Wednesday, October 26, 2005

This will be a repititive entry for my 7 wonders...


The white telephone under my bed had been ringing 3-6 times everyday since last Friday. First ring would be at 9:30 am, followed by 10, then, whatever times that i couldn't be bothered to take note of. And i have not been answering all these calls. Especially if its in the morning/afternoon/6:30pm. Why? Because!

Read on.


Its based on a true story.
The main character is me.

Ok, u know, telemarketers, in Singapore, trying to sell their products or services, it happened here too, Perth.Last time, i would listen to their stories, this and that and after telling me what services they're offering, in the end i will have to disappoint them by saying that i wasn't interested.

Then i changed my tactic.I thought, ok, since its ang mos here, whenever my room phone rang at unusual time, coz i roughly know when my parents will call me, i will answer my phone and when i heard the normal "Hello, may is speak to Mr (my surname)/ Mrs (my surname)" my normal response would be, "Oh, sorry he/she's not in..." which is true what, both my mum and dad are not here.

After that i changed tactic again. When they wanna speak to a certain Mr/Mrs (my surname), my reply would be,"Hello, awak nak cakap dgn siapa?" I will keep on saying that over and over again, like a broken record till they gave up. Most of the callers are Indian, with very strong Indian accent.Some are local Ausies.

Until one fine morning.

The conversation went like this:

Ring, ring...

Me : hello?
Caller : Hello, may i speak to Mr (my surname)?
Me :Hello??
Caller : Hi, may i speak to Mr (my surname), please?
Me : Hello, awak nak cakap dgn siapa?
Caller : Oh, hello, umm.. saya ingin bercakap dgn Encik (my surname). Dia ada di rumah?

And i was stunned!!!
Too stunned, that i couldn't think of any other excuses, but just said that he's not in and won't be back till end of next month.Believe it or not, we converse in Malay throughout.

Aparently, she's Chinese and her name is Julie and she's from M'sia.

And i was so dumb that i said that i was frm Singapore, and that my parents were not ard. Nampak sangat bedek kan? At least if i said that im from Singapore that i live with my grown up son or daughter but they're not in Perth, its believable. I can be some really old makcik that dunno how to converse in English. Ni tidak.

*Slaps head*
Kena backfired rabak punya kes....Hah! Amik kau obat!!

Now, whenever my room phone rings, i just let it ring and ring and ring and ring, unless i know that its the normal time that my parents call.

AL-kisah...

And so the phone still keep on ringing and ringing and ringing..

And ringing.

Good things most of my friends don't have my home number and called me on my handphone only.