Fancy A Mercy?

On the last day of his looonnnngggg holiday in Jakarta, Steve requested me to get him a taxi to ferry him to the Bandara (short for Bandar Udara or airport).

However, this was no ordinary request. He made it crystal clear that he wanted the Mercedes C-Class Silverbird taxi or known as the Mercy executive taxi (Indonesians call Mercs, Mercy).

"I want to travel in style" katanyer. Sebenornye dia nak menghabih-kan rupiah dia. Lain kali kalo ada rupiah lebih and tak nak bawak balik Malaysia, cuba-cubale bawak letak kat celah2 kusyen sofa aku.

Anyway, I called up Bluebird's call centre and made my request for a Mercy Silverbird taxi. The lady on the other end of the line said she could not promise a Mercy.

By the way, the Bluebird Group which operates the famous Bluebird taxis has different brandnames for different types of vehicles in its' fleet.

• Bluebird - the normal Toyota Vios taxi
• Silverbird - executive taxi, usually Toyota Cedric, Toyota Crown or Mercedes Benz C-Class
• Goldenbird - luxury limousines from E-Class Mercs to Toyota Alphard
• Bigbird - chartered buses.

So, the next time you're in Jakarta, when someone says Bigbird, they really mean this -



... and not this

Steve was visibly upset when I told him that they could not promise a Mercy. Ngalahkan superstar Hong Kong tul.

However, lucky for him, moments later a black C-Class pulled up at the gate. Steve was smiling ear-to-ear.

He then forced the Silverbird driver to snap a photo of us with the Mercy at the back. Siap ko... lain kali untuk hantor ko ke airport aku pesan Silver Bajai je.