entirely me and intending to remain so...: February 2006

kal finally, the unthinkable happened...(13th February 2006)
i got caught by the police...

crashed a red light ... at least according to the policeman...

imagine!!!

as far as i remember, the light was still orange when i went through...

khair, he asked me to stop...
pointed his finger at me like he was accusing me of something (which he was) to make me stop...
actually, there was another car that came out after me... but gathered speed immediately... so when the police caught us, he was in front of us...
he pointed at the other car also ... par the driver just sped by... i wish i had the brains to do that...

khair... gari roki ... intazar kia...

police wala bhi araam say aye ... jaisay tehel raha ho...
agay say road tax ka sticker check kia ... n i thanked my stars for mama kay itna jaldi banwa lia tha... (although ab tak waisay bhi ban hi jana tha)

phir sahab driver door that pohonchay ...
'assalamualaikum'...
'wa alaikumussalam'... par i guess he didnt hear me coz he made that sound one makes when one hasnt heard.... huh?
'WAALAIKUMUSSALAM' (yeah , God bless you too:P)

n he gave a satisfied grunt...

'cik kerja kat mana?'
n im like ...
'kolej'...
matlab how dumb... words just wouldnt come outa ma mouth...
he asked again...
n i say
'i dont work i go to college'...

surprise...
'oh college mana?'

me: 'rima college... jalan ampang'...

'cik ada lesen?'
n im like ... 'i do par its international'...
he's like ... 'haan haan international hi sahi ... woh bhi chalay ga' ...
so's i's show's him...

'IC?'
n i show him the paki ic i have...
he goes through both for a sec...

then he asks: 'cik tahu apa salah cik?' ...
i did a bit of quick thinking... matlab ... i know why he had caught me par i didnt agree with his judgement... matlab seriously... the light wasnt even red YET!!!

so of course... i said NO i didnt...
lol
i lied! matlab... us waqt to itnay araam say kah dia ... ab khial araha hai...i hadnt realised kay main itni asani say jhoot bol daiti hon ... par really ... i dont think he was being fair ...
khair ... he says ... 'u dont?' (surprise... more like amusement... i guess he knew i knew)
main bhi budhu... i go like... 'but the light wasnt red yet' ...
(ah the cat outa the bag)
aur hamari argument shuru ho gai ...
he says... 'miss. agar lal nahi hui to main apko kiun rokun ga?
muje bhi is kaam main 20 saal ho gaye hian... muje is wardi main 20 saal ho gaye hain' (cant remember the exact words... par i remember the uniform wala part distinctly... i wonder why )...
n i realised kay ab to i'd have to resign to my fate... shukar hai i was not panicking ...
pata nahi... i might have gone pale... it didnt feel like i had... par from what happened afterwards i thought maybe my face registered anxiety... by right i shud have been frantic with worry ...

niway ... i tell the guy kay im not trying to lie to him ... i jus didnt feel kay the light had gone red yet... he's like ... i aint fooling u either miss...

course by now he knew kay i was from pk...
he's like policemen in pk are more aggerssive than those in malaysia... i agree wholeheartedly... ab har dafa bhi to ikhtalaf nahi karna na...
then with a fatherly air he explains kay my mistake would cost me
RM 300...

:S then he asks me if that was agreeable for me ...
n im like ... 'ab hai to hai' ... (matlab main kia kah sakti hoon)
phir say puchay 'thik hai na ?' ('boleh tak?')
koi do teen dafa pucha ...
aur main chup....
matlab main kah bhi kia sakti thi ...
then he's like... kaho na kay 'thik nahi hai'
n im like 'huh'?

phir apni kahani...
aap pk wapis jaengi to apnon ko batana kay police walay nay pakra...
blah...
blah ...
blah...
i distinclty remember seeing his lips moving par dont remember anything of what he said...
then he's like ...(continuation of his story)
'magar meri naseeb achi thi... police wala acha mila(yeh actually main nai khud socha coz by now i had realised kay kia ho raha hai)... police walay nay janay dia '...
n im like
'thank you thank you'
'really ! thank you'
he's liek ' thik hay na?'
im like 'thank you very much '
meri thx hi nahi khatam horahi thi ...lol
it was completely unexpected... matlab ... i was thinking i shud prolly beg or somfin... par i cudnt bring myself to do so ...
n since i wasnt... i didnt think kay he'd ever in a million years let me go ...especially after having lied and argued with him about whether the light was red or not ...

ahhhh... such relief... seriously !!!

entirely me and intending to remain so...

Monday, February 13, 2006

caught crossing a red light !

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