Hey guys,

I believe that good deeds should be rewarded so lemme share you a story.

Last month, on the only day I decided to take an LRT in 2009, the bloody thing breakdown. So I waited as the train crawled to Bangsar station, got down, and jumped into a cab. Because I was already late for my appointment, I was in a hurry to get off once i reached Mandarin Oriental. Only after my appointment did I realise that I left my 2-month old iPod Classic 160GB in the back seat!

Because I didn't get the cab's number or company, the only thing I could do was to call the Mandarin Oriental and ask them to just check if any cab driver would return it the next day. I asked them to call me back the next day to double check and they said they would. Unfortunately, they didn't.

Assuming it was lost, I was thinking of getting another one. Luckily I am a procrastinator, cos 2 weeks later I get a note saying that my iPod is with my neighbour! I am totally confused, but when I go to collect it, my neighbour says the cab driver tried dropping it off at my house but i wasn't home. So he left it with a note.

Dear Lau Chak Onn,

I found your iPod in my back seat. Call me at 012 923 2333.

Uncle Keong

HOW THE HECK DID HE KNOW MY FULL NAME AND MY ADDRESSS?!

When I called hi that night and explained who i was, he sorta mumbled into the phone something like

I can't hear you... Ï'm drinking, call me tomorrow!

Next day when I called him, he said he passed the phone to his daughter, who pressed some buttons and found my home address AND my IC and full name! Confused, I thanked him for returning the iPod, and wanted to meet up with him to offer an AngPow. He said he was very busy and would call me when i was in his area.

After I hung up, I immediately went to my iPod to see what button he pressed. At first I thought because I bought it online that Apple puts your data in there. But it wasn't in the About section, it was in the Photo section cos iTunes automatically syncs with My Pictures, and I had a very old scan of my IC there!

And up to today (about 2 weeks after the incident), Uncle Keong hasn't even called to collect his reward.

3 Lessons I have learnt from this.

1. Even when in a rush, always remember the cab number if you can, and look back at your seat.
2. Be careful what you sync on your iPod
3. Sometimes, a Malaysian cab driver can offer much better service than the ridiculously expensive Mandarin Oriental

Thanks for listening, and Thanks to Uncle Keong for giving us hope in an increasingly hopeless country.

chak
www.foldees.com

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tldr

cool story bro

u never scold him for invasion of privacy is good liao!

got her daughter pics?

more like a TVB story line

don't need to read. Just call him next time you need a cab dood.

its good to know there's still hope when all seems lost. lol

hahaha... you guys damn ungrateful.

Takan the fler return me my ipod then i return him a grandson right?

uncle keong,i thought vkeong

hmm,nice uncle,you at kl?

next time i go there will call him if need a cab

Lau chak onn, kai wan siao ar?

for the luls.

nais story!

thanks for sharing with us yo!

HAHAHA... ask me for what? Call him la bro. Number at top.

good uncle keong.


but the replies you get in k. are hilarious . hahaha

you shud call the star

if you reeally want to share the story

Habis. No meleis gonna call him.

of course he didnt call you la. how he know youre in his area doh

man.. hard to find these kind of people right now...

ah, How r u Chak? How's foldees doing?

EH THIS IS A VERY NICE STORY =)

and c'mon, so lucky u got an old scanned IC in ur ipod.
wat the f*** it is just like hong kong drama man..

Noted, thank you for the helpful information. Will follow the steps mentioned above to play my part of being a good citizen.

I agree. It's good to know there're still honest people around.

salute uncle keong! cool story indeed

are u trying 2 blog where here?

or advertising here??

the website is a lie.

is ur site.

go dai plz

This post has been edited by jinkinz: Apr 21 2010, 03:25 AM

blogwhore ..

why chinese people like to give a business to their own race? i know its a form of gratitude, but i dont see chinese people do it to malays.

i honor all honest cab drivers... those like uncle keong and also those that go by meter and will give back even 10cents of change unless the passenger said keep the change.

usually those taxi that goes by meter i will give them a round up value and ask them to keep the change, give RM2 tips if the value aredy like RM10, RM15...

those that try to slit throat by telling me RM10!!! before i enter the car can all fucuk, u dun get 1cent from me eventually serve u right

wahlau... some people here damn hostile right? Don't like don't read la... yeesh. so much time to say stupid things.

A Malay rojak seller has returned my wallet before, and I have personally returned a malay guy's HP before too.

Hoi! How you? Long time never see your name in our contest...

Thanks man... promise every word is true

Indon came to my house around 9.00 PM just to return my wallet after I left it in the bus and he even refused to take a reward. Shud praise him or not?

ah chak got back his ipod!

last time i found a henfon inside bus and he collect it next day, and all i got is biskut. but the biskut is very tasty.

cool story bro!

mana unker punye area?
if when in area then can call him liao

Of course man... the guy is not as well off, and yet take the effort to take public transport to return it to your house. That's awesome man.

klia -------> putrajaya by cab how much???

I dunno where his area is, but i got on the cab in Bangsar, so guessing anywhere in KL PJ should be ok qua

kudos to the uncle

HAAHa... he is not MY uncle. You call him la

the ultimate question still havent answered. got the uncle daughter picture?

wow who pry open ur ipod to look for data of ur ic?

I think people in this forum need to go zouk more

This post has been edited by Chak: Apr 21 2010, 04:30 PM

His daughter just browsed looking for owner data lor. Means the daughter must be quite smart also. No, I don't have her photo.

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dont give him any business. for all we know this could be a scam by the TS to increase his dad's business.

whatever, good deeds will be rewarded automatically. why bother spreading it around? ive returned all sorts of shit before, from phones to wallets and ive never made an attempt to make people donate anything to me.

and other people in this forum need to get laid

fak yeah! siu keong rules

sure.. nice time passing story....

I am uncle keong's son, appreciate if you can give me the angpow on behalf of my father, thank you.

ya, you should.

lame thread is lame.

vkeong drive taxi?

dude. that wedsite represents himself. not the cab .

this place cannot use to promote biz...fail....

ipod saja , wait till you drop a iphone la etc ....

update: I just took his taxi to LCCT. Gave him RM200 total fare. Normal charge from DJ is RM70 in case anyone is interested. Also gave him a printout of all the responses

he's drinking coz he was thinking why so stupid give u back the ipod

aha i thought it was vkeong tim

so ipod or phone? u really want an iphone is it?

he pass iphone to giv his daughter.

his stupiak daughter giv back to u. sheesh. wimminz

at the end ts get married with uncle keong daughter, good drama

unfortunately ppl like that are rare in malaysia. ive never had things returned to me, nor do i know anyone who has. its mostly finders keepers mentality here.

hw bout the other way round?

kampong mentality.

+1 for conroe

evry restaurant we eat at, that 5% goes to yall so stfu

cainis?i only sapork Jews cab driver.

now people...haizz...
hard to find people like this nowdays

last time i found a phone,... i'm still using it now..

pakcik abu , pak ali , pakman samura dah pulang imac,alienware laptop tak keco pon