Monday, February 27, 2006

Car Accident near Pudu Station - Saturday



Lazy to wake up as early as 7.30 a.m., so I decided not to join Peini and co. for the Bukit Gasing “jungle tracking”. As usual, I had my German Language course in Goethe Institute. After the class, I went back to meet Khai Loon for lunch around 1.45 p.m. I took the usual way back. I always believe that this is the shortest path back to my home in Gasing. KLCC -->Pudu --> Bangsar --> Pantai Dalam --> Gasing. Don’t know why there were so many buses near the Pudu station. I had stuck in the Pudu for almost 1 hour and started to lose my patience. I had been queue in the lane where all the cars in front of me were waiting to turn to the right. I supposed to be in the left lane so I turned on my left signal. Seeing the bus behind me starting to slow down and "make way for me", I decided to turn left. Bang! The mirror on my left hand site was broken as well as my side mirror. Shhiiitttt…. I just did nothing for 2 to 3 minutes, except having the peoples around me watching the incident. After calming down, I quickly went down to take the bus number and the bus driver asked me to settle it in the Hentian Duta. Luckily, I was still able to drive my car back and went to workshop. After bargaining with the foreman in the workshop, the repair fee was agreed to be RM1000. Khai Loon was the one doing the bargain since he seems to pick up the Kantonise after staying in HK for almost 2 years. What a ridiculous thing! He asked me to buy the 4-D lottery and then he lost the ticket on that night…

Picture says a thousand words. Just have a look on how my car in the workshop. Not too bad….at least the driver is safe!

10 comments:

The Soothsayer said...

Your first accident. :)

Luckily damages are only monetary. Money can be earned back. :)

CYYeoh said...

Sorry to inform you that this was the 4th accident:

1st - in front my house in Penang (minor)
2nd - near Taman Petaling (major - the whole bumper was damaged)
3rd - near Pudu also (minor)

Ahhyaaa........

yan said...

sorry to hear that...
hope everything turn out OK... not too much of a trouble.

The Soothsayer said...

Aiyooo... Penang people are damn bad drivers. Hahaha...

I wrote a guide to Penang driving based on my experience there for ~2 years.

http://soothsdream.blogspot.com/2005/08/dream-badminton-triplets-and-guide-to.html

CYYeoh said...

Thanks, summer snow...
I can pick up my car tommorrow!

PK, I think that you left out at least one important fact. You should write about the "Honda" motorist as well.

The Soothsayer said...

Which Honda driver?

CYYeoh said...

I use Honda C70 or EX5 in Penang ;)

The Soothsayer said...

Haha... maybe everyone should ride a bike now since the govt. keeps increasing the petrol price.
Malaysia Boleh!

ccpling said...

yeah yeah... i was thinking of the bicycle incident when you were nearly home. You "stuck" at the lorry with one hand holding at its back for a few minutes.

CYYeoh said...

Yeah! I was try to become superman!