I'm Without A Car

I'm without a car. I met with an accident near Jalan Duta toll last Saturday. One pakcik is trying to cut across lane from Smart Tag lane to the cash lane. I was at the Touch & Go lane. I don't have enough time to break, the right lane is not clear so I can't switch to the right lane, and if I switch to the left lane, the pakcik's car will hit me and I'd probably hit another car on the left lane. So to hit or be hit? I choose to hit. I'm lucky I wasn't even scratched. Things could've been worse.

My car will be in the workshop for 2-3 weeks or so says the mechanic. As a result, I couldn't go to the office on Saturday to prepare for my Monday and Tuesday training. Luckily, I've bought all the things I needed for potluck Raya gathering on Sunday. The gathering was a blast.

Back to my no car situation! On Monday, my brother sends me to a colleague's place so I can car pool. On Tuesday, my colleague was away, so begins my journey with the public transport. I haven't been on the public transport for years. My brother drop me at the nearest commuter station. That morning, I was on the commuter, changed to Putra LRT and then changed to STAR LRT. Don't ask! After work, I went back by bus. In one day, I've used almost all the public transportation available, except monorail.

The walk to get the bus brings back memories of my younger days. The smell from Mamak's restaurant, the smell of diesel and cigarette smoke, it was quite nice to experience it all after so long. But all the walking from one station to another makes me short of breath and that reminds me of my age and my fitness level. The bus didn't stop near my apartment, so I called my brother to drive me there.

Today, I tried stopping at a different station and walk the remaining distance to office. It took me 25 minutes. Sigh! On my way back, my brother's not around so I have to climb the hill with my heels to get to my apartment. Ohhh... I don't need any other exercise if I do this every day. The burning on my thighs are enough to tell me the fat affected. I want my car back....

On an unrelated note, as Murphy's Law has dictated, whatever could go wrong, will go wrong. My Monday and Tuesday training, the system was down the whole of two days. I tried my best to make the best of the situation and cracking my head to find methods to make up for the lack of hands-on training. How glad I am the training was finally over though I can't help feeling bad that the participants were shortchanged without the hands-on training. Sigh!