Saturday, 19 August 2017.
I sent my car to the Mercedes workshop at Jalan Ampang Kiri, infront of Risda building.
10.04am, book uncle HOY driving Bezza going to Ampang Park. He started driving for 4 months already. His new Bezza looks new and clean. He used to work at furniture company as an installer. I have not been to this Jalan Ampang for more than 6 months already and saw a new construction being in progress on jalan Jelatek junction, infront of Great Eastern building. About his experience as a Grab driver, he said he drives only 10 hours per day until 8pm everyday which will earn him net monthly income of RM4k roughly. He used to drive Uber but not anymore since Uber fare is too low for a driver to make a profit. I agreed. The fare for this ride was RM8, minus RM5 promocode, so I paid only RM3.
10.40am, booking MHM from Ampang Park to my home at Bukit Belacan. MHM driving a yellow myvi. He is driving Grab as partime job. His fulltime job is personal driver. I asked him to stop at the Mercedes workshop to collect somethings. He is not familiar with this area of Jalan Ampang since he resides at Kajang. The fare was RM11, minus RM5 promocode, so I paid only RM6.
Then in the afternoon, my daughter asked me how to book an Uber from Sunway Pyramid to a nearby shop bcoz she got exhibition activity there. She cannot use Grab apps anymore bcoz she was banned following my case as a driver last year. Fookyew lah Grab. Surprisingly, the Uber apps got an option to book driver in advance, ie schedule ride. Life is so easy now.
