Pagi itu diawali lagi-lagi dengan sebuah
tragedi bahasa. Begitu gue keluar pintu hotel, gue dengar di belakang: "Good
morning!"
Gue tengok, ternyata abang becak. Mukanya persis banget encek-encek Pasar Pagi.
Encek Becak :Saigon River !
Take photo, take photo!
Gue tengok, ternyata abang becak. Mukanya persis banget encek-encek Pasar Pagi.
Encek Becak :
Gue :
No. I just want to take a walk. Saigon
River is just close over
there. (Tangan gue menunjuk ke arah kanan.)
Encek Becak : No, no! Saigon River ! (Tangannya menunjuk ke sebelah kiri.)
Take photo, take photo!
Dasar Shuni. Kalau dengar "food" takkan tergoda, tapi kalau dengar "photo"... she'll do everything it takes. Pikir-pikir, siapa tahu Si Encek Becak ini tahu tempat yang view-nya benar-benar keren buat difoto.
Gue : How much?
Dasar Shuni. Kalau dengar "food" takkan tergoda, tapi kalau dengar "photo"... she'll do everything it takes. Pikir-pikir, siapa tahu Si Encek Becak ini tahu tempat yang view-nya benar-benar keren buat difoto.
Gue : How much?
Encek Becak :
Hundred!
Gue :
(Bingung.)
Lha, pecahan diVietnam
itu gede-gede. Argo taxi misalnya, dimulai dari 10.000. Sekarang Si Encek
bilang 100.
Gue (dalam hati) : Emang elo pade punya gitu pecahan cepe??
Gue : Hundred dongs or hundred dollars?
Encek Becak : Hundred dongs.
Gue : (Keluarin kertas dan pen. Tulis angka “100”) You mean this or this? (Tulis angka “10.000”.)
Encek Becak : Hehehe, thirty thousand.
Gue : What?! Thirty thousand??!! (Ngeloyor pergi.)
Encek Becak : Hey! Take photo, take photo! Beautiful! How much do you want?
Gue : (Keluarin kertas dan pen tadi. Tulis angka “10.000”.) Ten thousand.
Encek Becak : Twenty thousand.
Gue : No! Ten thousand! (Kaki sudah siap beranjak.)
Lha, pecahan di
Gue (dalam hati) : Emang elo pade punya gitu pecahan cepe??
Gue : Hundred dongs or hundred dollars?
Encek Becak : Hundred dongs.
Gue : (Keluarin kertas dan pen. Tulis angka “100”) You mean this or this? (Tulis angka “10.000”.)
Encek Becak : Hehehe, thirty thousand.
Gue : What?! Thirty thousand??!! (Ngeloyor pergi.)
Encek Becak : Hey! Take photo, take photo! Beautiful! How much do you want?
Gue : (Keluarin kertas dan pen tadi. Tulis angka “10.000”.) Ten thousand.
Encek Becak : Twenty thousand.
Gue : No! Ten thousand! (Kaki sudah siap beranjak.)
Kata nyokap, kalau nawar itu kudu pura-pura
nggak butuh.
Encek Becak : Okay, okay.
Gue : (Cek duit di dompet.)
Encek Becak : Okay, okay.
Gue : (Cek duit di dompet.)
Gue (dalam hati) : Wah,
nggak ada uang kecil nih. Jangan-jangan
ntar kayak di Indo. Alasan aja nggak ada
kembalian.
Gue : I only have this. (Keluarin selembar 50.000 VND) Do you have the change?
Encek Becak : No, but change over there can.
Gue (dalam hati): Jangan-jangan ntar gue udah naik, tahu-tahu sampaisana dia bilang, nggak
ada orang nih. Melayang deh 50.000 cuma buat naik becak. Lha, masih pagi begini
mau nukerin duit sama sapa coba? (Kaki siap-siap beranjak pergi lagi.)
Encek Becak : Okay, okay, I have. (Keluarin dompet.) Here. (Nyodorin selembar 20.000, lalu selembar 10.000.)
Astaga! Itu di dompet banyak duit kecilnya!!
Encek Becak : (Memasukkan dompet kembali ke sakunya.)
Gue : No! Another ten thousand!
Encek Becak : (Merengut. Keluarin dompet lagi. Selembar 10.000 lagi disodorkan ke gue.)
Canggih dah ajaran nyokap!
Si Encek Becak belok ke kiri, belok ke kanan, menyeberang jalan raya, dan berhenti.
Gue : Is it here? Finish??
Encek Becak : Yes.
Gue : I know this place. I've been here already! This is very close. Just now if I went right, it would end here too. Ten thousand only for this far??
Encek Becak : You have husband? My son, my son!
Gue : (Kaburrrr!)
Gue : I only have this. (Keluarin selembar 50.000 VND) Do you have the change?
Encek Becak : No, but change over there can.
Gue (dalam hati): Jangan-jangan ntar gue udah naik, tahu-tahu sampai
Encek Becak : Okay, okay, I have. (Keluarin dompet.) Here. (Nyodorin selembar 20.000, lalu selembar 10.000.)
Astaga! Itu di dompet banyak duit kecilnya!!
Encek Becak : (Memasukkan dompet kembali ke sakunya.)
Gue : No! Another ten thousand!
Encek Becak : (Merengut. Keluarin dompet lagi. Selembar 10.000 lagi disodorkan ke gue.)
Canggih dah ajaran nyokap!
Si Encek Becak belok ke kiri, belok ke kanan, menyeberang jalan raya, dan berhenti.
Gue : Is it here? Finish??
Encek Becak : Yes.
Gue : I know this place. I've been here already! This is very close. Just now if I went right, it would end here too. Ten thousand only for this far??
Encek Becak : You have husband? My son, my son!
Gue : (Kaburrrr!)
Ini
beneran. Beneran nggak butuh.
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