Kuala Lumpur May 2024 "One Dollar more"
13/05/24 12:18
We have gone to visit a friend who runs a cafe so our afternoon is going to be a time for coffee and a few things to eat whilst we catch up on what has been going on in our lives. Now we have been here before and I know the car park outside the cafe requires cash to pay for parking. Nowadays most machines have a credit card option but this one is old and has not been updated so cash it has to be. The problem is that I haven't visited an ATM (cash machine) for some weeks and all I have with me are a handful of one Ringgit notes and a few coins. Before we sit down in the cafe I have a quick count of my money and check the parking fees. I have eight one Ringgit notes and one Ringgit in coins and I reckon that should be enough unless we are going to be here for a long time.
Well I forgot how easy it is to while away the hours whilst listening to each others stories and we are here for a very long time, well over four hours. So as I approach the parking meter I am really worried whether I will have enough money to pay for our stay. I put the ticket in the machine and to my horror the meter displays the price RM 9.90 so I will be a few "pennies" or rather sen short. I gather my handful of notes and coins together and count them again. I now have NINE one Ringgit notes and I can't believe it. As I pour my coins and notes into the parking meter it counts down the balance owing. Finally with my last note the balance drops to zero and the ticket is released back to me to use at the exit gate.
Now this isn't the first time I have found (or supernaturally been provided with) one Ringgit when the need arose. The colloquial name in Malaysia for a Ringgit is Dollar and my story, Kuala Lumpur January 2019 "One dollar", is similar to this one and has the same satisfactory conclusion.
Well I forgot how easy it is to while away the hours whilst listening to each others stories and we are here for a very long time, well over four hours. So as I approach the parking meter I am really worried whether I will have enough money to pay for our stay. I put the ticket in the machine and to my horror the meter displays the price RM 9.90 so I will be a few "pennies" or rather sen short. I gather my handful of notes and coins together and count them again. I now have NINE one Ringgit notes and I can't believe it. As I pour my coins and notes into the parking meter it counts down the balance owing. Finally with my last note the balance drops to zero and the ticket is released back to me to use at the exit gate.
Now this isn't the first time I have found (or supernaturally been provided with) one Ringgit when the need arose. The colloquial name in Malaysia for a Ringgit is Dollar and my story, Kuala Lumpur January 2019 "One dollar", is similar to this one and has the same satisfactory conclusion.