My Gift...

...to a world of safe driving and safe roads.

Damage : Rm 30.

I was being my ignorant and selfish self and not thinking about the safety of other drivers on the road when Jamie called and told me that he'll be late to Pelita SS2.
I answered the call and being the pathetic incompetent driver that I am, I did not even put on the hands-free kit nor put it on loudspeaker.
I drove like I owned the road. Jalan Ong Wee Kee, 47600, Petaling Jaya.

Then the good hearted and sensitive police officer noticed my intolerable behavior and asked me to pull to the side. He asked me if I knew what I did wrong.

Guilty as charged. I admitted.

He asked me to step out of the car, probably wanted me to have a feel of the atmosphere along the highway, so that I would finally understand how dangerous is it to maneuver a vehicle while handling a mobile phone. I solemnly and awfully felt the shame that I was enduring. I was so selfish!

He wrote down my offenses and told me the total amount of fine that I would need to pay when meeting the Head Officer in the Ministry.

Maybe it was a sparkle in my eyes or perhaps it was a tiny bit of compassion that stirred him to these words "I know that you are a student, you can't possibly afford this. I want to know...just, how can I help you". A tear was about to form in the lake of my eyes...Seriously!

He asked me in a very slow tone, "How much do you have right now?" and I opened my wallet to show him a few bank notes that I had just withdrawn from the ATM a couple of hours ago.

"Normally, this amount would not have sufficed for this kind of offense, but I can't penalize a repented heart...Alright," he said with much hesitation,"Rm 30 it is...but please be praying that your heart will understand, it had cost me more to forgive you"

"Yes sir,I will never forget"I answered him...regretfully.

The drive along LDP was one of the longest that I had ever. The guilt kept weighing in...

Then once I was in the SS2 area, Kehliang called...

K:"Ooi! Where are you la?"
W:"Blardy hell, got saman-ed la...stupid Jamie call me wrong time..
K:"Alar, where are you now la?"
W:"Oh, I'm still driving there la"