The Price of Char Kuey Teow

my car's injuries suffered from last weekend's accident would not be fixed, as my dad puts it (while dripping with sarcasm), because i should wait around for the next accident to happen and fix it all at one go.

simply preposterous!!!

so far, i have only managed to get myself into the strangest accidents with inanimate objects such as entangled to a rock and reversing into Joey's family car. so i was totally the victim when the lorry driver forgot to brake and crashed into my car. and its not the medium-sized kinda pick-up lorry, we're talking about huge truck here.

when i demanded compensation from the lorry driver, he showed his wallet which only contains RM151. feeling a bit sorry for him and not wanting to haggle anymore, i asked for 150 bucks. but he said he's delivering stocks all the way to Tanjung Malim, and he would not have any cash left to pay for the toll. even though i'm not exactly sure where Tg Malim is but it sure does sounds far. this poor guy has such a long drive ahead to work and i'm only heading out for a plate of char kuey teow. in the end i settled for a 100 bucks.

now that i think about it, i'm so darn stupid. the repair works would cost triple of what he compensated me and the accident wasn't even my fault to begin with! my head must have been impacted during crash as well.

p/s: i choked on the char kuey teow right after the car accident. a bone was stuck in my throat for a few hours before i finally managed to swallowed it down with a banana. definitely a very bad day.

Comments

Mz said…
my condolences..

kai, u never heard of takin the offender's details down in hope of gettin more money from him? or get ur insurer to track him down?

sorry about it tho..

n u banged into joey's family car?? how could u??
2:40 PM, November 25, 2006
Anonymous said…
err.. i think ur supposed to jot down his IC number and license number.. then notify the police..and if he doesnt report the accident in 3 days then he'll be slapped with an extra rm300 penalty since he is the one in the wrong.. thatz for hiding all his money away somewhere and showing u peanuts!! good idea tho.. nxt time will hide spare purse with only rm5 inside hehehhe =P
5:32 PM, November 27, 2006
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