At this point of time, it is rather very significant to see my neighbours busy cleaning and refurbish their houses and compounds. The smell of all sorts of paints, more like evaporate kalium permanganate to my sensitive nose, fills the air...
The high spirit and sense of getting 'extra cleaning' will die when the Chinese New Year emerges...
Well, after fetching my two girls from evening session school today, I had to face a long queue to reach to the nearby bookstore which was only 10 minutes drive relatively ( I used the word 'relatively' as I picked up the term from my Form 1 girl's geography lesson)...'Everybody works hard for the oncoming festival' I just mimicked the sentence which was like a replay in my memory...
'What do you mean?' the kids asked me.
"Ya, you see...the policemen conduct the roadblock at this hour as they have to collect money as CNY is approaching. Everybody has to meet the dateline..."
Well, it was really deadline to me...I was smiling to the policeman when he stopped my car, scrutinised every detail of the deco posted on my front mirror. He flagged me to stop to the side...
Then, another policeman approached me..."Akak tahu tak kenapa akak kena tahan?"
I shook my head. He ordered me to get out and showed me the problem...Oh Gosh, it was really over the dateline..."Road tax akak dah mati...tengok 26 Ogos 2010. Dah lama ni akak".
I still couldn't believe his words as my husband is a very responsible citizen, he will not do such thing...
I surrendered my IC and driving license to him...Nothing much I can do...it was a clear cut my fault, driving a car with an expired road tax...
"Akak pernah kena saman?"
"Tak"
I saw him filling all my particulars in a white sheet form ...
"Macamana ni akak?"
"Nak buat macamana, dah mati kenalah renew."
He returned my IC and license.
"Kita bagi warning dulu. Kalau lepas ni masih tak renew, kita saman"
"Terimakasih"
I am so thankful to the roadblock not because I escaped the summon but it opened my eyes that I was wrong on the roadblock concept. It was not only to gain money but it is more than that...
"Don't take things for granted"
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Dah dekat 6 bulan expired! Insurance hidup lagi?
ReplyDeleteBut I personally don't agree the officer should asked the question "Macamana ni..."
I heard a story about an expartriate answering "I will pay the summon. Can I pay here?". The officer happily said "Yes. RM50." The poor fellow thought that his record is cleared until he received a traffic summon reminder sometimes later.
hehehe...that's the silly part of overlooking. Both insurance and road tax are expired...
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