Saturday, August 26, 2006

i am not the type to air 'bad laundry', but i have to let myself steam things out (albeit somewhat vaguely)...

bad things happen, that's a given (in my case, it can happen for an entire day). it just becomes worse when some people blow it out of proportion.

i remember one instance, my bro (haha, so much for being vague!!) and i were driving along south super highway, when the car just stops. the mortification of being in the middle of a FAST-PACED situation was increased by the humiliation of pushing the infernal car (so that my bro can start it). ye, i pushed that darn thing, but no matter how hard i tried, the thing won't budge (i found out later that i was pushing on a somewhat uphill part -- arrgh!). so, my bro was yelling, and i was crying...

of course, like all other memories, i can look back at that and just laugh. so dear bro, no worries. it was one of those days.

yesterday was another one of those scenarios.

i'll just tell the side that happened towards the end of the day. ok, so my car's battery died. twice. the first time was in the mall. the second one was in a bloody intersection. **i'll prolly make an email story out of it one of these days.

for the most part, i kept my cool, perspective, and humor (as some might remember on that ONE HORRIBLE DAY OF HELL). particularly when somebody helped me out and dialed 911. i was like, ooooh, 911! like in tv! and i get to personally meet a police officer! so while i was directing traffic (i have some experience back in HS), it didn't take long for a police car to come by (ooooh, lights!!). i calmly explained my situation (i was kinda proud, haha) and listened and obeyed the officer while he helped me get out of the road (gaawd, i wished i had a camera!!!!!!!). then there's the part where i had to stick a plastic bag out of my window (i always wondered about this..)

there upon after that comes the part where people make it worse.

anyway, the logical thing to do was buy a new battery (which i already insisted doing the first time the car died, but somebody insisted otherwise). we did, but since it was getting dark, i was told to buy a flashlight. so i went back to sears, bought one, and paid for it. the only thing was, when i asked the cashier to set up the flashlight for me, the thing won't work (see, when things go bad, everything goes bad). and i'm just politely insisting that i can just get another flashlight, but no, friendly cashier wants to explain and work THIS flashlight. and then helpful customer behind me helps out too (and i'm literally laughing inside the store as this happens), while i say, no please let me get another flashlight. so eventually, the flashlight works and i head my way back out fast.

suffice to say, i got yelled at a lot (not by the officer). phone calls were dropped angrily (not by me). wrong decisions were made (not by me) but i still got yelled at some more. i got quite numb of it eventually, not even making such a whimper to say my side/excuses/sorry, that i just walked away. yes, more yelling.

i tell myself i'm lucky that shit like this happens not too often (altho they happen all at once in the same day). that in all other times of my life, i've been really blessed, so why should i let this one day ruin me. i'm not an optomist by a long shot, but i can look the other way when i want to.

besides, not everything went wrong. case in point -- a family friend that dropped by really unexpectedly (i had to show him and his family around earlier) left me $100!!! when you look at it was really fortunate considering i had to buy a battery on the same day. and then i have an awesome mom who listened to me as i told her about everything about today, in between laughing, crying, joking (i mean really, it was an all day bad luck day). and like always, she and i are always able to put things in perspective between all sides of the issue.

i'm pretty sure i'll look back on this years later and just laugh. but right now, i'm just shaking my head.

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