Ongkor and the broken engine

Ongkor and the broken engine

Soon after take-off on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu, the pilot announces:

“Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, satu daripada enjin kapal telah rosak, oleh itu kita akan sampai ke Kota Kinabalu 1 jam lewat”

( “I’m sorry, but we have lost one of our engines. consequently, we will arrive in Kota Kinabalu approximately half an hour late.”)

A few minutes later, he comes on again: “Maaf saya pohonkan sekali lagi tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, enjin nombor 2 juga rosak, tapi jangan panik, kita ada 2 enjin lagi yang masih berjalan lancar, cuma kita akan sampai lewat 2 jam”

(“Hate to disappoint you ladies and gentlemen, but another engine is down. Don’t panic – our two engines are still OK, but now we’ll be about 2 hours late.”)

After another few minutes, he comes on again: “Maaf lagi tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, enjin yang ketiga juga rosak, tapi jangan panik, kita masih boleh terbang dengan 1 enjin, tapi kita akan lewat 5 jam ke Kota Kinabalu”

(“Look, I am really sorry about this, but somehow we have lost our third engine. Still nothing serious to worry about, but we will be about five hours late to Kota Kinabalu.”)

After hearing this, Ongkor turns to the girl sitting next to him and remarks, “Kalau enjin yang satu lagi rusak, satu malam lah kita diatas ni”

(“If we lose the other one, we’ll be up here all night.”)

© Gunsirit | June 02, 2011

Ongkor and the broken engine