Friday, October 22, 2004
its hard living in subang. especially when u have to put up with the traffic.
i remember in the early 1990s when my family and i juz moved here from kota kinabalu, when i can literally lie down on the jalan kewajipan and not worry about traffic running me over cuz there werent many cars back then. even where there was only 2 lanes, there was no traffic jam.
then came mid 1990s when this whole traffic jam fiasco started - USJ started to open and started to develop bigger and bigger and bigger. it's still developing as we speak.
I BLAME USJ FOR THE TRAFFIC JAMS. well, not the residents la but the developer (read this, SIME UEP people). they juz keep building houses there when they know that theres only one or two main road going in and out of subang. now theres traffic jam everyday and everywhere. even at non-peak hours like 10.30 am and pm, the roads are still clogged up with vehicles.
i heard a rumour once about samy vellu coming to visit subang and he said "no wonder la theres always a jam. each house has 3-4 cars". i expected something more from u mister samy vellu. instead of blaming it on people's freedom to property, why didnt u suggest something? ure smart and u should know better.
this morning, i hit a traffic policeman. not my fault, he was standing right in the middle of the road! and i was driving like 7 km/h so before u start labelling me as vile, hear me out first:
subang is currently undergoing lots of construction works, mainly cuz of the stupid NPE and some other by MPSJ. so many roads are closed and i had to charge through traffic this morning juz to go to the pasar at SS 13. what would take me 7 minutes took me almost half an hour.
i was on my way back already when i had to go for an extra 300 meters juz to find a u-turn. i went by lots of roads that unnaturally forbade u-turns so i went on, still in the same lane (right lane). suddenly everyone started turning right to shah alam. i went on forward, signalled to the left of course but nobody would let me pass (honestly, subang people are true SINGAPOREANS! kiasu heart and soul !!!) and right in front of me was this policeman. he didnt let me pass and he firmly signalled me to go to shah alam. WHAT MADNESS !!!! i wasnt about to GO TO SHAH ALAM FOR NOTHING !!!!!
so we argued by hand signals and as i went forward to let people behind me pass (i managed to go straight when everyone else turned right), the stupid policeman stood right in front of me and walking towards me. so of course la he hit my car! HE HIT MY CAR!! and he acted as if i ran him over. at 7 km/h?? ..sigh.. i cant believe im wasting my life putting up with imbeciles..
so of course la we argued! he asked for my licence. i had to apologize to him for HIM HITTING MY CAR !!! luckily after some more argument, he juz let me off the hook without a ticket. HAH! nasib baik...
sigh.. how long do i have to put up with life like this? i have this instinct feeling that im not going to see myself grow old, so why should i waste my life with wasteless things like this? GIVE ME BACK MY OLD SUBANG JAYA!!! my sweet, quiet subang jaya.. huhu!!!
Friday, October 22, 2004
