The Emotional Journey

This is our final assignment about emotional journey along of life and stepped the states of habitation. Human is always in relation to its surrounding, life time and urban lifestyle. We would leave memories, pass experience or emotion in our precious space and life. Everyday we met thousands of things, people or around world. The life journey should bring many expression and perspective of reflash back and moving on through out of urban lifestyle in latest century. It is not easier to find suitable person for interview this assignment, especially looking the interviewee want to share their own personally and spend out a time traveling for those places. I was found few potential as my interviewee but most of them not really acceptance of apparent their identity. Finally, I found the person who was perfected I am looking for it. He is a Taxi driver has been 20 years, his name is Uncle Johnny. His car number is Hwb 9744. He was born in 1957, Malaysia independent year and 52 years old. He is a friendly driver when I was first time seated his taxi while seeing him so that I asked him would interest being my interview respondent. He was agree that would describing his story by a journey belonging of working life with explore freshness things in everyday. Nevertheless, I couldn't take video for interview process because he only can speak Chinese and refuse to appearance his face. The only ways I was taking photo to show that the historical places he brought me along and told me lots of histories and as memorable experience of him. My interview is revealing life experience of Uncle Johnny during he was starting drive taxi toward Bukit Bintang area to share the emotional journey in his pass life. Bukit Bintang is central point of Kuala Lumpur, located of shopping centers, commercial shops, banks, offices and restaurants. This area has focused on high-tech industries as well as the lucrative service industries, specifically commercial and tourism. Such as tourists, officers group, youngest and who was earning money for struggle in live. Apparently, The entire place is teeming with people and has a lively atmosphere.

The first location has been introduced by Uncle Johnny was Jalan Bukit Bintang. It is golden triangle strategically include of famous complex area, Sungai Wang Complex, BB Plaza, Lot10, KL Plaza and Pavillion. These are the most popular shopping complex in KL city as colourful and happening area as well. The place has consist colourful cultural heritage and history among states of Kuala Lumpur. Uncle Jonney said that he has been stayed here around 20 years since he worked as taxi driver. He has been known this area very well even those that working as car park joker nearest Jalan Alor. This area as his working area and he will meet up variety of peoples in everyday, such as, tourists, locals and youths. Uncle Johnny is a optimist because he would thought it not just a job, as apart of his life and daily habit. He explained that it has challenges for faces freshly events and peoples in different moment and time. Although his main objective for work is earning money to families and living life, but his always think that money can't earn forever, most important is living happiness. He said " my living theory is "Don't worry be happy" in whatever, human must has a happy time for living life. Family aslo important for me, without them I could't not live of happiness so I always appreciate that what I gain."

Bukit Bintang is a most happening spot area even entertainment has opened lots around in this location. As consequences, environmental of safety now is getting worse as much than previous time. In current situation, Bukit Bintang also as highest and increasing rate of criminal issues within the cities area.
Fong: What are you think that safety issues of this area?
Uncle Johnny: Compared with 20 years ago, this area was still in safety condition and crime cases not so serious as highest rate as now. Last time, never happen any killed afterward of robbed and serious injured cases but society now is sickish of criminal issues become very important problem for our personal safety. Not even only this area, but is inclusive of around Malaysia. It is being a most important topic to concern of government, solve this issues to protect our citizens.
Fong: Uncle, do you might that I asking have you ever met of this kind of cases? Seem nowadays, lots of taxi driver had been targeted by robber gangs.
Uncle Johnny: It's all right, lucky it have never happened on me. I will be avoid to work until late night because it most danger at night time. I also ignore the people as unkindly groups of foreigner, such as workers from Bangladesh, Indian, or Nigerian. This kinds of people will looks doubtful because they as illegal residential and will doing anything of without restriction in our country.

Jalan Alor was a second location of along with Uncle Johnny. This street is famous of foods as called "foods street" and is very well known by locals and tourists. Jalan Alor is majority of Chinese food and has variety famous foods of Kuala Lumpur. This place also has more than thirty years history time since bukit bintang has been developed as cities area.
Uncle Johnny: Jalan Alor has been changed name to Jalan Kejora in few month ago, but had changes back to Jalan Alor after many peoples made complained. Don't know what does government did, always did a not sense useless things better they put more effort in improve their ability of reduce the crime rate.

The name of Jalan Alor has been used around 35 years, it is a history and memories street for everyone is known well of this name. It is should not get changed the name, even we also would not know the new name Jalan Kejora is Jalan Alor. The government was useless to did changes road name for the Chinese population area.
The others location linking with Jalan Alor is Changkat Bukit Bintang. It is popular of nightlife and entertainment area which is available variety country dining restaurant. Uncle Jonney is staying here, he told me his house as a historical building almost thirty years history. By the way, it has some historical premises of residential houses and most of it has been changed for commercial property as budget hotels, restaurants or mini grocery store.

Fong: Uncle, how long have you been stay here? Have here changed lots compared with previous?
Uncle Johnny: I has been stayed around 20 years with my wife and two daughter and son. It is my house at second floor of old style apartment unit. Before Changkat Bukit Bintang as established of budget hotels and Inn, dining restaurants and pubs, there had many residentials stayed of double old style houses and full of neighbourhood environment. But nowadays, all historical building has been renovated to new commercial area and as happening spot area for tourism area.

The following location was the most historic hotel in Kuala Lumpur, it is Federal Hotel was opened on 1957 by Bapa Malaysia, the first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. Federal Hotel was represented the nation history of merdeka years and independent period among development of Kuala Lumpur and also special in the heart of Bukit Bintang. This hotel has well maintain and stability in market even has high competitive of same industry. Uncle Johnny was joking said that this hotel is memorable for him because it is same age and had history moment of his experience life too.
I am very thankful for Uncle Johnny has been spend half of the day brought me along with these locations, I was more understanding history of own states for origin. At least, I would appreciate much of Uncle Johnny had cooperated with me finished my assignment.