Wednesday 24 October 2007

Bummer...

Aaaahhh..so many happenings...dont know where to start!!!
I will go for the latest...did u know yesterday morning, on my way to school, i had an accident?? yes..albeit a minor one. But....the events that followed it is one i shall remember for a long long time...
Just after the Southern Park exit, amidst the heavy morning traffic, a green proton wira aeroback bumped into my 5 day old perodua Viva! O..the sheer frustration at having your brand new car bumped into...(itu satu hal...). It gave me quite a jolt, to hear the clanging of metals. Regardless of the rain, I pulled over to the bus stop nearby, looked behind, expecting the driver to follow suit. Of all the nerve..the driver, a malay lady i think in her late twenties...had the audacity to just shake her hands, boldly indicating nothing was wrong with my car, and simply drove on, leaving a bewildered and puzzled me!!
Since it was raining, and the traffic jam was quite heavy, all i could do was watch her pass me by, and then i drove on. From where I was, I could see her switching lanes, from the third to the second, and then tried unsuccessfully to go to the first. My thoughts were she was probably trying to escape me. Well... I wasnt chasing her, how could I?
But Allah is Great! While she was stuck in the second lane, simpleton me and my viva in the third lane kept on moving slowly until I was actually beside her. I hurriedly unwind my windscreen ( is that what its called?) n shouted at her, "Apa cerita ni?". Her companion beside her, another malay lady, shouted back on her behalf, "Takde apa-apa...takde calar pun" , and then they simply drove off again at the roundabout to Klang. The nerve of that perpetrator!!!
I called hubby dear, only to hear his sighs and lamentations, so i quickly added that the driver said there was no scratch to the new car ( I must emphasise on the word new...how frustrating...) but hubby dear told me to check the back once i reached school.
Which I did...the lady was right...there was just the slightest of peeled paint...but THE WHOLE OF THE LEFT BUMPER WAS MISALLIGNED!!!!! Which she would have totally failed to observe, loking on from the comfortable position she was in...in her car! Later on, when i tested opening the booth, a screw from somewhere actually dropped off. My poor new car...it felt like a tooth had dropped off it...
Its not so much the minor accident that shook me. It was the sheer irresponsible attitude of the driver..and what makes it feel worse to me, she was of my sex and my race.... and how sad..I am sure of my faith too, a fellow muslim! I am not an insensible person, I believe the accident is what it was - accidental. But not to have the courtesy to pull over and apologise or to try to pretend to be the slightest remorseful..that is something that I totally fail to understand. And to my eyes, that makes her a damned criminal! A shameless Malaysian, a lowly lady, an errant muslim! No manners!!! BOth she and her companion...
I was still slightly breathless when i recounted the incident to my colleague in school and when she asked me if the driver had shouted an apology during our very brief exchange of words, it was only then that i realised her vulgar attitude - confidently n boldly shouting out that there was nothing wrong with my car, but not bothering to even say "sorry!". If she is a parent, well..she is bound to raise a brood of arrogant, shameless, deceitful brats...simply because she obviously lack those noble values to raise noble, well mannered children!
Thank God, I did not lose my cool when the accident occured. In that short span of time, I managed to memorise her plate number. I also managed to trace from my valuable informant, the owner of the car, a male name, and his identity card number, presumably the husband of the rude, reckless driver!
Well, owner/driver of green proton WJC 5025, I know at least who that car belongs to, I know your address...and for your information I have made a police report that very morning, Tuesday, 23/10/2007, at 9.00 am, precisely 1 hour 45 mins after you hit my car, and then arrogantly drove away.
YOu may have escaped me, you may probably even escape the police, but you know fully well what you did hasnt escaped Allah! And since you did not deem it important to talk and discuss with me right after the accident, with your arrogant, rude behaviour, you left me no choice but to bring my frustration to Allah. And I am of firm faith, that Allah listens to those who have been abused...not so much by the physical accident, but by your rudeness and sheer bad manners. So, I believe Allah will mete out a just treatment for you too...Good luck!!!
So, if any one of you out there in the universe, knows this lady (fellow teacher?), send my good luck wish to her...you can say she needs it...for i rest my case in the hands of God. And there is no saying what the reckoning of God will be...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! I go through the same roundabout. I will be looking out for her too. Any followup from the police report?

bluewonder said...

If I had money to place an ad on the front cover of NST or Utusan or Berita Harian or the Star....it would be the reg no of that green proton and a map of how to get to the nearest lokap!

alhamdulillah u tak apa2

The Guarding Light said...

@ mr tompang,
Thx for your concern. What do you think happen to the police report? So far a big NATTA! My brother puts it v nicely, "I have just become another statistics." Well no matter, I was doing my duty as a civil Malaysian citizen. But to say the least, there is just SO MUCH left to be desired with regards to the police managerial work! Simply a 1 hr process took me nearly 3 hrs...!

The Guarding Light said...

@bluewonder,
Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun...my condolences to his loved ones, but take comfort tht he is no longer suffering.