That night.

Yes, that was the night the front of my car kissed the ass of a fucking Canter truck.

Wednesday, 14th of October at around 7:20pm.

For the record, I was not:

[1] drunk or under any influence
[2] texting or calling

but I just woke up 30 minutes prior to my drive. I was about to gas up at a cheaper Petron gas station and eat dinner after. But then, as always, shit happens.

And shit happens to have a hefty price tag. Er, ok, I'm getting ahead of myself.

So, there I was driving and just passed by a Petron gas station that charges a peso more per liter than the other Petron I was going to (a mere kilometer or two between them), I was on a straight, dark road and I just shifted up to 4th gear. Then the fucking behind of the truck came out of nothing and in four seconds was FK'd by my bumper.

And in that four seconds, this is what I did:
[1] down shifted to 2nd gear
[2] looked at the shoulder (of the road, at the right side). Can't swerve there:
    [a] there is a trike (human + road accident = RIP)
    [b] there is a ditch (fine, kanal!) car -> ditch = ouch
    [c] or if fuck happens, trike + ditch + accident = $$$$$$$$$$$$ (walang peso sign sa keyboard)
[3] looked at the oncoming traffic on the left side. not an option: Bus vs car = guess what.
[4] engined braked and tried to hit the trucks 'step' thing at the back.

*NB*: Buckling up your seat belt is underrated.

I braced myself for the impact and the funny thing was, I was expecting the air bag to pop out/inflate. Too bad the car was jurassic enough not to have one in it.

I was shaking when I got out and looked at the front of the car. Fucking first time. I'm screwed.

The truck's driver came out and was asking me "what the fuck did you bump me?" (but in tagalog) I looked at him and shouted, "you don't have any fucking brake lights! I didn't see you!" And I also noticed that the truck was last registered way back in '07.

So the police and tanod came. We came to an agreement that the repairs would be "each to his own".

And 27k is cost of the repair plus a lifetime of rubbing from everyone from my clan.

Shit does happen.

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an example of clan rubbing:

ABANTE  - TONITE ONLINE

Octobre 13,2009

 

Raymond Olgado sa Bar bago maaksidente

 

Ang verdeng Toyota bago mabanga

 

Napagalaman ng Reporter ng Abante, ang aksidente sa Barangay San Vicente, Lipa City ng gabi ng Miercoles Octobre 13. Ayon sa PNP inbestigador sa precinto sa Lipa, si Raymond Olgado, samantalang nag-tetext at nagmamaneho ay sumagapak sa likod ng isang delivery van. Minamaneho si Raymond ang isang verdeng Toyota. Maliban sa pagtetext samantalang nagmamaneho, maaring may karga pa si Raymond gaya ng makikita sa picture sa isang bar sa Lipa.

Si Efren Olgado kasama ang anak na si Brian

Napagalaman din ng  Abante, na si Raymond samantalang nasa precinto kasama ang kanyang pinsang si Efren Olgado,building Administrator ng SM sa Lipa,  ay may padrino pa na ang Barangay Captain ng San Sebastian na si Kapitan JoJo Morada. Di umano ay inareglo ni Kapitan Jojo sa mga pulis ang kasong banggaan.  Kaya ang mga driver ay magkakanyanan na lamang ng pagpapagawa ng kanilang sasakyan. Napagalaman din ng Abante  na ang Toyota ng menamaneho ni Raymond Olgado ay may Third Party Liability Insurance lamang dahil sa pagtitipid ng mga magulang nito na ngayon ay nakatira sa Los Angeles, California.

Lex Olgado na umiinom din.

May history na pala sa bangaan ang kapatid ni Raymond na si J.L. Olgado. Minsan samantalang nasa Pinas pa si JL ay sinapak din nito ang kotse ng isang doctor samantalang nasa South Super Highway. Minamaneho din ni JL and verdeng Toyota.

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sinend ng uncle ko sa y!groups namin.

proud to be from Lil' Rome. :)

well, er, yeah.