tale of the brader lori

wish we had one of these in the country

ihayat tune: Y.M.C.A

i finally moved 80% of my stuff to the new place in USJ. i found a nice apartment USJ22 which is very close to the office that i can literally just walk to it. but the place comes with a little baggage. the housemate. a little different than what i would normally go for and i do have slight concerns whether we can get along or not, but i guess it's too soon to say. (in case you were thinking male, lesbian, monkey or robot...you thought wrong.) maybe it could be a good thing. who knows ~ sounds like an "adventure".

the house is empty albeit having 2 people living in it (i've yet to meet the other housemate) so i went on a hunt to buy a used washing machine. i found a place in Puchong that sells them and they also deliver, so i decided to use the opportunity to transport my heavy stuff from Damansara as well. the thing is, the uncle said he only charges 30rm for the lorry and if i needed the truck to transport my stuff i can give the movers "duit kopi". sounds unrealistically awesome, but the naive me bought this anyway.

on Saturday, the lorry arrived FOUR HOURS late. they took my stuff downstairs, wrapped it up in that plastic thing people use to wrap luggage with at the airport and transported the stuff to USJ. the whole ordeal started off fishy as i noticed the deco on the truck screams (dry) food delivery truck rather than a delivery delivery truck. the movers was a man and two kids. my neighborhood friendly friend Fabor who happened to be with me that day to help me out interviewed the kids and we learnt that one was still studying in form 2 and the other was in form 4. they did the picking up, wrapping, loading and unloading. the brader lori did nothing.

after they delivered my stuff, i wanted to give them rm150 worth of "duit kopi". that's not so bad no? i didn't make them carry too many stuff...to be honest, i could've done it all with the help of a friend within half an hour but i didnt have a truck. then i was caught by surprise because brader lori said that he charges rm250 for the service.

bladihell man! the only stuff they transported was a small washing machine, my bedframe, a mattress, a small microwave and 2 small boxes. lain ceritalah if i made them carry all that plus a jati sofa set, an oak 4 door wardrobe, a grand piano with marylin manson lying on top of it, an iron bathtub and a baby hippo kan? AND i still had to pay the uncle's rm30!

cute baby hippo which i'd like to name Phil.

so after negotiating, we settled the deal at 200rm. which i still think is too much for a sleazy bum like brader lori. dah la guna child labour, then brader lori has the liver to say "mintak simpati la kt budak2 ni..." ME? why don't YOU be a real MAN and pick up the stuff yourself instead of forcing KIDS to do it. what a DB.

sigh...the joys of life's learning process ~ -___-"

speaking of which, the apartment at Damansara has everything so putting the appliances in place wasn't an issue. but now, i'm moving into an empty house and i can't figure out how to attach the washing machine tube onto the faucet. it has a screwy top and the faucet doesn't. @_@ i feel like jessica simpson. eek.