLIDE DOWN
Sunday, 17 Dec 2017.
Starting up cik Jnulekasnova engine and UberXL apps at 7.33am after dropping off my daughter and her friends at KL Convention Center for the Comic Fiesta 2017 and 65,484km on odometer reading.
My rating now is 907 riders rated me 5 stars, 4.60% (personal rating), 51% AR, and 4% CR.
8.20am, waitingat Jln Walter Granier, Bukit Bintang.
8.21am, KHI, 6 pax of Malay boys at Pacific Regency Hotel going to KL Convention Center.
8.59am, ADI 6 pax of India family at Taragon Puteri Bintang hotel. But they walked out to the street bcoz the lobby was closed. I sent them to Stesen Komuter Bank Negara.
9.17am, SHD 6 pax of Kuching family at Jln TAR going to Restoran Dapur Sarawak, Jln Sarikei Pekeliling.
9.52am, IRN 4 pax of sweating "bapoks" at Tasik Titiwangsa sending to nearby Sunway Putra Mall.
10.18am, EJO at Mont Kiara, 6 pax of India family going to Genting Skyway Cable Car. At first without hesitation I sent them at the old Skyway Kereta Kabel which is closed now. At the toilet to relief myself, abam polis told me to go to Awana Skyway Cable Car station. So I picked them up again and sent them to Awana station. Note: Before starting the trip, I check on the Uber rider apps showing that the fare was rm225, but after dropped off, the fare was just a normal fare of rm160. I sent a report to Uber and still waiting their reply.
11.02am while sending the pax to Genting, I stopped at Shell MRR2 Gombak (Genting) to fillup ron95.
So I going up to Genting resort. Got time to use its surau near Balai Polis to pee and pray.
After waiting for almost 4 hours, I decide to drive down the hill and suddenly...
3.16pm, JRM ping me from Genting Highland Premium Outlets near Awana Skyway. 6 pax of China gals and guys including one local China man. 15min 7.2km to pick them up. I drive up again to Genting Grand lobby. Actually I missed the First Hotel entrance. Okay lah.
After dropping off JRM and his China friends, I parked and stopped for 10min at the garbage entrance nearby before decided to go down when suddenly...
3.52pm, HFS 5 pax of black Kenya Muslim girls at the same Genting Grand lobby. So I need to drive one big round again. Aiyah. I sent them down to Genting Strawberry Leisure Farms.
So I decided to set destination to KLCC to pickup my daughter and her friends. No ping.
Dear diary, today I completed only 7 trips in 9 hours 12min. Waiting 4 hours on top of Genting hills was compensating by getting 2 nearby trips.
Tonight I drove back to JB. See you later later lah.
Updated. Note dear diary, I reckon that I was blocked out again by admins of Uber Partner Malaysia. Fookyewlah admins. So dear diary, I think I am stuck with you on expressing my bad and good views while driving Uber. Nobody cares about me. OTL
CANNOT SET DESTINATION
Which one is the real tree? On Jalan Bukit Bintang this morning. |
Saturday, 16 Dec 2017.
Started at 7.41am, 65,345km.
8.03am, LEA 2 ladies, meksalleh at The Intermark going to The Ritz-Carlton KL.
8.22m, BRI 5 pax of local chinese boys at the back of Berjaya Times Square to Suria KLCC.
9.06am, LOH 2 chinese ladies at Dorsett KL sending to Louis Vutton Suria KLCC.
9.51am, RND a Singapore family, 4 adult with 3 young kids, at Starhill Gallery. I sent them to Kidzania Damansara.
10.37am, DYL 7 pax of local chinese family at 7 eleven Empire Damansara going to 1 Utama mall.
11.01am, RYZ 6 pax of Singaporeans. He called me to pickup at Royale Chulan Ikea, not the Ikea bcoz the uber apps cannot find the pin location. I sent them to Petaling Street. At the drop off, he wanted me to send them back to Royale Chulan hotel, but I refused the offer since I am going to be mobile.
11.35am, RZL and his big boy at Silka Maytower Masjid India infront of Capsquare. I sent them to Boulevard hotel at Midvalley. They are Miri and RZL likes to talk and talk about his family and Brunei transportation strict issue on our Malaysian tinted cars.
12.18pm, AMR at Midvalley North court sending 6 young Malay girls students to Zainab College UIA PJ.
12.53pm, ALF 7 young Malay boys students at the same UIA PJ (Kolej Abu Bakar) going to 1 Utama Shopping mall.
2.50pm, got ping from ANG at Jalan Bandar Utama 11/7. It's a long trip and I didnt call her. The lone guy hopped in the cab then I realised that he's going to Port Dickson. Aiyah! I told him I cannot send him since it's outstation destination. I offered him to send with double fare, but he refused saying that the uber flash is already double. When I checked the rider apps, it shows that the uberflash fare is indeed more expensive (almost double) than my UberXL. It's a relief, so I cancelled the trip.
4.30pm, SHA at Jln Wan Kadir 4 TTDi going to Pavilion KL. A pax of 4 adult with 3 kids, a Singaporean family who lived in JB.
5.13pm, got ping from NNY at 3 Jln Kia Peng but the she put at the wrong location. After 5min, I cancelled with reason "no rider show."
5.44pm, I called it a day.
Dear diary, today I completed 11 trips in 9 hr 55min. No airport trips today. Okay lah.
PETRONAS CYBERJAYA I AM ALWAYS THERE
Friday, 15 Dec 2017.
Started at 7.36am, 64,976km on odometer.
8.34am, DRR at Jln Pria 1 going to Smart College Maluri. 6 Malay students are not smart after all. They thought the fare only few sen due to their promo code.
8.53am, ZAR at E&O Jln Tengah. A Brunei family with the husband sitting next to me. He used to study at UIA Gombak for 1 year. They are going to Ikea Damansara. He even didnt know that Ikea Cheras existed recently, which is nearer. Note: later I found one the girl's spectacles on the back seat.
9.51am, EUG at The Westside II Desa Park City. 4 pax going to KLIA. Yay!
11.54am, CRM at Mirage by the Lake. 2 pax of pinoy moving out to Cybersquare Apex Tower. She gave extra tip rm2.30.
12.23pm, BLZ, alone a Russia girl at Cyber Suria 7. I sent her to Poslaju Cyberjaya. But she was shocked to see the fare is higher. She called her girlfriend at the poslaju and paid me the fare.
12.46pm, NGG at Shaftsbury Square. When arrived athe back of the mall which I followed the Uber pin, then I called the amoi, she said in the front mall at the "guardian" which I wrongly heard like "giant". OTL. 5 pax of local chinese students going to Wisma Mustapha Kamal.
Break at 2.06pm for friday prayer at Masjid Raja Fi Sabilillah.
2.43pm, PRV 5 pax of India expats at Sankranti Indian Cuisine going to Kementerian Kastam Diraja Putrajaya. One of the guys complained about the difficulties to fold the center seat. I gave them 1 star.
4.18pm, ابراهيم pax of 4 young Arab students at Taiban Mat'am restaurant near KFC cyberjaya. When they hopped in the cab, they wanted to cancel due to only 4 pax on my UberXL, I dont mind I told them. But they later they said just continue the trip.
4.37pm, MOH at Cristal Serin Residence sending to KLIA. Yay! 5 pax of young Arab students. Unfortunately I took the wrong exit on the first KLIA roundabout, but they said, "no problem bro!" Their flight was at 6.30pm.
Break to Dpulze Cyberjaya. Pee and pray.
9.27pm, MIC family of Kuching at KLIA 2. Yay! I sent them to nearby YouniQ hotel Salak Tinggi. Okay lah.
After drop off, I drove straight to Petronas Teknologi Park Malaysia to fetch my daughter who was coming to KL with her friends for the event this weekend.
Dear diary, today I completed 10 trips in 13hr 35min. 3 airport trips made me relief.
BUKIT BINTANG IN THE MORNING
Pavilion this morning. Very quite indeed. |
Thursday, 14 Dec 2017.
Starting cik Jnulekasnova engine at 6.26am, but started the Uber apps 10 min earlier.
6.46am, Shell Jln Ampang (Risda) to fillup ron95 for rm86.
7.23am, JCK an Indon lady at Hampshire Park going to Indon embassy Jln Tun Razak.
7.56am, BRT a matsalleh boss at Aloft KL Sentral sending to The Majestic Hotel.
8.17am, AMM an arab Londoner at Nadi Bangsar Jln Tandok going to Suria KLCC.
8.52am, AND with wife and baby at Setia Sky Residence Block Alia sending to Suria KLCC again.
9.32am, HAO a China family at The Westin Hotel sending to Istana Negara museum. 4 pax of adults and a toddler.
10.07am, HLN a meksalleh at Alice Smith International school Jln Bellamy going to Sri Wangsaria Condo Bangsar. She gave me an extra tip of rm3.
11.04am, MOH at Royale Chulan Jln Conlay, a Saudi arab from Madinah with his wife and baby going to KLIA. Yay! We didn't talk much. But he told me about his Lebanese friend who was working in Saudi for many years but never done his Hajj later regretted when he go back to his country. I told him that Hajj is more important than doing umrah. And he agreed.
After drop off at KLIA, I came to Landside but never stayed long. I drove back to HOME since I need to pay my 'cukai pintu' for my pigeon home.
4.30pm, completed paying bill at MPAJ, and started the Uber apps.
5.06pm, at TBS waiting for the ping.
5.22pm, OOI 6 pax of young Chinese boys waiting infront of teksi bandar, and bus stops which I scolded them that they should not wait there. My mistake too bcoz I didn't drove a bit infront far away from the teksi drivers who were looking at me with disgusting faces. I sent them to Chorus Hotel.
At drop off, there was a meksalleh asking whether I could send her to KL Sentral. I said okay. She is going to airport flying to Thailand tonight. The traffice was bad, later she gave me extra rm6 for the trouble. Lavia is an Austria lady, who just visited Nepal and Australia. She said, there is no Uber in Austria, only taxi.
6.57pm, DEA waiting at KL Sentral sending to Midvalley. 6 pax of Kelantan relatives.
7.20pm, JEY 4 pax of big Korea men and woman at NSTP Jln Riong sending to KL Gateway Mall.
8.04pm, break at Masjid University Malaya. Pee and pray.
8.16pm, JOS and his wife and their baby at Sri Penaga Bangsar going to KLIA. Yay! The French Canada is flying to London tonight.
9.36pm, Shell KLIA exit to fillup ron95 for rm83.
Heading home sweet home.
Dear diary, today I completed 11 trips in 12hr 10min, with 2 KLIA airport trips. Okaylah.
LAZY RIDERS I MET TODAY
Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017.
6.30am, starting cik Jnulekasnova and Uber XL apps. Set to KLIA.
6.55am, Shell Damai to fillup ron95. Breakfast at Damai Corner.
No ping to KLIA for one hour and half, so I set off SD. Back to normal.
8.03am, SHR from India with wife and 2 kids at Berjaya Times Square while I was at Pavilion. This guy really irritating me when he asked me "where are you? how far are you now?" Can't he see it on the apps. I sent the family at Chorus hotel and again he asked "how long will it take to arrive there?" When reached at the hotel lobby, he wanted to go to the Aerobus going to Singapore by the roadside which was few steps away. But I told them to get off at the lobby as the front car was not moving. I gave him 1 star. Panda lela lah.
8.35am, NHF with husband at Jln Keramat Hujung going to Subang Airport. Yay!
9.55am, LAU 5 pax of office executives at the same Subang Airport while I was at Petronas Subang airport. I sent them to Pavilion. While ondway, Waze told me to use the shortcut going to LDP instead Federal Hiway or NKVE. Then on the junction, there was a motorbike who didnt stop at the redlight and I was not focus so I hit the divider. Kannina. This India guy who sat behind me irritated me too when he said "why takes so long to get to Pavilion? normally 10min?" His local chinese friend calmed him down by telling him the reason of "traffic jam". How can a driver reach the Pavilion from Subang airport in 10minutes? Panda lela lah.
10.36am, SHM at Fahrenheit hotel booked me to send 6 pax of his family to Masjid India. They are visitors from Sabah bah.
11.37am, MSM 3 pax of Bangla guys at Plaza City One. I sent them to KLIA. MSM said they are not construction worker, but instead they are doing cosmetic business here.
Break at surau Fatimah Charterfield. Pee and pray, and noon nap.
2.50pm, MRY at UiTM Dengkil, 6 pax students going to D'Pulze.
3.16pm, MOH family of 6 pax at The Arc Block D going to the same D'Pulze.
3.45pm, break at Petronas Cyberjaya.
3.51pm, YOU booked Uber XL for his friend, a Syrian at McD Persiaran Apec going to Garden Plaza at Harvard.
4.30pm, break at Petronas Cyberjaya.
4.28pm, 4.29pm, 4.33pm, INT ping 3 times then I accepted from far far away Ayer8 Presint 8. When arrived at the pickup location, she asked me to go one round to get them on the other side. But one of her friends told her they can just walk to the Merrybrown restaurant. Bugima lah. 6 Malay students going back to UiTM Dengkil.
5.34pm, BDR at The Place Teknokrat 1/1. 5 arab guys going to Market Square at cybersquare Apex Tower.
6.43pm, SYZ 5 pax of local Malay student girls at McD sending to UiTM Dengkil.
7.15pm, RSS 5 matsalleh students at Heriout Watt University sending to Shaftsbury Residents.
10.33pm, arriving at HOME sweet HOME.
Dear diary, today I manage to complete 12 trips in 15hr 13min. 2 Subang airports and 1 KLIA airport. What a long day to drive!
NO AIRPORT TRIP TODAY
Fahrenheit taxi stand this morning. |
Tuesday, 12 December 2017.
7.31am, starting cik Jnulekasnova engine and Uber XL apps, but not until 9.23am got ping from SUI 6 pax of Nepal guys at Jln Kancil Pudu going to IOI City Mall.
10.25am, Shell Bandar Baru Bangi for rm84.
11.25am, ETI at Wisma Selangor Dredging. A matsalleh asked to stop at Alice Smith School to pickup his daughter which I missed the exit and he looked at me with a little upset. Later I sent them to Laman Seputeh. I reckon he gave me a bad rating. Fookyew lah bule.
12.34pm, break under Jln Hang Jebat canopies.
1.02pm, TNY family at Swiss Garden hotel going to nearby Pavilion. TNY an Ipoh mali guy who married to Singaporean lady liked to talk and talk.
2.37pm, HSB a Malay lady and mom and kids at Amaya Maluri sending to Jalan TAR.
3.07pm, ping while on the previous trip, YUE at Tung Shin Hospital with her elderly dad. I sent them to their home at Jln Hujan Bukit Tmn OUG. The apek was a piping engineer and YUE herself is an insurance agent.
4.01pm, MCH a Myanmar alone at Jln Radin Bagus going to Kuchai Enterprise Park. He said he chose the Uberflash and got upset to see the high fare at the dropoff.
4.51pm, Petronas Salak Selatan. Pee and pray.
5.09pm, CHW ping for 3 meksalleh from Russia I think at Plaza Low Yat sending to Endah Parada Sri Petaling. The meksalleh cannot speak good English. Aiyah.
6.46pm, I called it a day at Fahrenheit shopping mall.
Dear diary, although I set destination many times to KLIA, but unfortunately today is not my good day. I completed 7 trips in 11hr 5min. To see the final fare of the day also want to cry cry. OTL
DRIVING UBER XL IN THE EVENING
KLIA Transit at TBS 2017. |
Monday, 11 December 2017.
Run errands in the morning.
9.13am, Shell Jln Ampang Batu 4 to fillup full tank of ron95 for rm102.
10.10am, car washing cik Jnulekasnova for rm13 at Petron Bukit Belacan.
2.38pm, EHT with his wife and 2 young kids at Mandarin Oriental Hotel KLCC going to KLIA. The Bangladesh is friendly and looks high class since they speak English very well. The small girl always crying maybe just woke up from the sleep. Even the boy who sat behind me also very talkative and tried to talk back and argue in English to them. Both parents said, "boy, you want to be a spoiled brat or what? We'll buy the book at the airport." They just visited her cousin in Melbourne who works as construction and does Uber partime. EHT works in printing industry. They transitted in KL for 4 days before flying back to Dhaka.
After dropoff at KLIA, I just drove off to Cyberjaya.
4.24pm, WAI 6 pax at Jln Teknorat 4 going to KLIA2. Yay!
5.13pm, break at Landside to pray only, but the toilet was fullhouse. I drove to Surau Fatimah Charterfield to use it's toilet for the first time.
5.56pm, WDO alone at Shaftsbury Residence going to Garden Plaza (Oxford). At dropoff, the Libya student was shocked to see the high price. I reckon he mistakenly choose the UberXL instead of UberX.
6.25pm, AMR 5 pax of young Malay gals and guys at Shaftsbury Square. She texted me to go to KK. I sent them to Cyberview Garden Villa.
7.21pm, break at Petronas Cyberjaya again. Pray and pee.
7.28pm, NRL 5 pax of Sarawak ladies and guy at Putrajaya Sentral going to IOI City Mall. The guy who sat next to me was quickly slept and snored that made is laughing together. One of the ladies noticed about my Iban beaded collar decorations hanging on my rearview mirror that I bought when I 'balik kampong' in Sarawak last time.
Set to HOME, but stopped at TBS.
8.45pm, MHA an Indian family at TBS Gate C sending to Jalan Medan 23 Petaling Jaya. The surge rate was 1.6x.
9.16pm, MHD at Sunway Pyramid but the pin pointing to Lagoon roundabout. No rider show. He was charged rm5.
10.00pm, TUU at midvalley coffebean. A family of chinese going to Capri by Fraser.
10.20pm, SCC at Northpoint midvalley again sending to Desa Green Jln Desa Bakti. This chinese guy liked to talk and talk and his Malay is good. He complained about previous Grab and Uber drivers who didnt want to pick him up.
Dear diary, today I completed 8 trips in 9 hr 39min, including 2 KLIA airport trips. Okay lah.
MITSUI OUTLET PARK IN KL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TOO
Kedai mamak BIFC. |
Sunday, 10 December 2017.
6.17am, started the Uber XL apps while walking to the cab.
6.31am, started cik Jnulekasnova engine.
6.40am, kedai mamak BIFC. Ordered teh o kosong and roti kosong.
The first ping from STI at Lorong Cantik 1 at 6.57am with 1.3x surge rate. Minutes later while I was ondway, then suddenly she cancelled. Bugima lah.
TRIP NO. 1.
7.39am, while break at KLCC, ping from 5 pax of China tourists with 3 big baggages at Mandarin Hotel. The lady called me to wait for 20min, ie at 8.00am. I said okay lah no worries. I sent them to KLIA 2.
9.00am, stopped at Shell KLIA exit to fillup ron95.
I didn't go to Landside to queue, instead I drove straight to Cyberjaya.
TRIP NO. 2.
9.10am, while ondway to Cyberjaya, IZH ping me from Orange Hotel Kota Warisan. 2 young Malay families with young kids and lots of baggages going back to nearby KLIA2. I dont mind. IZH who sat next to me said they were coming back from Hong Kong holiday yesterday, and were flying back to Kota Bharu this afternoon. IZH a teacher also said he already registered Grabcar in KB but not driving yet.
TRIP NO. 3.
9.58am, while approaching Cyberjaya from KLIA2 just now, got ping from SYF 5 pax of Uitm Dengkil students going to far far away the Mines. Actually they wanted to visit the Big Wolf Book expo.
Then I drove straight to KLCC using inner highway to Cheras to find trip to the airport again. Today I need to do some run errands in the afternoon.
TRIP NO. 4 and the last trip.
11.52am, while waiting at the back of Lot 10, MIC 3 pax of pinoys (1 man 2 women) at Grand Millenium Hotel going to Mitsui Outlet Park. The fare is the same as the KLIA trip. They were talking among themselves only making me very very sleepy and almost doze off while driving. Aiyah. Finally I managed to drop them off at the outlets lobby entrance.
Then I drove straight to Cyberjaya again. Waited at Petronas for almost 1 hour still no ping.
1.53pm, then I decided to drive home from the Petronas Cyberjaya.
Dear diary, today I completed only 4 long trips in 7hr 35min.
WHY NIGERIA 'MAPREN' RIDERS PREFER GRAB
Saturday, 9 December 2017.
Starting cik Jnulekasnova and UberXL apps at 6.23am.
The odometer reads at 62,898km.
The rating is 873 (rider 5 star), 4.59 (personal), 88 AR and 0 CR.
Pings from TREC Zouk KL at 6.36am, 6.37am, 6.40am, and 6.42am.
Pings from Bar & Terrace at 6.38am, 6.41am.
I ignored them all. Dont puke puke on my car.
6.50am set to KLIA.
7.17am, dummy QUNITA opposite KLCC bus stop, waited 5 min and I cancelled as 'no rider show'.
Off the set destination. Normal.
7.48am, WAN at Jln AU2A Taman Keramat. His wife and 3 kids (inclusive of Mongolia boy) sending to Subang Airport. They are flying to Alor Star. They liked to ask about my cab, cik Jnulekasnova since they have 2006 Innova. Complaining about airport limo fare of rm90 too high.
8.47am, stopped at MRT Ara Damansara.
8.58am, YANKEE alone at the opposite Nova Saujana, but I need to drive very far far 6.1km 7min to pickup. I sent the Nigeria young man aka 'mapren' to Desa Kiara Condo Jln Damansara. When arrived, he was shocked to see the high fare of UberXL stated on my apps. He should choose the UberX. He was also furious that he was charged rm5 for the previous trip as the driver cancelled him. His budget only rm6 and wanted to pay on the next trip, but I told him that Uber will ban him. So he asked the Uber customer service number which I gave him instantly. He complained to the operator and later he came up to his house and left his laptop bag on my cab to collect the rm20 money for tthe fare. I gave him the balance. He didn't look so happy. Dear diary, this is my first time picking up Nigeria rider on Uber XL bcoz normally they would choose Grab.
9.56am, ZCK at Vista Kiara Condo. He called me to make sure I know where his condo is bcoz so many drivers were lost while maneuvering the Mont Kiara weird junctions. I sent ZCK, his wife and 2 boys to KLIA2. They are going to Singapore.
11.27am, Shell KLIA to fillup ron95 for rm100.
12.01pm, NZF 6 pax of young student Malay girls at Taman Seri Dam Putrajaya going to UiTM Dengkil.
1.17pm, break at Petronas Cyberjaya, pee and pray.
1.19pm, ERM at Poliklinik An-Nisa' Cyberjaya alone going to somewhere near Gem Inn Mall.
Got a message from Uber telling me that my personal rating is up again to 4.6.
2.10pm, ADY 2 pax of Indon husband wife infront of Indah Water Cyberjaya going to Masjid al-Khadijiah Pantai Dalam. They liked to talk and talk about their Madura island, their kids in their kampong who stubborn wanting only money from them.
2.55pm, NIC, his wife and a toddler girl in a baby car seat and stroller at Zehn Bukit Pantai. The Swedish couple spoke English between themselves. They lived in Australia for a long time. I sent them to Sunway Pyramid.
3.26pm, LUT ping but cancelled and ping again. 5 pax Indon at Jln Batu Tiga Lama going to nearby Giant hypermarket Shah Alam.
4.08pm, stopped at Petronas Aeon Shah Alam. 18 trips to complete the Quest of the weekend.
4.42pm, Masjid Pantai Dalam (UM). Pee and pray. Set the destination to KLIA.
5.37pm, while I was driving on Mahameru highway, AKI at UM 10th College going to KL Gateway Mall. I drove back, 20min and 6km to pickup 3 pax of Japanese and India girls sending to throw stone away mall only. Pandelela lah.
6.20pm, set to KLIA for the 2nd time.
6.54pm, break at Stadium Merdeka.
6.56pm, RAJ at Leboh Pasar Besar. The alone Nepalese going to Hotel Singapore Pudu.
"THE LAST TRIP AND ROS MAHAL"
7.22pm, PAL and his golden mom, I called him "nyonya" with stick on her hand smiled when she hopped into my cab. They liked to talk too all the way to Desa Pandan. While approaching the guarded house, that nyonya talked to his son about the passing MRT Rapid KL bus. She reckoned that the bus maybe from Tun Razak Exchange. The son agreed. But suddenly I remember a story about the Tun Razak Exchange. So I told them about the Tun Razak Exchange new tower that will be taller than Petronas Twin Towers. It's called Menara Najib for his beloved wife like Taj Mahal in Indon and later the tower would be named 'Ros Mahal'. Then she laughed and laughed, "that's a funny joke and for the first time I heard it." At the drop off, the fare was rm12, but she said, she wanted to give rm13 instead (aiyah) bcoz she liked my nice and big cab and "I like your joke!" Then they left, but I checked again the money, she handed extra rm5 instead. Okaylah.
Dear diary, today I completed 11 trips in 13hr 32min.
QUEUING AT KLIA LANDSIDE IS JUST WAZE OF TIME
Friday, 8 Dec 2017.
8.21am, 61,549km at Bandar Baru Bangi.
Trip no. 1.
8.46am, ADM 5 pax local Chinese young men at Jln US 1 Kawasan Institusi Bangi sending to KLIA2.
After drop off, stopped at Landside to pee and pray. Then driving straight to Cyberjaya.
10.19am, ABO 7 pax of India guys at Domain 5. I called him due to 'long trip 40+min', and they were going to Batu Caves.
11.28am, I was about to fillup ron95 at Shell Batu Caves, KIT 5 pax of pinoy family at the same Batu Caves going to Sunway Lagoon.
12.40pm, while I was in the BHP station toilet, LEE 5 pax of Penang Chinese family at Mcd IOI Mall going back to Sunway Pyramid.
SHU JIEN, 1.23pm ping me at Garagevape Sunway. I called when arrived, then she cancelled. RM5 for me.
1.30pm, 11min 3.5km to pickup LEP 5 pax of local chinese relative ping me three times to come faster faster at nearby Sunway Pyramid. I sent them to Evolve Concept Mall Ara Damansara.
Noon break at Masjid Jamek Ara Damansara. Pee, pray and noon nap.
2.52pm, 11min 1km to pickup TAY 2 husband wife and 2 young boy and girl at Damansara Lagenda. TAY waited by the guard post with his boy. The Sarawak chinese family were going to KLIA. Yay! This 'cikgu Bahasa Malaysia' from Sri Aman Sarawak liked to talk and talk about politics, the burnt down school who never got repaired after 4 years, the Pan Borneo highway never completed for years. They, both are Malay teachers came to his brother house for 1 week to purchase reference text books for the kids.
Stopped at Landside to pee only, then drove straight to Putrajaya.
4.30pm, HMS at Heriot Watt University Putrajaya sending to Shaftsbury Residence Cyberjaya.
5.01pm, MIC a pinoy consultant to LHDN Cyberjaya going to Traders Hotel. He liked to talk and talk about ex-girlfriend, his visiting mom, his divorcee siblings (4brothers 1 sister), ringgit low value, traffic jam in KL, etc.
Break at KLCC to pee and pray. RM5 parking.
6.35pm, HAY 6 pax of young chinese executives (3guys 3girls) at Menara IMC. 14min became 29min due to bad traffic jam at Jln Sultan Ismail. In the cab, they were talking about Korea clubbings.
Trip no. 10 and the last trip.
7.38pm, KHG 6 pax of chinese family at Jln Sultan Petaling Street going to Pavilion. 15min became 33min due to bad traffic jam.
8.33pm, I set destination to HOME.
Dear diary, today, I completed 10 trips in 11hr 20min. 2 KLIA airport trips I consider it as a bonus. Okay lah.
2 UBER XL TRIPS IN JB ONLY THIS MORNING
Thursday, 7 Dec 2017.
Upgrading the Uber apps at McD Seri Alam, time was 7.02am.
7.38am, HOG 2 Vietnam ladies at shophouses Jln Dedap 7 sending to Jalan Tanjong 2 Desa Cemerlang. She was shocked to see the higher fare, "sekarang harga mahal ke?" she asked. I told her that she chose the wrong UberXL for 2 people only.
8.16am, IDA 5 pax of Indon factory workers at Epson Jalan Kempas 5/2 sending to nearby Apollo Food Larkin Jaya. They wanted to buy 'jajan' or junk food before going home to Medan Sumatera.
Dear diary, today I only completed 2 trips at JB before going off to north.
10 HOURS ONLINE DRIVING UBER IN JB
Stulang Laut sunrise this morning. |
Wednesday, 6 December 2017.
Starting at 6.03am.
6.39am, SHT, 4 pax of local chinese family at Jalan Badik 30 Taman Puteri Wangsa going to The Zone Stulang Laut. They wanted to go to Batam island.
8.08am, DMN, 4 pax of adult and 2 boys at Paragon Jln Nong Chik going to JB Sentral.
9.15am, BEN, 5 young men, Singaporeans, at Double Tree hotel sending to Bukit Chagar Roti Canai.
9.41am, break masjid Bukit Chagar. Pee and pray.
9.48am, AIN, 5 pax family from KL at Swiss Inn JB sending to JB Sentral. They are going to the USS.
10.20am, break at Pejabat Pos Besar JB.
10.34am, KIM at Paragon Stulang Darat sending to JB CIQ. 6 pax with luggages.
11.43am, NIS a Malay lady at Jln Dato Abdullah Tahir going to JB CS.
12.20pm, DNS, 4 pax of Sabahans at KSL Coffeebean entrance sending to Senai Airport.
1.03pm, break at Masjid Senai Airport. Pee and pray. Noon nap.
3.22pm, KHR, 6 pax of young Malay boys at Taman Tasik Bandar Putra sending to gravel road of kolam mandi.
4.22pm, break at surau ar-raiyan, Quarters Senai airport. Pee and pray again.
4.44pm, YHO, 7 pax of Chinese students at far far away, 13min 12.1km at Foon Yew High School. The body smell forced me to wind down the front windows. I send them to Sutera Mall.
Dear diary, today I managed to complete 9 trips in 10hrs 8min.
NORMALLY THE DRIVER JUST WAITED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL GATE
Jalan Setia Tropika Utama sunset just now. |
Tuesday, 5 Dec 2017. Today is my birthday.
Morning, I was busy accompany my youngest son to HOspital Penawar for his circumcision operation.
Starting the Uber XL at 10.47am with odometer reads at 61,474km.
11.33am, 13min 8.4km LYD at Aeon Permas Jaya (Lavender entrance). 4 pax plus 2 young kids going back to Today's Market where I was waiting for the ping just now.
12.22pm, got ping from TRSYA at the Renaissance hotel with 'long trip 40+min' and 1.4x surge rate remarks. I messaged her. She told me wanted to go to KTM Segamat. I asked for the 'double fare' due to no riders back to JB. She then cancelled the booking.
Note: Lesson learned from my previous KL - Ipoh trip, it was not worth it to take the job without the 'double fare'.
12.33pm, 13min 7.4km LNG at Jln Permas 1/22 Permas Jaya. 6 pax of local Chinese lady, 1 amoi and 4 boys going to JB City Square. The surge rate was 1.4x.
1.28pm, 3min 400m nearby DAV at Citrus hotel. I did the second round after we calling and shouting. 3 pax and 1 wheelchair. DAV sit next to me is Singaporean Indian married to his Malaysian/Singapore Chinese lady. Her mother is sick and paralyse and they stay in the hotel for Singapore hospital checkup, but the doctor said he cannot scan her due to her high blood pressure. I send them home at Taman Anggerik. DAV is talkative, talk and talk on how he likes Johor very much, about JDT, S-League, the frequently breakdown Singapore MRT trains etc. He gave me rm7 tips.
Break at Shell Taman Anggerik to fill up ron95. 2.58pm.
Then break at nearby Petronas. Pee and pray. 3.15pm.
Trip no. 4.
3.17pm, 8min 3.4km RDY alone at Jalan Belati 1 going to Larkin Sentral. An Indon guy stopped at Hongleong Bank to withdraw some money. He's going to Batu Pahat. He gave me rm1.50 tips.
FATIMA booked me but the pin was outside the school gate of SMK Aminudin Baki. She texted me to fetch her at the Dewan as other drivers would do - she said, but I refused - that's not my normal practice. I just follow the pin. "I am a smart driver," I said inside my heart. After 5min waiting outside the gate, I cancelled with note - "no rider show" and got rm5. Infact, she and her friends waited inside Sekolah Mohd Khalid. Later she ping again, I accidentally accepted bcoz I never thought from her again. Then I cancelled, this time I put the same note.
4.33pm, 9min 4km WAN at JB Sentral. 4 pax of Singaporean young men and women. I sent them to Berjaya Waterfront, aka The Zone. The surge rate was 1.6x.
5.01pm, RKA at Hung Hung Hotel near Plaza Pelangi. The hotel signage is small that I couldn't see it so after texting, I go around one more time. This tudung ahkak likes to talk too. At first I reckon that she would be he bcoz of her 'rough voice'. But how come he/she wore a tudung? But think of it, Sajat also wore a tudung. OTL. She liked to call me 'abang'. Aiyah, I felt so itchy itchy. She offered me 'sweets' but I turned her down nicely as I have many sweet spicy hacks on my cup. She also asked me nicely, "abang start Uber pukul brape? abang sudah makan?" I just replied accordingly. At the dropoff at Plaza Angsana, she told me that she actually working in Singapore and wanted to see her boyfriend for a quick drink.
Break at Masjid Jamek Ungku Tun Aminah Tampoi. Pee and pray. 5.51pm.
Set to HOME at 6.02pm.
6.38pm, FBR ping from far far away at Jln Setia Tropika utama, 15min becomes 33min 10km thru Kempas road. 30min later I arrived at the new construction project, and FBR told me to wait for other friends who pray. I send 6 Indon guys to Smart Pandan.
Then I drove straight HOME.
Dear diary, today I managed to complete 7 trips only in 7hr 38min.
I GOT TIPS TODAY
Austin Heights water theme park. |
Monday, 4 December 2017.
Uber XL in JB. Starting at 8.40am with odometer reads at 61,609km.
Trip no. 1.
8.51am, very far far away 13min 11km, RKS ping to pickup her relatives at Jalan Asli 10 Taman Pasir Putih. She asked me to send them to Masai Bus Terminal, but she need to use her smartphone to book another Uber or Grab car. 5 little girls at the back row with 2 adults, actually she wanted to add more adults, but I told her it's against the Uber policy. After she cancelled, I got rm5, and this unaccountable trip.
Trip no. 2.
9.37am, 11min 6.6km to pickup NBL and her poly-student friends. 6 pax to nearby Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan.
Trip no. 3.
10.20am, 9min 6.5km NAA to pickup another 6 girls at Jalan Asli 13 going to far far away Austin Heights, the waterpark. Instead of driving thru traffic-jam packed Pasir Gudang highway, I used the longer but faster EDL coastway. Surprisingly, the fare was exactly as per their upfront price. Nobody complains.
Trip no. 4.
11.22am, AMN an Indian business ping at Jalan Bertam 14 Taman Daya. He and 2 young Indian guys and lots lots of baggages going to Public Bank Desa Cemerlang. Their smelly bodies forced me to wind down all the windows. They seemed dont mind.
Break at Petronas Lebuh desa Cemerlang. 12.12pm.
Then parked at the Store Pandan at 12.52pm. Still no ping.
ALI ping me at 1.06pm, 11min 5.1km to pickup at Jalan Riang 22 with 1.3x surge rate, but later he cancelled while I was ondway. Kannina.
Trip no. 5.
1.18pm, AMN ping at Sports Prima Sri Purnama. 6 pax of young boys with surge of 1.4x going to McD Pandan.
The last trip, no. 6.
1.51pm, ZKR the boss alone ping 14min 13.4km far far away at Ritzton Hotel Jalan Serampang which I was mistaken for 5 star hotel, not shoplot hotel. Aiyah. ZKR who wore jacket with white shirt and jeans also wonders. While on the cab, he wound down the back window where he sat bcoz to shoo few ants crawling inside the cab. Aiyah, I so shame lah. He said, "you should send for fog car cleaner." At this moment, I was worried that he might give me a bad report like others. I sent the boss to the factory at Jalan Penaga 12 Kota Puteri Masai with 1.3x surge rate. At the dropoff, I reckoned that he used cc for the payment, but surprisingly he handed me two rm5 notes and say, "take lah, this is your tip."
2.22pm already, I need to do some run errands for my condo in KL. Also later, I need to repair the fluorescent bulbs on my house kitchen that were blown up since last week and wife already cry cry about it.
Dear diary, today I only managed to complete 5 trips in 5hr 58min. Okay lah.
I WAS GAMED BY SAGUNTHALA
Warisan Kelate, Setia Tropika. |
Thursday, 30 Nov 2017.
Starts cikJnulekasnova and Uber app at 6.03am. Odometer reads at 60,585km.
6.57am, SAGUNTHALA ping me. Since I saw the longtrip 40+ min, I tried to call, but he didn't answer. I messaged, he replied wanted to go to Kota Tinggi. I told him cannot send using Uber app as the long journey is not worth it. When I asked for double fare since no rider on the return trip, later very very late he replied that he agreed. But when I arrived at Larkin Utama Condo post guard, the guard lady told me cannot enter, only park outside. I messaged him again and again. Later I found out that it's just a game. Pandelela lah. Okaylah, at least I got rm5 for cancelling as 'rider no show' reason.
7.37am, VINEETH ping from far far away Nusa Perdana Service Apartment with skyrocketing surge of 2.6x. When I called him, he said he was in hurry, so he cancelled. Later, he ping twice again and I ignored the guy. The surge rate became 3.0x. Pandelela lah.
Trip no. 1 to no. 3.
7.48am, EYS, 6 pax of young Islamic girls near Masjid Abu Bakar dorm going to Kolej Pengajian Islam Johor (MARSAH) Larkin. The surge rate was 1.3x.
8.19am, LGN 3 pax of local Indian guys at Larkin Sentral KFC going to Jln Wong Ah Fook JB to find hotel bcoz they are going to fly to Chennai India tonight via Changi airport. The lorry driver who sat next to me told me that he was also an Uber driver before.
8.42am, KHR 2 pax of elderly local Chinese ladies at hotel Jalan Trus sending to Warisan Kelate (pic above) Setia Tropika. They said, "kami oghe Kelate tapi dok Penang," and coming very far far away to try this Kelantan restaurant.
Set destination to JBCS as I wanted to go to Woodlands Singapore. Got ping 13min 13.8km from the same Bangla (SKK) at Danga View Apt who I picked up yesterday, and I accepted but later I cancelled as I reckoned he would call me and ask me to drive faster faster. Lajiao lah.
Walking walking to Woodlands ghost town and Center point MRT station.
1.40pm, NGG, 5 pax of local young chinese boys n girl at Wisma Persekutuan going to Larkin Sentral.
When dropped off at Larkin Sentral, suddenly this minachi wanted to come in to my cab. But I told her cannot take, she should use the app. She wanted to go to Skudai Parade only, which I reckoned quite far far away. I told her to take a teksi mah, then she looked at me with disgust.
Break at Masjid Larkin. Pee and pray. And noon nap to recharge.
3.14pm, the same MNN who booked me few days ago, asking to pickup 5 men. What a relief! I thought I need to pickup 7 India workers with big big baggages. The Waze told me to use the Jln Tun Razak and Skudai going to Senai, but I reckon driving thru Jln Kempas and going into Plus highway much faster and shorter way. But, later when I was stuck new Pasir Gudang Highway on Jln Kempas, I decided to follow Waze using the Jln Skudai. I sent them to the same Perindu 1 flat at Senai.
4.08pm, got ping from BTT at Senai airport going to Renaissance hotel Permas Jaya. The Penang family wanted to go holiday in Singapore and asking me the standard fare for driver transporting them to the island. But I told them I am not available currently, but I would find other driver.
Almost 5pm, getting tired. My daughter also wanted me to go shopping for some groceries at Tesco. So I drove HOME sweet HOME.
Dear diary, for record, due to my laziness and tiresome today I only completed 6 trips in 6hr 49min. The income after deducting the petrol ron95 was bad, very bad indeed and wanted to cry also no use. OTL
I HONKED THE LORRY AND IT HONKED ME BACK!
Grand Bayview restaurant, Danga Bay JB 2017. |
Wednesday, 29 Nov 2017.
Starting cikJnulekasnova engine and UberXL apps at 7.07am with odometer reads 60,346km.
Trip no. 1 to no. 6.
7.28am, BNC at Jln Rosmerah 2/16 Johor Jaya. 5 pax of local chinese workers going for class training at nearby Jln Dedap 24.
7.52am, 5min 1.1km ELL at Jln Keembong 25 Johor Jaya. A young man going for work as car polisher for Honda new cars at Jln Kencana Mas 2 Tmn Daya.
Breakfast at nearby warong. No nasi lemak.
Shell Suera Petromart at 8.54am.
Dataran Larkin at 9.32am.
9.44am, 6km 11min SKK at Danga View Apt. 5 pax of Bangla going to Greenland Jade restaurant, Danga Bay.
10.31am, 10min 7.2km ADB an attractive young Malay lady at Dulang 5 Cafe Jln Simbang Perling going to Nuri Education Center Jalan Sri Perkasa 1/3 Tmn Tampoi Utama. The bag she's carrying was quite heavy. "Takper uncle, dah biasa," she said. I smiled at her. And she smiled back at me. OTL
10.58am, 7min 5.5km SNT, 2 local Indian ladies at Kipmart Tampoi with lots of groceries. Wet wet wet and smelly fish. I sent them to Flat Kenanga.
11.23am, 11min 6.9km HZL at the new Paradigm Mall Jln Skudai. 5 pax of local Indian poly students and 1 local chinese going to Aeon Tebrau City. I reckoned they regretted visited the new shopping mall instead. On the way to the Aeon mall, there was a lorry with one of its tyres blownup already. I honked at the lorry, but the driver seemed undettered and later honked back at me. Pandalela lah. Hopefully nobody would get hurt by the flying lorry tyre later.
Noon break. Home.
Trip no. 7 to no. 10.
4.25pm, 11min 8.5km, 5 local chinese young students at Jalan Harmonium 24/2 Tmn Desa Tebrau, behind the Aeon mall. I sent them to Cybercafe Mount Austin.
5.04pm, 1.4km 6min, 3 pax of Siam ladies with big luggages at Jln Mutiara Emas 10/19 going to Merlin Tower JB.
At Jalan Meldrum JB 2017. |
5.40pm, THO at nearby Jln Meldrum. 2 Vietnamese young man and amoi with lots of construction tools and bags going to a construction site near Puteri Harbour ferry terminal. Inside the cab, the man who sat at my back always coughing like dog due to illness I reckon, so I offered him and the amoi who sat next tome my spicy hacks sweets and they took it. The surge rate was 1.7x and he gave me extra rm3 tip. I said, "cum on."
Break at Masjid Kota Iskandar. Pee and pray. 6.30pm.
Break at Petronas Bukit Indah. Pee and pray. 7.17pm.
7.19pm, ALV at nearby Aeon Bukit Indah. A Singaporean family, 6 adults with 2 young kids going to makan makan at far far away Jalan Kacang Panjang Gelang Patah.
I set destination HOME since I need to fetch my young boy at his tuition.
Shell Larkin at 8.56pm.
Petronas Megah Ria at 9.31pm. Pee and pray.
Dear diary, today I completed 10 trips in 10hr 13min. Okay lah.
ORANG ASLI SEAFOOD RESTAURANT IN JB
Tuesday, 28 Nov 2017.
Starting cikJnulekasnova engine and Uber XL apps at 5.59am.
7.07am, no ping, drove thru McD Pandan.
7.08am, FNG at Jalan Molek 2/17 going to Senai Airport. 2 adults and 2 small girls.
8.57am, KRS at Jalan Cyber 14 Senai. 5 pax of Sabahan girls going to TJ Mart Saleng.
10.18am, NRL at SMK Prince Town (Bandar Putra) going to Aeon Mall. 5 young Malay girls.
12.11pm, PTR at TJ Mart Saleng, the same Sabahan girls waiting at KFC going back to Cyber 14 Senai.
Noon break, renew insurance and roadtax for cikputih. I added coverage for the windshield.
Also, Uber surprisingly sent me a text message telling me that my Uber KL account was suspended for one day due to poor "rating". Fookyewlah Uber. But it's okay since I am not doing Uber in KL. Please move on.
4.41pm, car wash for cikJnulekasnova. 5.21pm completed.
5.32pm, RLN at Diva Karaoke Bistro Club Jalan Suria 7. 5 pax young men with tattooes going home at Jalan Api Api 10.
6.16pm, BEN at Jalan Permas 10/6. 7 pax of Singaporeans going to Orang Asli seafood restaurant in Pasir Gudang, but he put it the wrong location. I corrected it to the famous Todak Seafood. Nearby only. He offered extra rm10 for the 7th pax. I agreed.
6.39pm, at the dropoff point, suddenly TOM approached me to "deal tepi longkang". 3 pax waiting for teksi that never came for 40min already. At first they wanted to go to CIQ, but later they wanted to go to The Zon to find some cheap cheap Vietnamese amoi. I dont mind.
Break 7.22pm at Petronas Lingkaran Dalam. Pee and pray.
7.24pm, SXX at JB City Square. He put the wrong entrance. 6 pax young Singaporeans going to makan makan at Jalan Sutera 1.
8.01pm, later CHO at the same location, 5 pax going back to JB City Square.
I set destination HOME at 8.23pm. I reckoned it's already 10 hours online today.
Dear diary, today I managed to complete only 8 trips for 10hr 38min. Okay lah.
LONG TRIP WITH CHEAP FARE ALSO WANTS TO HAGGLE
Monday, 27 Nov 2017.
6.20am, starting up cikJnulekasnova engine and UberXL apps.
6.52am, Tesco Extra Plentong.
6.56am, ping from LIN at bus stop Jalan Skudai which is 21min 23km far far away. I accepted but later I cancelled. 1.5x surge.
7.14am, MAR at Jln Anggerik 41 Johor Jaya, 9min but she cancelled. 1.4x surge.
7.38am, Petron Majidee JB.
8.58am, 12min 6.1km to pickup MAI at Jalan Permatang 5. At the pickup point, after shouting to each other, I cancelled after 5min. 1.5x surge.
9.38am, 22min 17.5km far far away ROK at Senai airport. Since it showed the 'Long Trip (45+ min)' remark, I called her, but the man answered. 5 pax and going to Simpang Renggam. Deal by the 'tepi longkang', I asked for rm100 since no rider back, he later negotiate for rm90, when I asked for rm95, he cancelled the deal. Whatthefish.
Then another ping from same location and same remark, which I reckon would be the same guy, so I ignored.
3 hours without trip, aiyah.
9.54am, NBL at Mydin Bandar Baru Uda booked for 3 Indon - 2 ladies and a man and many-many bags including old big tv. The traffic jam was bad along Jalan Skudai infront of the new Paradigm Mall. I sent them to Ferry terminal Puteri Harbour. The lady sat at the back liked to talk and talk. They are going 'balik kampung' at Pekanbaru via Tanjung Balai Karimun.
Break at Petronas Bukit indah near Aeon.
11.23am, LHJ 6 pinoys at Jalan Indah 1/17 going to the same Puteri Harbor, but this time to the Hotel Jen.
12.20pm, break at Petronas Bukit Indah.
12.47pm, Jalan Tun Razak near Larkin.
12.59pm, Larkin Sentral.
1.10pm, 11min 7.6km to pickup AHH 3 local chinese young men at New hotel Jalan Sin Nam going to KSL City Mall. 1.6x surge.
1.47pm, AHM and his lunch buddies at Kacang Pool but put on the wrong location at Bomba Larkin, actually they were at the other Kacang Pool SJKC Foon Yew 5. I cancelled after 5min.
2.30pm, masjid Taman Dato Onn. pee and pray.
3.18pm, Shell Larkin Sentral. Ron95 for rm72.47.
3.26pm, MNN the boss booking to pickup 7 India workers at Larkin Sentral KFC. I sent them to far far away Perindu 1 Cyber 14 Senai, 24km 31min.
4.14pm, at Masjid Senai airport, FRD another boss booked to pickup another 2 India worker near Caltex Saleng. Actually she booked another Uber driver for other workers too. I sent 2 of them to far far away Jalan Beladau 4 Ulu Tiram while the other Uber pickup 4 workers to Jalan Kekabu 11 Desa Cemerlang which later we found out that the Bangla leader incharge who was at the Caltex made a wrong switched which I asked him already. Later I made a 'job tepi longkang' and got extra money loh.
Dear diary, today I completed only 5 trips since this morning for 10hr 19min, after almost hours of no accepted trip. I cancelled 2 trips after 5min arrival. Also I learned today, my beloved cikJnulekasnova although can fit 7 passengers, but I saw on the Uber apps it shall be for 6 persons only. So I shall be careful next time not to make life hard herself to cikJnulekasnova.
"There is none worthy of worship but You, glory is to You. Surely, I was among the wrongdoers. - Du'aa of Prophet Yunus while inside belly of the whale."
SLOW SUNDAY MORNING
Sunday 26 Nov 2017.
Yesterday I was sick and took a rest and slept only on my bed.
7.02am, starting cikJnulekasnova engine and Uber apps. I set destination to KLIA and plan to go straight home to JB after the airport trip. No ping for a long long time.
To fillup ron95 at Shell Jalan Ampang (Risda) for rm75.07.
8.32am, nearby Japanese man at Shangri La hotel. 4 pax, 2 luggages and 1 wheelchair. All the way to KLIA airport, not KLIA2 he said. The man and 2 ladies were sitting in the middle row. The old lady who was paralysed sitting next to me who always said, "honto honto." They talked and talked all the way. At the drop off, I said, "minasan chotto matte kudasai ne," and "koko ni ie desu ne." The man told me my Japanese is very good. "No, no, watashi no nihongo o warui desu," I said.
All the way to JB.
2.06pm, 5min 2.9km to pickup Mas DOR. 7 pax of young Indon men sending them to Aeon Indahputra Kulai.
I waited another ping but all the pings were very far far away, ie more than 20km away. Aiyah.
After more than 2 hours waiting and still not feeling well at Kulai town and Senai airport, I called it a day.
LONG TRIP DOES NOT MEAN GOING TO KLIA AIRPORT
Shell gas station, Plus Highway at Jelapang, Ipoh, Perak 2017. |
Friday, 24 Nov 2017.
Started cikJnuslekasnova's engine and Uber apps at 6.21am.
6.38am, topup ron95 at Shell Taman Dato Razali for rm90.
6.44am, got ping from ELL, 10min 6.6km at Jalan 52 Kg Cheras Baru. While ondway, she called me asking whether I can send her to Kg Majidee JB. Walahwehh. She was surprised that I didnt know the destination on Uber apps. Whatthefish. She's going alone with many big things which she asked the fare. I told her that JB is an outstation destination and I was asking extra fare which she texted me, "mahal." But I told her that minyak also mahal mah. Later, she cancelled and tried to book other Uber drivers which got to me few times since I was nearest to her and I ignored them.
7.59am, got ping 9min 3.5km from VEE at KL Sentral. I didn't call and just drove to the pickup point. VEE hopped in, 4 pax going to Jonker Walk Melaka. Walahweh. I told her I could send her to Melaka which she shouted at me from my back, "if cannot go why uncle accepted it?" I told her that driver cannot see the rider destination until start trip. Kannina. Dont scold scold one lah. This is Uber fault. They got out of the cab and cursed at me. Charcheebye lah.
9.41am, while at Masjid India Leboh Ampang, 11min 2.3km from TLL at The Ascott Hotel KL. An Arab family, TLL, his wife and 3 kids (2 boys and 1 girl). At first I thought they were going to KLIA. When I started the trip, they are going to Meru VAlley Ipoh. What can I do? I rejected 2 long trips already and not this one. So without complaint, I sent them to Ipoh for 2.30 hours, knowing I wouldn't get any rider back to KL city center. Lesson learned: please call the rider for long trip.
Dear diary, today I completed only 5 trips in 10 hr 31 min. And I made I report to Uber regarding the toll fare from Jalan Duta to Ipoh (S) exit was not recorded on the final trip earnings. 5 min later, Uber cs replied that it will included next week's statement. Cross my finger lah.
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