Not too long ago. There was an emergency case that I need to handle.

Once case is done, I took a short nap in the office.

Woke up, and the time is way past 3am. Wow! My office is like my 3rd home now.
Saw the time and I quickly pack my things and run home and sleep.

When I enter the elevator, the door is closing quite slow compared to previous times.
I smell something fishy but don’t care. The lift door is always fishy…


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I went in and next thing I know… the lift stops. STOP! BERHENTI! THENG!!

Walao!! I was nearly gonna pee in my pants… Lucky the light and fan is still on.
Else I will be screaming and people all over KL will hear me…

Okay.. maybe not that bad.

But the lift stop. So what do I do? Relax… I said. It might be just some small glitch. It will come back on very soon and we will reach the Ground floor.

NO! It just stops there. I hit the emergency button…


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I waited about 10 minutes… No Reply! I don’t know how it works, but I keep shouting “HELLO! HELLO” over near to the speaker area and suddenly one voice came. It was the security!

Security: Hello?
Tom: Hello. The lift is not moving.
Security: Hello?
Tom: -_- THE LIFT IS NOT MOVING! CAN YOU PLEASE GET SOMEONE TO COME!!!
Security: Hello? Kenapa?
Tom: DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND ENGLISH? DATANG BUKA PINTU! LIFT TAK GERAK!

*no reply for about 3 minutes*

Tom: HELLO!!??? HELLO!!!???
Security: Ya? Sikijap ya.. Sikijap…
Tom: What sikijap? You ada datang ke tak? Sudah lama I tunggu..!!
Security: You mana?
Tom: Saya ada kat lift lah! Tingkat Tiga Belas!! Tingkat Tiga Belas!!
Security: Sikijap ya.. Sikijap ya…

*no reply for 5 minutes*

Tom: HELLO!!?? YOU BERAPA LAMA LAGI MAU TUNGGU!!???
Security: Sikijap ya boss… Sikijap ya…
Tom: -_- (am already raging from the non responsive reply except “sikijap ya”)

*waited for another 10 minutes*

Security: Hello! You what floor?
Tom: (whoa! speaking already). I AM AT THIRTEEN FLOOR! THIRTEEN FLOOR!
Security: Ok. Sikijap ya boss!! Sikijap ya…
Tom: OI! HALLO! YOU KASI RESPONSE BAIK BAIK LAH. APA SIKIJAP SIKIJAP!!???
Security: Orang datang skrang. Buka Pintu.
Tom: *sigh….*

*waited another 5 minutes and then, suddenly door opening sound*

Security: Hello? Mana you?
Tom: (OMG! Cha Dou Can Die Dot Com Dot My!!) Tingkat Tiga Belas.
Security: Oh. You kat atas. You tunggu! Aku naik satu tingkat lagi. (They went to 12th floor, when I said 13th floor many times)
Tom: OK!
Security: You tunggu ya. I tengah buka nih. *door opens* Alamak! You tunggu dalam. Jangan keluar lagi. Bahaya nih.

It seems to them that it was dangerous to climb out. The lift went down about 2 feet away from alignment with the outside door. One of the guy was a Malaysian and another was some Bangladeshi. Now I know why the “Lost in Translation”…

The opening is very big for me to get out. But then, the danger is there. I was afraid too. But, I have to get our no matter what. So both of them held my hands and we counted…

1,    2,     3

I jumped climb up and out of the elevator. *Phew* Suddenly, there was a flashback of those Holywood Movies where people have to be rescued from the elevator by fireman. I felt like a star for a short moment.

NOW, I am quite scared to take like old old elevators already man…
Eventhough my ordeal was like 30 minutes or so, still, it was kinda scary tho…

But one thing… DON’T PANIC! Stay Calm… Which I didn’t. I was just frustrated with lousy security communication which don’t help soothe a person who is trap. But gives you trauma as in, “OMG, this fella don’t know nuts! He don’t speak English summore. Not even a 5 word sentence BM!”

Now, that is an experience…