Kuala Lumpur, 2003

 Kuala Lumpur, 2003. For five days I am staying at Hotel Equatorial, Jalan Block Ismail Dende, opposite the Malaysian Airlines head office. Almost every day from there the market-taxi bill was 1.7 or 1.9 ringgit. Many Bangladeshis in the area. I returned to the hotel. Same as the city support came, but the bill rose to 3.6 ringgit. When I saw him, he raised his eyebrows and said to Drike, 'Your meter has risen, what about me?' The porter of the hotel reached the area and said that two ringgits are against your daily rent. Taking my bag while visiting, 'These shalas are very thieving, meter tampering...'