Monday, March 2, 2009

in jakarta - part 4

bahasa misunderstanding

we sort of got lost on our way to the taman mini indonesia indah. j noticed that the driver was taking us to a mall called taman mini so i had to remind him that we're not going to a mall but to a park. the first part, he understood but not about the park. he doesn't know what a park is so we ended up going around and getting stuck in traffic before coming in the back door gate of the park. he looked at our map and we thought he understood it. he asked a couple of guys but he still got lost. so yes, i was pretty irritated and it showed in my voice when i talked to him. unfortunately, he doesn't also speak good english. bad thing for us.

so, he started talking in bahasa, looking at me...

"lalalalalalalalala.... (all in bahasa).... lalalalaa..... pak u..... lalalalala"

shet, wait a minute... was i just cursed at?!

i don't know and i don't care (okay, i care, but it happened and i don't want a fight) as long as we arrived at the park, that is all that mattered.

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