Unfortunate morning on friday......
I had a very unfortunate morning yesterday. I was late for work!. Despite of woke up earlier than usual, I was still late. This is due to the damned massive traffic jam along Jln Tuaran which was started from Kg. Giling, Telipok to Tebobon, Menggatal.
I was already in the bus at 6.50am but the bus was still not moving from the terminal because it hadn't full yet. I had to wait for another 10 damned minutes until the bus was fully loaded with passengers. Then, the nightmare started, or I should called it 'MORNING'mare.
My bus was caught by the jam when it reached at Kg Giling. The jam was caused by the closure of the road that towards Tuaran. This is due to the reconstruction work performed on that road. In effect to that, the cars which is going towards Tuaran or north, have to use the fast lane of the road that towards Kota Kinabalu or south as an alternative. Instead of four lanes, it became 2 lanes road.
When the bus reached Telipok town, my watch showed the time was 7.30am. And I still optimistic that I can reached my office on time because the jam was a little bit less at that time. However, the jam was started all over again when the bus reached the traffic light at Putera Jaya, Telipok and it was massive than the former. The vehicles was crawling so slow even the tortoise was even faster, I thought.
Even with the slow pace, an accident was happened and it was infront of my eyes. Luckily, it was not that bad. It just a motorbike bummed into the back of a trooper. I thought that the the rider had misjudged the movement of the trooper since he was too closed trailing the trooper. The trooper suddenly stopped on brake and the bike rider was a little bit late to react and had kissed the bum of the trooper, and the bike fell over to the right side. The rider who with a lady passenger try to get up as immediately as he could but the lady still lying on the road. I did not see any blood on the road and I thought the lady was okay but still on shocked. The driver of the trooper came out and helped the lady to get up but it looks like the lady was too weak to get herself up. The scence too had slow my bus down since the bus driver and the other vehicles' drivers drove slower to have a look at the scence.
However, even after passed the accident by, the jam was still in bad condition because there was another construction work performed at Tebobon, to be exact, infront of telekom training centre. This time, again both lane of the road that towards Tuaran had to closed in order for the contractor to dig a tunnel below the road. The time was 7.50am, and I already smelt that I will not make it on time. The jam was over after the Tebobon traffic light. I was crossing my finger for the bus would arrive at Inanam before 8.00am. The bus driver had done his best to drive the bus as fast as he could, I thought, but I only arrived at Inanam at 8.05am.
Once arrived, I quickly paid for the fare and walked down to Inanam Superstore to get the 'bas sapu'. Reached there, I entered into the 'bas sapu'. It was, 8.10am already and my hope to get into office on time vanished since the 'bas sapu' still half empty. DAMNED TRAFFIC JAM!, I swore quietly in my heart. I would not be late if not because of it. And I had not taken my breakfast. Ahhh! go to hell with breakfast! no mood for makan already, shiiittttt!.
The 'bas sapu' was only moved at 8.25am, and while on the move, a police patrol car followed the 'bas sapu' and asked to stop for documentation checking. "damned police!" I swore,"already late, got police checking some more, haiya, banyak swuaylah!". Two passengers was brought to the patrol car for improper personal documentation.
At last, I reached my office at 8.36am, 21 minutes late!. What an unfortunate event! But I promised to myself, no more lateness after this until the end of the year. Whether I could keep the promise or not, it's another story. But I would fulfill it.
IT IS BETTER FOR YOU TO GET YOUR ON CAR, BRO!......
yeah, yeah, I know, I try this year.
*Sorry for the bad english I used (in term of grammar, tenses & vocabularies), I'm still in the process of learning.