Malaysia Truly Asia

Tak tau lah nak share sini ke tak nak but then this thing has been bugging me for days. It happened a few days ago in Klang. I saw this air asia promo with a few good offer so I thought maybe I should try to sign myself in since it was free. Two SA (sales assistants) assisted me through out the process. As the SA1 assisting me in filling up the form, the SA2 made a copy of my IC and other particulars.

SA1 : Akak duduk mana kak?

Jijah : Dungun, Terengganu

SA1 : Macam mana mau eja, kak?

Jijah : Mari saya tuliskan untuk kamu. Kamu pernah pergi Terengganu?

both SA1 & SA2 : Tak pernah. Di mana ye?

Jijah : dekat saja dengan Paka, Kerteh dan Petronas.

The two SA seemed puzzled.. tiba² Jijah hangat hati. I thought, supposedly satu Malaysia pun kenal Petronas Kerteh ni. Either you have been to the place itself or maybe just one of your random knowledge of famous places in Malaysia.

Jijah : Takkan kamu semua tak tau Petronas di Terengganu? Oil and gas plant di Terengganu? Di sana, semua bergaji besar. Monthly income ada yang boleh dapat up to 13K to 15K.. kamu jurujual kenal tau. This is suppose to be your target market...

SA1 : Ye ke? Saya tak pernah tau pun..

Jijah : Ruginya... Kamu pun tak tau ( I was appointing to SA2)

SA2 : Saya dari Sarawak (sambil geleng² kepala)

Jijah : That doesnt make u any less a Malaysian! (Jijah mula la kan....) Dont you read newspaper, watch tv?

Dua² terkulat-kulat.. both were speechless. I was about to switch into my nagging mode when MM finally approaching me from nearby outlet ajak balik dah. Aisehhhh.. so save by the bell lah dua orang mamat itu.. dan dengan selambanya proceed with my application. Mesti dalam hati sangat bersyukur that it was finally over.

I know.. Im making a big fuss about this. So what, if they dont know about the place at all kan? But isnt it nice if they knew? First time Jijah jumpa orang yang tak kenal akan Petronas Paka dan Kerteh. Especially orang yang kerja bidang pemasaran. I know because I used to be one of them when I was with Citibank long ago. Kalau dapat application forms from any of them yang kerja di Petronas sangat² excited jadinya sebab puak² ni high scoring approval so komisyen pun masyukkk sikit ( reminiscing my days masa kat citibank).

Nonetheless.. This is quite an embarrassment, no? Seharusnya konsepnya ialah, di mana bumi di pijak.. di situlah langit dijunjung kan? Macam Jijah.. eventhough I didnt update myself with the latest SUKMA at all (I blame the world cup) but I am very well realized that Terengganu won the SUKMA and I am more than happy because Ahad ni cuti umum untuk rakyat Terengganu.. muahahhah! Finally got a break to go to Seberang Takir.. SGT!!! here I come!!!