Monthly Archives: May 2005

Motorcyclist killed after ramming bus

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When they will ever learn?

The Star on Monday reported that “If only he had worn a helmet, Maniam Murugan might not have been killed when the motorcycle he was riding hit a stalled bus on Friday. It was not that the 33-year-old labourer from Temenggung flats in Kulai did not have a helmet; police found one in the carrier of his motorcycle.”

Sounds like typical Malaysian story. Irrespective of what background you come from, you can find such “heroes” in each one of it.

This reminds of my experience I had couple of years ago where me and my friends were driving through a small town when a motorcyclist came out from no where and was knocked down by my friend’s car. The motorcyclist was an old man carrying his small grandson on the basket. Of course, soon after there was a big crowd gathered and we found ourselves surrounded by the locals “lawyers” who pointed our wrong-doing. There were several mistakes by the motorcyclist:-

1. He was not wearing any helmet (just had a songkok) nor did he care to have helmet on his grandson

2. Was riding on the wrong side of the road

3. Had no license and road tax

4. His riding was not predictable (he rode as if it was his father’s road)

Luckily the police who was passing by at that moment had the same opinion as ours and my friend managed to get some money from the old man for the slight damage on his car. Luck was certainly on the old man’s side as he and his grandson got away with their lives.

If only my friend had speed up (as he normally have), it is likely to cause a serious injuries. Nonetheless, I don’t think that old man learned his lessons from the way he reacted. Until then, we will still find such headlines in the local newspapers

 

Thunderstorm!

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It was raining cats and dogs in Klang when we were there to purchase clothes for my son for his birthday on Saturday. I was worried that by the looks of the traffic jam, it may have flooded. Luckily, the jam was only due to a faulty traffic light and we managed to reach the shop at right time. By the time we finished shopping, it was still raining although not as heavy before.


* Heavy rain and heavy traffic jam


* Cannot see from the side!


* My son playing in the car whilst it rains outside

My son’s 1st birthday

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We had a small celebration for my son’s birthday after coming back from the temple on Saturday. My sister bought a cherry-topped cake for my son who was wearing his birthday attire (an Indian traditional Jippa). Whilst we gathered around the cake, singing the birthday song, my son was could not wait to have his hands on the cake, decided to use his feet instead. The next thing we knew is that a portion of the cake was on his feet. We spend time to clean up and cut off a portion of the cake before continuing.


* A special cake for a very special person


* Just before going to temple


* All ready with his Jippa to cut the cake

What a bad luck

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What a way to start the day!

I was on leave today and I thought of dropping my mom at her work place (nearby kiddies care centre). I took my spectacles and wanted to leave it on the table. I am not sure whether I was sleepy or misjudged the distance, I accidentally dropped my spectacles. The last I heard was a crashing sound and glass breaking. I knew that the worst had happened and I knew that my plans for today are out of the windows. I was screwed.

First thing first, I and my wife looked for my old spectacles to minimize the impact. I kept praying I have not thrown it away. It was an old fashioned spec with thick lenses and a very big frames. Luckily my wife had stowed it away safely. The next was to look for a spectacle shop to order my new spectacles. A shop that can deliver it before Monday (a tall order indeed). Unfortunately it was too early in the morning and the shops were closed. So, I had no choice but to use the old specs during my son’s birthday celebrations at my mom’s work place, a trip to the Post office and the trip to the JPJ to renew my road-tax.

I managed to finish all that by 11.30 am and we went to the shop which a walking distances from my house. The bad news was I need to fork out RM470 for a new (titanium) frame and high index lenses. The good news was (there was two)…the shop can deliver my specs (high index, multi-coated) on Sunday before lunch and my sight power have improved slightly. My lenses power went down by 25.

It was inconvenient but managed to solve the problem quickly before I start work on Monday. I just hope it will not cause a 7-years bad luck.


* The old monster at the top (I could not believe I was so unfashionable just 6 years ago) whilst my broken specs at the bottom. It lost its right “eyes”.