Jumpstart

Had dinner at the Curve at Kim Gary's Saturday night. Catching up with all the usual guy stories was so much fun. Especially the two highlights: Golo's Tadau Kaamatan fella and He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. Took the necessary silly pictures and walked around.







Until we reached Stef's car and realized we'd left the car lights on. Sigh. That was sad. At first her car key wouldn't even turn, so she was frantically calling her parents. We decided to wait it out (Stef, Shang, Shu & I) while Phyl and Pui drove home. Was kinda fun in a way, haha. We were totally anticipating her parents' anger but they were in a surprisingly good mood when they finally arrived. So now we think we should send parents looking for something first when they need to save us from trouble - for them to cool down by the time they actually reach us. They arrived in two other cars (whoa) and a mechanic cousin with plugs to jump start the CRV.

While waiting in the car park in the air conditioned area at almost 11:45 pm, we were thinking about how scary it would be to run out of batt in some ulu land. And with no phone batt, either, which is always happening to me. I was also wondering who I'd call since both my parents aren't around a lot, like tonight. So freaking scary.

Some choices we came up with:
1) Flag down a passing car (but cars don't go to ulu areas at, say, 3 a.m.)
2) Hide in your car till morning

And what if you flag down a Rempit or worse, a fleet of Rems just chance upon you?? Shang imagined, 'Ohhh, besi buruk. Wooo, ada perempuan dalam jugak!' Lol.

Dad was driving home in the wee hours of the morning recently and suddenly this blaze of light appeared from behind him. About 40 Rempits were on the road, racing probably. So he just drove on while they zoomed past him like maniacs. Very very weird but a common sight. He said he wished he had some ball bearings or marbles to fling on the road.