After work, I return home with the company transport. It’s simply because it’s free.
The route is boring hence ear phones are often plugged into well… my ear. I’ll either be listening to the portable CD player or the radio on my cell phone. With music blasting into my ear, I fell asleep today. I think it’s Ayumi Hamasaki’s YOU. I’m not saying the song is boring, I like that album, it’s from A BALLADS, track number 4. A BALLADS is the best Ayumi Hamasaki compilation album in my humble opinion. [It's the one with 2 Ayumis facing each other, almost kissing, in the front cover.]
Then I was awoken my a steep turn that the bus driver made. I woke up and look at the roads. Picture this scenario:
But first, select a suitable face pace song for its soundtrack. Anyway, think about a small road with many people crossing the road. Actually, they aren’t just crossing the road, they’re jay-walking.
Then this huge bus travels at it’s usual speed, without stopping. Pedestrians grew increasingly worried of the outcome. They thought, with reference to William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “To cross or not to cross”. [Don't blame me if it's not from Hamlet or if I spelled "Hamlet" wrongly, I am never good in literature.] They crossed.
It is a choice wrong made. The bus driver slammed on the horn angrily. The bus screamed, “Beeeeeep!”. Roughly translated to, “<vulgarities>, you <vulgarity> humans made a <vulgarity> wrong choice. Turn back to the <vulgarity> pavement or I will roll you puny humans flat!”.
The humans scampered frantically to the nearest safe location. The bus smirked.
I, too, smirked. I am neither the bus nor the bus driver, just a simple passenger who happens to be in the bus. The aunties cried, “hen huai leh!”, which roughly means, “very mean!”.
Back to the point that I smirked. I look at the puny human and thought they deserve this scare. There’s this Chinese saying that says – Ma Lu Ru Hu Kou – literally means the road is like a tiger’s jaws. It’s trying to tell you that the road can be dangerous so the Chinese people sure have to look out for it. It applies to all races as well.
It’s dangerous indeed. And when this vehicle knock you down while you’re jay-walking, it’s your fault technically speaking. The insurance company is unlikely to pay you. Maybe the car owner can even sue you for damaging his/her bumper!
So kids, when you’re thinking of crossing the road, do not jay-walk.
Today’s posting is brought to you by the letters – “D”, “E” and “W”, and the number “13″. [No humans are hurt while filming this posting.]
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