Tuesday, November 30, 2004

one helmet in the face

it was a cloudy afternoon as i headed home after dropping off my sweetheart at her place. it was a lovely afternoon indeed. i was filled with love and it soothed me. tranquil me as well. but the road is not as happy as i was yesterday. jakarta after the rain is a living hell for everybody.

traffic jam is everywhere. there was no room to move. luckily i have a motorcycle that can dodge the traffic and keep moving along. not so smooth though, sometimes the car also blocked some part of the small section of the road where we can dodge that nasty traffic.

after one hell of stop-driving-stop-and-driving, i finally reached my neighborhood. and, o-my-god ... that road too is also packed with cars ... perfect! another trafiic jam session which my home is just a stone throw away. just perfect.

so, there i was ... paddling away ... after a while i saw a motorcycle with a boy in front and a girl in the back. i noticed that the boy was so very talkative. he's blabbering about something and his head was turned at her direction. at the moment i was stuck in the middle of jam and tried to change the lane to the left, the only thing that blocked me was that boy. so, after i got a tiny space to move forward, i took that chance and change my lane.

i had no idea what's wrong with my changing lane process, that boy was siding me and and say many awful things. the nastiest things that if my mother heard it, he will got a nice tounge cut. i was still patience. i just waved my hand and ask him to go along.

it came to my suprises that he pulled over and still continue to curse. the word that came out from his mouth is so filthy. that just it. i had it. if he want to show off in front of his girlfriend, he picked the wrong guy. so, i pulled over and keep my engine running. i snapped my helmet strapper and take two quick step toward him. as i had my helmet in my hand, i smashed my helmet in his face.

it was a suprise quick attack, he didn't see it coming. as he tried to gain his balance, i smashed my helmet again into his face and he fell down. the girlfriend was very terrifying by the scene she just watched. she approached the boy and started to cry. i told him to keep his mouth if he still want to see another daylight. what about the crowd? nice jakarta people is so ignorant. they just watched as i hop on my bike and leave the scene. unnoticed.

moral of the story: don't ever try to show off in front of your girlfriend. you might end up losing. big time