Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I had a heart-ATTACK. Pls pray for me.

Yeah. You read right.
Two very unforgettable incidents happened to me today.
What seemed like an average day, aside from the fact that I was driving back to my family in Shah Alam from Kedah, everything started out to be pretty normal and as predicted.
We (my younger sister & I) were late, as usual, to 'bertolak' for our journey.
11am, they say. Huh. You betcha. 12pm is more like it!
Had brunch and headed for the highway.

1st incident- 1213 at the Sg. Petani Tol Plaza.

'KAD TIDAK SAH' on the screen.
My initial reaction was, "WTF? I JUST RELOADED THIS THINGY!" while blowing Chubby's head off with the sheer tone of my booming voice, not that it was her fault but anyways..
Pressed the help button on the scanning machine thingamajigger, and literally demanded help from the teeny man voice from inside the box.
A lady came to the rescue and handed me the 'new and improved-lah sangat' PLUS card.
Fine. I'll pay cash.

Reached the Sungai Dua Tol. Thank god for the Touch 'n Go Service Center.
Went in. Filled a complaint form. Gave a 'Mr. Azhar' the RM50 reload receipt as proof, and so on and so forth.
Finally, he said 'Okay! Siap! Ada Rm50 ya dlm kad ni' with a cynical smile.
Happy that my old card was replaced(with no expense!) with a bright coloured patterned one, I grinned right back at him.
On with the road.
Little did I know, after arriving to the next tol plaza, the screen showed a balance of Rm100!
Stared in disbelief and super-blankly at it.
Could it possibly be the luckiest day of my life?
Well, at least I thought it was until..




2nd incident- 3 and a half hours later, in between Rawang and the Guthrie Highway.

Driving happily as I've made good time on my luckiest road trip yet.
A lengthy lorry ahead on the left side.
Out of no where, a JUMBO WHEEL was bouncing and rolling into the second lane towards me and my car.
Imagine that. It was surely a scene cropped out from an action movie.
Gelabah biawak tak ingat dunia dah lah. Must avoid rolling Gigantire!
I slowed down and tried to steer to the right. The car behind me slowed down too and attempted to do the same.
And some idiot driver who wasn't aware of the danger tried to cut in front of me.
Somehow, the tire rolled back to the left side of the road. As if it had a mind of it's own- to get out of the way of those killer drivers!
Jumbo wheel slowed down and tagged behind the lorry who lost it in the first place.
Fikir balik masa tu, mcm lawak. Lori hilang tayar and was bouncing all over the highway.
Then, my biggest fear occurred, the tire exploded and rubber flew everywhere! Including across my pathway!
My heart was a racing I tell ya!!
Chubby ducked for cover.
As swift as I could, I maneuvered my car towards the speeding lane to get out of harm's way.

The story of my life.
So I didn't really suffer from a heart attack.
But I sure thought I could have.
Thank you Allah for keeping my sister and I safe throughout the journey.
Amin.
Guys out there, be aware of all those trucks, buses, you name it.
As long as as it's huge, just get away as fast as u can.
Cheers.

2 comments:

  1. aiyarrrrrrrkk. thank God for functioning reflexes. daayyum!

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  2. nANA!! ok.. i know i was not suppose to laugh.. but JUMBO WHEEL BOUNCING...!! I CAN IMAGINE!! waharharhrharh

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