A truly crazy saturday morning ....

0620 hours, Saturday

Teeeeet-teeeeet-teeeet …

Darn. Time to get up. Time to take the pig to the airport. Sigh, so sleepy.

Actually, do we need to send her so early as we’ve already checked her in last night, so what’s the rush? But a quick reminisce of my folly in Bratislava-Vienna, was the dose I needed to jack myself out of the bed … I did not allocate for the bus to be break down halfway to the airport & also not for the idiotic ground assistant to give me so much trouble in checking in … almost missed my flight back to Malaysia.

So, let’s be early, let’s be safe than sorry … and we rolled down the highway in a normal pace of 110km/h on dad’s car (took it since it’s more powerful than my own drive). Alright, so I drop her there … go home, get the lovely nasi lemak breakfast & newspapers that I’ve been craving for … then sleep, then go out to the Curve … what a great day planned ahead.

If there was a god, he or she must have been cheeky today … just a few km shy of the toll plaza for KLIA, there was a sudden explosion I heard from the engine … and with that, some liquid spewed unto the windscreen … and yes … what drama, cause I immediately pulled the car over …

Piggy thought it might be some ‘water ballon’ we ran over, but I was quite sure it came from the engine … and I don’t recall running over anything on the road … and when I opened, it looked normal … nothing missing, except lots of water spewed all over … until my 3^rd look, which I noticed a piece of tube … but I didn’t see where it fit in cause it was like 10cm long, and nothing within that length looked out … then I spied the radioator with a gaping hole & another hole at the engine … and it should be a much longer tube … did the whole thing burst into many pieces strewn all over the road with only this piece left?

Must be. I just cursed & cursed, why didn’t I take my car? Fuck! Why this morning? I still needed some sleep. Fuck again. Of course I only muttered cibai, hehe.

Ok. Why not call AAM & they tow the car back home? It’s gonna take time, but it sounded most viable. Meanwhile piggy called her friend to take her to the airport … and she’s on the way … one problem solved I guess. And coming back to AAM … told them I got a car busted, asked for some tow truck and ok … I don’t have my dad’s AAM card, but since the car’s registered, I suppose they should do it.

NO. Those idiots need either my dad’s AAM card or his IC. Fuck. I’ve never cursed so much, but the stress of the situation warrants it. Sigh. Can they tow it for a fee? They will outsource to their partners & let them decide how much to charge. Looks like a shortcut to a rip-off … so screw it.

Just then, piggy’s ride came … so off u go … enjoy your flight … while your poor bro has to sort out this mega fuck up on Saturday morning. Sigh. Again I hate this car; I swear never to drive it again, by the moon & the stars & the sky.

Couple of calls, woke up some friends, but no clear solution in sight … thought I drive a few more km to the toll booth … and while I carefully watched the temperature, it looked ok. Well … stopped at the PLUS office, the nice lady said that I can get help from their highway patrol BUT in condition that I must re-enter the highway (I’ve exited the toll).

Ok. Back to highway, check. Inform them to ask for truck, check.

The unexpected saviour ...

Then this cabbie just stopped & slowly reversed back … asked to have a look … so I was in a more chatty mood … so showed him & this guy knows about cars, I can see … he immediately saw the problem & gave me an interesting proposition …

He’ll take me to buy the spare part in Puchong, I pay for the part & for the cab fees to & fro … everything should not cost more than 100 bucks. I was initially reluctant since I rang for the truck to come in, but I thought again … PLUS may not get it back to my home, but only to some location, where I might need to find another truck again. And this guy’s gonna drive away if I don’t get him so I need to make a choice now. Decisions, sigh.

So, ok. Let’s do it.

Hopped on the car, he just sped away on 140km/h all the way … and in a jiffy we reached Puchong, with just a teensy weensy problem, it’s slightly over 0900 hours … all shops looked closed, so we hovered the back lanes & luckily, this store was open.

Now, this guy asks if we could go for some tea & since he’s helping me out, the softie in me just agreed (even though I badly craved some hours of sleep & some nice breakfast) what's in a few minutes of tea?… but it turns out to be some 45 minutes. Fuck man ... I'm so cranky inside now.

Now, without divulging too much, this guy turns out to be a very colourful character … he’s not just a former entrepreneur, but also a grey trader, he’s in some syndicate for smuggled goods & asks me if I had some ‘contacts’ … but it’s still early in the morning, and shell shocked as I was, I’m just my direct self … just said no politely, do I look like your kind of guy?

Then he started talking about women when he saw this lady with huge ass on the street … did a wolf whistle (I just put on my blur look, please don’t involve me dude), then Romeo start rhapsodizing on how he sexually arouses women (details shall not be covered in this release), but he really looked … in a state of high when he talked about it all … but it was quite degrading in some ways. Oh well. I just casually told him ... I'm sure by my answers & reactions, I am definitely & totally inexperienced in sex to have such high level of discussion with you ... hehehe

Now this story is ending soon (finally) … and this guy, not just only fitted the part in, but he also tested a whole lot of stuff … which I thought the money spent was worth it RM95 in total …

Now, as I rolled back home … my tiredness start to creep in & so was my hunger … and as they say, a hungry man is an unhappy man … so we just quickly washed up, dressed up & just rolled out.

It was only minutes later that I remembered I forgot to take out the thrash. Oh well, just fuck it!

Note:

As looked back ... it was an interesting, though largely inconvenient morning ... but meeting this guy was the highlight of the morning as he was an interesting charcter from the offstart ... and he gave me this sense of reality from the man down on the street, making money the way he knows best ... and a huge dose that even for the layman, shades of grey comes in greatly too ...