Comments on: Mak Cik With a Smile

By: NoktahHitam

NoktahHitam — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:56:19 +0000

So I’ve heard. Using sympathy to sell. Well, it’s better than sexy. I would never buy from sexy. I’ll just look and feast my eyes. It’s a free show

By: Zaza

Zaza — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:58:51 +0000

Nice one Ed. My husband-to-be is also like that. Usually he doesn’t have the heart to turn away the “makciks”, as they remind him of his late grandmother. Me, while I rarely buy the kerepek, usually I borak-borak with them for a while and end up buying them a drink or a meal.

Through my frequent conversations and investigations, I found out that all of these “makciks” are actually a part of a group. They have a target every day, e.g. RM30 a day. In the morning, a van picks them up from a central point, and whether target sales reached or not, they’ll be picked up at 12pm at another central point. They get around RM 0.80 from each pack of kerepek. So dah penat ke, apa ke, memang kene tunggu juga sampai pkol 11 or 12 malam.

And, most of them do the job just to fill in their time, as their children are all grown up and living away from home. Setakat ni only one makcik told me she does it for the money. Yang lain, sebab bosan kat rumah. Dari duduk-duduk je baik die keluar kerja.

I think that says a lot for how their children take care of them, kan? How sad…

By: d_yanz

d_yanz — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:01:14 +0000

i didn’t read all the comment.
I juz want to comment on the article. my first time since i’ve come cross this blog.this one really touch my heart.
I can’t help but feeling the same thing everytime I saw a pakcik or makcik selling those keropok / kerepek. But I can’t buy all as you did.
It will always remind me of my parents, and I always hope that I provide them enuf…
Well done NH. I adore u.

By: Diya

Diya — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:36:58 +0000

kebiasaanya orang kita, mudah rasa kasihan. tapi, sangat jarang hulur bantuan. simpati dikirim melalui mata sahaja, bukan melalui tindakan. tapi, kamu tunjuk pada semua bahawa a mak cik juga mahukan happiness =)

By: teecey

teecey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:40:18 +0000

very touching N.H, setiap kali aku tengok makcik yg jual kerepek kat depan wisma MCA, msti aku akan terfikir benda yang sama mcm kau gak..anak dia mana?kenapa masih kjer dalam usia emas begini? ntah lah..tak dinafikan memang akan wujud rasa kesian tengok warga2 emas ni bersusah payah tgh2 panas.

By: UZiX

UZiX — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:27:21 +0000

The Homeless Man Called Razak and now Mak Cik With a Smile. u sure have a warm heart NH.

By: skis

skis — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:28:55 +0000

Kalau jumpa RM50 again next time, better we find these kind of makciks around and buy all of her sellings rather than giving it away to a <12 year old kid as we did last time…I’m pretty sure that boy went to 1901 in Ampang Point for a huge hotdog as a result of his good income, thanks to the sweet-hearted boys like you and me haha…

By: cikpinidd

cikpinidd — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:41:09 +0000

U are a sweet person.

It’s just a compliment without hidden agenda

By: akmar

akmar — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:19:32 +0000

ckp pasai minyak2 ni , teringat laks kisah pukau memukau. giler takut. hoho.

By: linie

linie — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:24:46 +0000

tu salah guna ilmu tu. sheeesh.

By: NoktahHitam

NoktahHitam — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:24:32 +0000

Speaking of minyak pengasih.. there’s a new thing I heard, minyak perogol. Apparently, bile pakai, nanti girls turn on. Gile scary zaman sekarang.

By: NoktahHitam

NoktahHitam — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:23:20 +0000

eh no la. lucrative lagi dari tu. satu pek RM 2. Jual RM 3.5. 3 peket, RM 10.

By: linie

linie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:55:57 +0000

stuju.. which is sad. im sure nobody likes doing direct selling at that age lah. sindiket or not. untung pun tak seberapa. max prolly RM1 per pack (kalau cost RM0.50 and jual RM1.50)

By: linie

linie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:54:29 +0000

or the other explaination could be pakai ilmu supaya orang nampak kesian. u know, kalau ada minyak pengasih, im sure there is minyak kesian…

hahah. touchynya eddie these days. but i guess everyone becomes like that once in a while.

By: h3r0

h3r0 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:36:13 +0000

Walaupun takut ditipu oleh sindiket..
Biar ikhlas,
tentang tipu atau tidak biar ALLAH yang balas…

Tangan yang memberi lebih baik dari tangan yang menerima..