iRage

I read an article about a cyclist being knocked down by a bus, a few days back.
The cyclist was critically injured and passed away not long after being sent to
the hospital.

I do think that drivers by and large do not have the slightest vague idea about
the right of cyclists riding on a busy road. Are main roads safe and legal for
them to cycle? As drivers, how do we access which road is a main road, but not just
a side one? I do observe that some side roads are just as busy. What benchmark
does the authorities use to gage the skills of a cyclist to deem the latter safe to
cycle and not just only in the park? A youth can be skilled just as an adult can be as
amateur... As a driver, it freaks the daylight out of me when i encounter cyclists
"swaying" as they ride? Does cyclists have as much rights as drivers even if they
have not undertaken any form of test? As a ignorant driver as i am, i know nuts!

It is such a major transformation i do have whenever i am behind the wheels. This
irritable, road rage monster possesses me instantly. Every taxi's abrupt stop on the
busy by way irritates me no end..

As much as i am blissfully ignorant, i do have to count my blessings that i am in this
part of the world, shielded by the brute of the tsunamis waves, all thanks to Malacca
straits and Indonesia archipelago.

I feel painfully guilty to be in the rut while people at some miles away are trying
to pick up the bits and pieces of what remains of their life. Shouldering the trauma and
recuperating from the scar of this lifetime. It just seems that, the coverage was that extensive,
even in China and Taiwan, that we can emphatise via satellite.

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At work today, i gave a book, titled Black Beauty, for a kid picking English. That megawatt smile
and the attention he immerses himself into that story just make my day a more pleasant one.

Though how mundane and stressful work seems to be, that little more effort that we allow ourselves
to dedicate, will ultimately reaches back to us, in that twinkle that shines thru the bleakness.

Current mood : Blah