Blonde

I had a JPJ parking summons issued against me. I asked the JPJ officer whether it can be nullified because I had valid reasons. Honest. I had a matter and the lack of parking spaces there is legendary. And matters get thrown out if you're late.

The place sits atop a hill and trust me, the rushed hike uphill in pointed black pumps with handbag over shoulder and 4 kilos worth of documents in hand will leave you breathless. That in itself is a workout. What more if you park at the parking bay at the bottom of the hill 400 meters away from the entrance (should Lady Luck be smiling down on you that morning and you actually manage to find one). So add that to the uphill 'battle' for the unfit.

Eventually everybody will park by the roadside. Which was what I did. Wrapped up the matter at 11:30am and there it was, that little piece of paper sitting on my windscreen, held down by my wiper.

To cut it short, after 9 whole months of their deliberations, I was informed that my valid reasons apparently were not good enough. The officer told me that I was to appear in court in July 2006. According to him that was the better option, compared to paying the compound, considering my valid reasons. Perhaps the magistrate has more common sense than the JPJ officers. Worth a shot.

I looked at the summons. 26 July.

On my way there this morning, the jam was terrible than norm. Some major road closure. Alamak... I’m going to be very late. So I decided to look at the summons again.

"Offence date: 26 July 2005. You are hereby ordered to appear in person on 17 July 2006..."

Eh? Whaa..t? 17 July 2006. Shittt!!! OMG! It was 8:50am. The trip would normally take 40 minutes from my jam spot. I was not moving. At all. And I know for a fact that procedurally, a warrant of arrest would be issued against non-attendees. Heck, I've asked for warrants of arrest to be issued against non-attendees before. Arghh! I envisioned the court bailiff coming to the house and Mummy will be on the verge of a cardiac arrest. Okay stop that thought. Not pleasant. Don’t panic. Okay. Uhm.. Allright, smoke. Okay.

I rang MBF. I told her. She panics. Call Doc K! Get mc for 17th! Dear, it's 26th already. Okay. Get mc for 17th till 25th!

Uhm.. That's like 8 days mc. What sickness? Parkinson's disease? Illiteracy? Stupidity?

I told her I'd just get to court first. If I can actually move my car it'd be great. We chatted some more. She said if they want to throw me into a lockup and I get that 1 phonecall, call her and she'll sort things out. Somehow.

When I finally got there, I went inside in my black and white getup but the court was not in session. "Saman JPJ? Hari ni takde.." Yes uncle I know.. I looked at the wrong date. He was very nice though and said to go to JPJ to get it sorted out. He confirmed there was no warrant of arrest issued yet.

Thank you God.. Saved Mummy from drama.

Off to JPJ I went and after a relatively short wait I was given another date.

*Relief*

I think at times I am blonde...