Farewell Dinner in ‘Style’ and With Bangs (Conclusion)
Speaking about decision. Decided to drive to TGIF by myself (following behind CE’s car) instead of carpooling with him.
Well, how hard could that be? I mean, all I had to do was just following closely, yea, closely behind CE’s car. No sweat and was sure to get there safely.
It all went smoothly as we ‘cruising’ along the LDP highway. We drove past One U and then, just about to reach the destination…
It happened in just a blink of an eye, not more than 2 seconds… Used all the strength hitting on the break pedal, pulling the hand break as hard as I could and that’s it. BANG! My heart stopped, brain blanked, feet jellied with both hands clutching tightly onto the steering wheel. Next thing, frantically, reached down to get my cell phone and hit the call button.. began to sob like a baby when heard the voice coming through the receiver..
Felt like for a moment the world had ceased to spin and couldn’t hear any sound except my own trembling voice, trying to relate what had just took place like a minute ago.. Perhaps, I was just repeating the same words over and over.. "I’m scared, oh my god..I’m really scared.. accident… I’m scared, oh god, oh god.. I’m scared.. how.. really really scared now…"
Outside, it was bustling with activities. Saw CE, looked very concerned, maybe shocked, walking down from his car. Not far ahead, there was another car.. Saw many people, 4 of ‘em walking towards CE and began with some furious hand gestures. Frozen and glued to the driving seat, with eyes taking in all that was happening out there and at the same time repeating the same phrases on the phone. CE walked towards me and bless his soul, with a very sympathetic face and comforting voice and he said, "Don’t be panicked, it’s ok, It’s ok. Money can settle everything." I mean, by right, he should have been yelling at me and perhaps even cursing at me..Who wouldn’t? You get what I mean? At that instant, if wasn’t on the phone, I would have jumped straight onto him and gave him some bear hugs! After calming me down, he walked to the foursome and as suggested by him, he would deal with them and this allowed to sit in the car and tried to compose myself. I think F.E.A.R must have been written all over my face. (not to mentioned the first accident just met like a month ago)
Now now, still couldn’t understand the situation. I mean, what was going on?! Of coz I knew I had hit CE’s car but what the heck was going on?! The fact is I wasn’t driving fast, dare say below 50 km/h. For heaven’s sake, the road was pretty congested even if I wanted to speed. How did this happen??!! Honestly, I was totally clueless as how did this crashing happen.. Oh right, maybe I was driving a tab bit closely behind CE but hell, there was no way I could just bang him that way! I swear I wasn’t dozing off too!!
It must have been forever when one of the two pairs of couples decided to talk to me. My heart was pounding when they were approaching my car. Taking a deep breathe, was expecting some rude and abusive words and reaction from these two. For the first time I detached myself from the seat and got down to the side of the road. As they approached me, I experienced something like never before! Instead of giving me nasty stares and demanding for compensation she started to calm me down, gently and repeatedly. She kept reassuring me that what happened was not my fault and accident like this does happen. Bless her!! I was pretty much like a scared kitten and she a great pair of hands, patting and comforting the scared kitten. Her boyfriend is just another good samaritan. When was asked to park our cars else where as we were obstructing the traffic, this guy agreed to drive my car upon requested by me. Obviously I was in a bad shape to drive again, mentally.
Shooot, the car engine went dead!! This time the Litrak guys did what the do best, they helped to tow my car further down the road which offers wider space. As we reached there, Winnie was standing by the road side. It was a relief to see some familiar face! She witnessed the incident and decided to stop by to check on us. She was also on her way to my dinner. I was somewhat more composed now than before. Must have regained my inner poise. Not till Winnie asked if I had informed my parents. Once again, the reality sank in… I had to do what I hate to do…
Oh wait, how can I forget to mention bout the ‘vouchers’?! Hmm, I prefer to call these people KUTU’s (flea). They are just so annoying. They look like some thugs and you wouldn’t want ‘em to get anywhere near you so long as you weren’t in the dessert. Oh well, there was this particular kutu (driving like a complete nutcase when he tried to cut in and parked his car behind Winnie’s), he had a walkie talkied with him and he contacted his friends, another bunch of thug-like guys, to join the party! Within minutes, there came another proton and a tow car, parking along the roadside complete making the already jam packed road even more jammed! Told them our own tow guys were on the way and we did not need their services. Gosh, there kutu’s are hell persistent. They decided to sit on the fence and continue to wait for a chance to seal a deal. The fat one really got on my nerve when he came and nosed around beside ME and CE, saying, "colleagues also can langgar? Hahaha" What an idiot and stupid cow! This fat kutu almost picked a fight with when asked him to leave us alone! Low class!
All of us were starving but it wasn’t for long. Jo and May bought McD’s for me, CE and Winnie!! Hurrah, our own lil’ farewell party by the road… They really did help to bring some laughters especially after a night like this. They are the best!! Oh yea, by the way, they gave me this ‘not meant to leave IBM’ theory, which really got me thinking.
Everyone was so concerned. My dear fellow Teambluers called and sms-ed one by one to give their moral support. Couldn’t be more touched! May was the first to call, followed byJo and thenJess.Hearing their worried voice made me feel really bad. Once again, I’ve got myself into such a mess!
It was such a big shame that I couldn’t attend my own farewell dinner and they were having the dinner without me @ TGIF.. It was even a bigger shame that I could only showcase my gorgeous dress to the kutus and busybody onlookers…
Oh no, it’s nearly 4 am… need to get up early for church tomorrow.
P/S: Next up, ‘fun’ @police station
TO BE CONTINUED…
