Totaly Totalled

Man this sucks. My car got completely wrecked last night, well it's technically not my car. It's my grandmas. It was nearly 3 a.m, I was on my way home just after dropping off my friend. I started down the hill moderately slow, but I think I may have picked up some speed since it was quite a steep road. Anyway, I kinda zoned out for just a minute, I seriously could not recall how anything happened at that point. I remember seeing sparks and then nothing, total darkness.


When I woke up (I'll explain later on), I looked up and i saw a pole/street lamp looming over me, ready to fall at anytime. As I was slowly getting out of the car, I noticed everything was quiet and the are was engulfed in darkness. What caused this was ME. That's right, the pole was actually a hollow cylindrical structure which had the neighborhoods electricity wiring in it, it also doubled as a street lamp. So when I hit it, the whole area experienced a power cut. My initial concern was is anyone going to try and turn me in or something, but after I saw the car, the
residents were the least of my concerns.

 The shock had left me paralyzed for a moment, disabling me from continuing to do anything else but just stare with my jaw halfway down my chest. The pole which I hit was cracked right through the middle, thank god it was made of hollow wood. I couldn't get a picture of it though, didn't think I was gonna blog it at that point. Resuming my story, I called my mother without thinking of the consequences that were fated to befall me.

Remember when I said "When I woke up", well it literally means "when I woke up". According to an eye-witness(some random auntie who would rather socialize than assess the situation), she saw me speeding down the hill. She also said there was about 5 minutes of silence while she was looking out the window. I must have blacked out for that 5 minutes. I couldn't remember anything so I had to take her word for it. What scared me even more at this point was that I couldn't remember what had happened, only the vision of sparks. And then she said she saw sparks before the impact, this puzzled me, because I thought the sparks were caused by the street lamp which I hit. There was this Indian family which came out earlier, but they went back in 2 minutes later as if I just had a flat tyre or something, they didn't even have the courtesy to ask if I was alright. Anyway, my friends dad was the biggest help of all. My car had spun 180º blocking the road. He helped me move the car to the side of the road trying to comfort me at the same time. My friend said he had experience in these issues when he was our age. What a cool dad.


After my mother arrived, we were deciding whether to take it back to the house or leave it there and deal with it the next day. We decided to leave it there and tow it the next morning before the Tenaga Nasional people come. This morning, we went at about 9 a.m to where the car was. When I saw the pole, it was fixed! That means it was fixed last night. When I called my friend to find out, he said they came at 6 this morning. It's ironic to think that Tenaga is always late or saying "maaf, kita ada masalah di tempat lain, tolong tunggu sebentar" when they beat us to the scene.


Well, I have definitely learned my lesson. Never ever drive when your tired. You never know what is going to happen to you. And to everyone reading this thinking I'm writing a load of bull or suspecting me of drinking or "stoning", I despise any form of alcohol or drugs, even the sight of it disgusts me. And I'm certainly not doing this for fame or fortune, so I hope some of you will realize the dangers of driving with a case of fatigue. I take this as a lesson thought by god, seeing as i left the car with nothing but a scratch on my shin.
I leave you with some pictures of the car taken this morning.


Frontal-Far View:




Frontal CloseUp:




Front-Side CloseUp: