Police: Cik kerja apa?
Jenn: Saya kerja pensyarah.
Police: Kerajaan atau swasta?
Jenn: Swasta.
Police: Saya punya anak sekarang belajar kat universiti, saya mintak dia belajar fizik atau matematik, dia tak nak. Dia dapat 10 A, sekarang dia belajar nak jadi doctor, kecewa saya.
Jenn: Encik harus rasa bangga, anak pakcik bercita-cita tinggi.
Police: Tapi saya rasa lebih baik kalau dia jadi cikgu. Adik saya pensyarah di USM, dia tu pandai juga. Haish, semua di rumah saya tu memang pandai, hanya saya saja yang tiada guna.
I tried to cut short our conversation. There was another man waiting in line and I felt bad for the other guy because the police was not suppose to chat with me and by doing so, he was delaying the time of the other man.
Yesterday, I met with an accident again. Yes, it was my second accident within a month. I felt awkward walking into the police station again. I felt as if my reputation was tarnished. With two accident reports in a month, I would not blame others if they labeled me as a reckless driver.
The accident happened after my hike at Bukit Jambul. Fortunately, I was only driving at 30kph when the accident happened. A kancil from the opposite direction suddenly came into my lane and hit my car before it hit the lorry behind me. It all happened so fast that there was no way I could avoid it. The old driver was in daze, he was blur when we went to his car. It was indeed fortunate that both of us was not traveling at a high speed or else both of us could have died. The kancil and the lorry were badly damage and both vehicles had to be towed away. Thankfully, my old faithful proton was not badly damaged this time but I will definitely send it to the workshop for claims and repair.
To have all these unpleasant accidents happening towards me within such a short period of time is pretty much disturbing. Is it a sign for something that is deemed to happen? Someone once told me that I should get rid of the car since I often get involved in accidents whenever I drive it. He said that my car is a bad luck car. I don’t know. I don’t really believe in these kind of taboos but I really do hope that what happened today is going to be the last of my bad experiences.
Meanwhile, I got really amused at the police station today, the sergeant who attended to me was a really pleasant guy and unlike other policemen, this guy actually keeps miniature cars for us to use, for us to demonstrate the accidents and I think this is a real effective method as explaining accidents to policemen can be very frustrating at times.
The accident could have been fatal if we were all speeding and I guess we should thank God that no one was harmed. Please keep me in prayers that I will continue to remain safe on the road. Meanwhile, I’m very likely to cancel my long awaited trip to KL during MERDEKA. Mom has not been well of late and to make things worst, she had a fall as is pretty much dependent. I cannot leave my parents under such circumstances. Do keep my parents in prayer that they do not have to be overly dependent on others. It frustrates them as well to be dependent on others. Also pray that I have the patience whenever I attend to their needs.
Perhaps I should heed FCW's advice of getting a bigger vehicle and buy a lorry.