Esah buat MG

Hari tu i ada janji sama scandal i kat London sinun that i have a story for my blog entry. Tapi janji tinggal janji because i have been terribly busy trying to meet up with a few personal deadlines. Sampailah dia kena shout out kat FB...nampak sangat nak blow up cover i kan?? Ish!

Anyway, i nak bercerita pasal MG. BTW Esah, dia telah mengadu padaku bahawasanya dia telah dipecat dari projek akhirat mu, hence the tajuk - saja nak kasi gempak. Tu la sapa suruh u lembab2 i cakap. Makcik tu pseudo mak saleh..if she writes to you, she expects you to reply. Kalau tak boleh, just say no. Ni pi buat style malayu yg harap org tu paham2 je la. And the thing is he is telling me now what i've already told you about renovations and stuff. Tapi bila i cakap kat dia, you just tell me and let me relay the message to Esah.  Eh tak boleh nanti tah hapa2 you pi cakap kat dia. Lantak kau lah. Suka anggap bini dia IQ cam tak pass SRP (boleh tak i nak membongkak kat sini? Bukan setakat pass hokay! I even got PingatBestariPublicBank lagi for that year. And that's about the only biggest achievement in my life..hehe). Anyway, suffice it say last2 dia cakap, just get a REALLY good contractor.

MG's true passion is designing houses and ID. Unfortunately his current job doesn't always permit him to indulge in his passion. But fortunately for me, even though he is no less busy now, at least he comes home every evening. Dulu2 when his job only revolved around designing buildings, it was quite common for him to bermukim kat opisnya and i only got to see him after 2-3days. Then he got a job with this company yg buat resort. Ni lagi teruk, every 2 weeks kena out station for a few nights. Bila balik pun dok ngadap komputer buat drawing. Anyway, sekarang ni tak dah but i do encourage him to do free lance work. But he hasn't got the time really...and if he does take up any job, that would mean he will not be available during the weekends - and seriously some jobs might take many months to complete and it isn't fun for me and the kids.

Adalah sekali ni a job he took up to renovate rumah agam sorang akak ni who happened to be a close family friend. Whenever i have sedara or kekawan rapat yg ask me to tend to them of their suku sakat, i am always wary..because when you are at their finger tips, senang je jemari tu memetik nombor you. Tak kisah siang malam, cuti tak cuti you have to provide them with consultations. Well, with MG ni, the job took months to complete. The akak was a satisfied customer. At the beginning when she wanted to discuss about payment, MG wanted to put the discussion aside (malayu ke tak malayu laki aku ni Esah?), kata, nantilah bila dah siap. I said no, this is a business proposal and that he shouldn't be embarrassed about putting his price - it's the price of the time this job is going to take you away from your family during weekends (and no daddy to entertain the kids while mummy catch up on her naps). And memula dia dah nak bagi discount - i said no, my lecturer dulu always tells us about 'bmw effect'. When BMW cars were brought in to the UK, they were selling badly because they were very affordable. People perceived cheap as having no quality. Then the manufacturer marked up the prices and sales began to pick up. So i cakap, samalah jugak dgn you...cheap=cikai. Kalau zaman memuda dulu dia charge 7% takkan dgn akak ni 5% kut? With his experience and his level of committment, i think he could go up to 10%. (If i were to go private akak-akak sekalian, saya pun tak cheap ye...tapi kerana saya selalu tak sanggup nak charge lebih2, sebab tu saya tak masuk private..hehe. Cakap je pandai)

Anyway, the akak was happy with the finished product. Then she began to become a pain in my arse. Pokok mati tepon MG. Ikan mati tepon MG. Problem dgn gardener tepon MG. Rumput mati tepon MG.  Lampu tak menyala tepon MG. Langsung takde statute of limitations (psst Esah..betulke istilah ni?). Pokok mati pasal  maid siram terlebih air, rumput mati pasal maid curah minyak goreng ikan, ikan mati dah ajal (kut) and problem dgn gardener? Well, you want cheap, you get monkey la. Rumah agam tu pulak bukan le sepelaung je...duit minyak, tol lagi. Kalau ginilah servicenya, baik hari tu i sebagai agent laki i charge 15% je terus kan? Tapi mengenangkan family friend kan...ada sekali tu dia buat makan2..we went anak beranak. It was already midnight, guests pun dah nak blah. I bundled the kids up but MG cakap sat..akak tu nak suruh dia bega2kan lampu garden or something. SERIOUSLY! We were held back for nearly an hour, orang lain semua dah balik. Get a bloody electrician! I understand laki and anak jantannya cuma jenis membesarkan telur saja but just because MG did up your house and just because he is toooo nice to say no, mamat ni kena perah habis2an. And ada sorang lagi akak ni yg jugak 'family friend' pernah mengadu kat akak rumah agam ni yg laki dan anak laki2nya pun semua set2 besarkan telur. Nak tukar2 lampu semua dia kena buat sendiri. And akak agam had the cheek to tell her that apa susah, panggil je MG. WHAT?! Of course i meletup kan...i said makcik ni memang nak kena..perlukah i membuat sindiran di pesbuk ke? (so malayu). But MG at last did the malayu thinglah Esah..he ignored her calls and smses..hehe..i rasa pasal dia tak tahan kena agro dgn i.

Itu je lah ceritanya. Yes, MG still thinks i SRP pun tak lepas and i biarkan je..because deep down he knows he needs my hasutan utk jadi lebih macho (or is it just macho?). And yes, i myself pun meek jugak, but believe me, he's worse!