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Had a huge fright last night.

It was a rainy night, we were driving to a fren's place and needed to make a 3 point turn. After the last reverse made, we were abt to drive off when we heard a loud grilling sound from the back of the car. I thought one of the back wheels had went over some metal chains of the drain or something. But YQ got the shock of his life when he peered into the rear mirror, and saw a man lying on the floor right behind the left backwheel!

We tumbled out of the car, totally in panic and fright. By then, the man's 3 other friends had ran over and were helping him up. The man couldnt stand properly and was in a daze. We were so shocked, we kept garbling sorry sorry. The 3 other friends saw us in a state of frenzy, and calmed us down. They managed to say in English, that it was not our fault and not to worry, many times. Afterwhich, I realized the man was actually drunk and he seemed unhurt although he had to be dragged by his friends. We asked the 3 friends what had happened, but they did not speak in English, and were too preoccupied with helping the drunk man walk away. We asked if the man needed to be sent to the hospital, but the friends told us that we could go off, and kept repeating its not our fault.

Up till now, we are still clueless at why it had happened, nor what/how the grilling sound came about. Our guess was that the drunk man had somehow knocked into the back of our car and fell down when we were abt to drive off. However, we were pretty sure that at the point of the 3 point turn, there was nobody near our car, so it really baffled us where the man dashed out from. Although we were reassured that it was not our fault, I'm still horrified. Imagine what if YQ hasnt seen the guy on the floor and went on to reverse..

To those who drive, pls drive carefully. The trauma of knocking someone down can be too much to bear, and think of the guilt for the rest of your life.

Anyway, on a more light hearted note. We were at Changi Airport T2 yesterday, and had supper at this HK cafe called TSC before boarding our flight. Not sure if there is a branch in town as well, but I liked the food/decor of the place:






Watched many many movies on flight. SQ wins hands down on the entertainment station on flight, there are so many movies/music/activities to choose from. (Have I told u all it costs S$18 to watch a movie in Sweden? And its not even in those posh movie theatres back in S'pore.) I liked the Korean movie, 200 pounds Beauty- abt this fat and ugly gal who went through cosmetic surgery. Ah, long time no watch a romance show.. look forward to watching Jay Chou's new movie, it was all over Singapore newspapers since he was there over the few days I was back.