every time i get into the driver’s seat - i make a mental note to myself to keep my cool and not lose my temper on the road. a very noble resolution - no?
i hv my reasons - previously i had no one beside me in the car to hear my rants.. so i kinda let go. then kya came around.. and started to repeat what i said (in that case - it was the word ‘bodoh’) … hence the resolution.. and now, i have another young’un who would be very impressionable and it’s my responsibility to be a good role figure
BUT… if people insist to be inconsiderate drivers - to the point of being moronic.. even a saint can mouth off..
case in point.
case 1:
ever since we sold off the wira - i’m the designated driver to drop off kakak & anaqi at school and nenek’s place. i think the developers for my old neighborhood was trying to maximise space - hence the streets are only wide enough for two lanes. middle-class malaysians now on average hv two vehicles per family and being the old developments - the porches only fit one car.
so you get your odd cars being parked on the shoulder of the streets. which leaves roughly 1.5 at most 1.75 lanes. residents are used to it and people are normally considerate enuff to make way for the other car to pass first whenever u hv vehicles plying both lanes.
this morning however, was another case altogether. i was passing one exceptionally bad street - u have cars parked on both sides of the street and observed a car in front of me. at first thought it was moving but then as i neared it, i noticed that the driver had actually stopped your local roti man to get what i suppose is his breakfast.
i waited awhile to allow the guy to move his vehicle out of the way… he didn’t budge but continued to proceed with his purchase. anaqi was already cranky as it was already his nap time - i was stuck @ jln jelatek longer than usual and was hoping to be able to get anaqi into his baby rocker soon.
i then proceeded to try and squeeze between this bozo’s car and a car parked on the right lane (the operative word being try) but realised that it was a futile effort as this is a waja trying to squeeze into a space only suited for a kancil.
then i started getting angry. good thing the control for the front passenger power window are no longer working - else, i would’ve started to bite someone’s head off.
only then did the bozo move his effin car. finally!! but then being the bozo he is - he had the nerve to glare at me! WTF?!! who’s blocking who’s way here?
i drove pass the car and then gave him a signal that indicated to the driver what i thought of his thinking process.
case 2:
 my sister lives in section 7 shah alam, which is nearby uitm’s rear entrance (ok. that sounded a bit off, but u get what i mean)… so you would expect to see quite a number of uitm students’ vehicles on the roads there.
last sunday evening, we were on the main road leading to the highway enroute kl when a red kancil (proudly bearing a uitm sticker) coming out of a junction immediately wanted to get into our lane. now, when u just entered a main road which has two lanes - common sense would tell u to remain on the right lane until it is clear for u to change lanes.
as we were already on the left lane, amir continued driving at normal speed … i assumed the kancil would wait to switch lanes after our car passed them - but no ~ the bugger tried to steal into the lane.. which is normal for some. amir honked just in case the driver didn’t notice our car.
the kancil still tried to himpit us!! amir managed to swerve the car slightly to avoid from being banged into by the other car - if he hadn’t done that in time, it wouldn’t be pretty (and we just retouched the car exterior!)
i was feeding anaqi at the time - and the sudden move disrupted the nursing - and hell, was i annoyed! … i turned back to look at the occupants of the kancil and signalled my displeasure (no… not that universal sign of displeasure… the less obscene one - tepuk dahi aaa.. to show tak pakai otak kaa!!)
these two jokers (the driver and his female co-conspirator) had the audacity to look annoyed at us back. amir slowed down the car - to ask the two what the heck is their problem - the kancil whizzed infront of us - one of the occupants shouted an insult to amir - and turned into the residential area nearby.
that was when the roadbully in amir (and me) was awakened!
the kancil tried to lose us - but amir managed to follow the car although they turned into quite a number of residential roads - until they hit a dead end and tried to turn back - then they were caught like trapped rat(s) as we were already on them.
needless to say - the two got an earful from amir.. along the lines of ’skolah mandu mana korang pegi… lesen kopi ker.. ada ke kuar simpang terus nak makan kiri… sabo2 la sikit’… apparently, their excuse was that they wanted to rush for asar prayers…
i applaud their intention but it does not justify their means of getting to that end … waiting a few seconds for our car to pass won’t make any major difference - u’d still need to get thru ur security check @ uitm and that takes longer methinks! … the heated exchange lasted for 10-15 minutes…
the gal in the car still tried to insist that they were in the right (using the excuse that they wanted to perform their prayers) .. amir, of course, wouldn’t back down - the boy driving mostly kept quiet throughout the exchange. in the end, the boy apologised to amir… sejuk sikit hati…
if they had just immediately given the apologetic signal at the main road - it would’ve just ended there. geezzzz….!!
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