5Y8M 3Y 11M チュチクリタ Cuci Kereta

アラタカラは洗車に行くのが大好きで、この時だけはマレー語で「チュチクリタ!」と大騒ぎ。いつも行くアイランドプラザ近くの洗車場は、1回3リンギ（90円）。外国人労働者による人海戦術と洗車機の組み合わせでとても綺麗になる。私達は乗ったままなので、子供達は楽しいに違いない。

1月に中古のケンバラを購入して以来、一度も車内の掃除をしていなくて、ゴキブリの干からびた死体を何体か発見（きゃ～～～！マレーシアでは運転中に天井からゴキブリが落ちてきたなんてよくあるらしい）したので、今回は車内の掃除もお願いした。マットを洗い、念入りなバキューム、拭き掃除でプラス5リンギ（＝150円）。

なーんだ、こんなに安いなら、もっと頻繁に掃除してもらえばよかった。日本でもこの商売どうかしら？

この前はタイヤに釘が刺さっていたので修理に行ったら、詰め物して5リンギ也。50リンギって吹っかけられてもわからないかも。

Aratakara like to go to have our cars washed. They always want to go to "Cuci kereta", "Wash car" in Malay, when we drive past the petrol station near Island Plaza. It costs only 3RM (0.60GBP).

It's done by manpower first, more than 6 men surround the car with brushes, sponges and water hoses, proceeding to the automatic car wash booth, then finished off with another 2 men drying the car with cloth in both hands. While the car is being washed, we stay inside and it must be fun for boys! Of course, cars are sparkling clean after that.

I bought my Kembara in January. Since then, I haven't clean the inside and I've found a couple of dried-up bodies of cockroaches! So we decided to have the inside cleaned as well. They washed the floor mats, vacuumed the floor and chairs, then wiped the dashboard and the handle. It cost extra 5RM (1GBP).

Well, if it's so cheap, I should have done it more often!

Last week, we also went to have the puncture in a tyre fixed. It was only 5RM as well. Even if they've charged us 50RM, we wouldn't have had any doubt and paid!