Sunday, August 28, 2005
Staying over at Faber Drive
Last night, my dear sister KS had a BBQ party for her schoolmates (past & present) from University of Surrey (UniS) of UK. Mike and I decided to stay over, so that we could help with the BBQ and the cleaning up after that.
Matthew was a little out of sorts yesterday, refusing to take his naps. Perhaps he knew a lot of things were happening or maybe simply because his grandpa was at home. We left him at Faber Drive, while we went home to do some housekeeping and to prepare the chicken wings for the BBQ. By the time we got back to Faber Drive, he was awake and hungry. His dinner was being prepared, as all of us were busy with the BBQ stuff.
After his dinner, we bathed him. While dressing him, a loud thunderous BANG was heard from outside. Immediately, I told Mike to go and take a look. There was an accident and it involved Jonathan's Nissan with an Ang Moh's Harley. Never in my almost twenty years of staying here had an accident occurred on this road.
The big Ang Moh was injured, so I told KS to call 995 for an ambulance to be sent. Then somebody asked if anybody called the police, then KS called 999. Somehow, my instinct was to call 995, not 999. But who cared then. The most important thing was to get this guy to the hospital.
According to Mike, the Ang Moh was thrown forward and the first thing he said when Mike asked if he was ok was "Where is my bike?" Siao (crazy) right? I think his mind was not straight and Mike thought he smelt some alcohol. Drink driving, maybe? It was 7:10pm then and still bright. Given that Jonathan's car was a light colour and there was streetlight right at that spot and a road hump about 20metres on the uphill, how could anyone be blind not to see a car parked right there. There were no skid marks, i.e. no emergency braking, the Harley slammed right into the Nissan.
Jonathan called KS this afternoon and told her that the Ang Moh has been arrested for drink driving. Lucky for Jonathan, i.e. he would not be implicated for parking along the road with single white line, but he would not be able to claim from the insurance of the Harley. Well, he could claim his own insurance or take that guy to court on a civil lawsuit. His dad is a lawyer who would know more than we do.
By the way, this morning after breastfeeding Matthew, we left him to play on his own, while we slept in a little longer. Then we heard some crying and woke up to find him under the table (luckily not under the bed!). Somehow he had crawled, reversing himself towards the table, right under the chair. We think he cried because he had backed up against the wall. Ha ha ha... Too bad no photo to show. ;o)
The photo showed how Matthew ended up sleeping after his 10:30pm night feed last night... Seems very comfy, right?
Matthew was a little out of sorts yesterday, refusing to take his naps. Perhaps he knew a lot of things were happening or maybe simply because his grandpa was at home. We left him at Faber Drive, while we went home to do some housekeeping and to prepare the chicken wings for the BBQ. By the time we got back to Faber Drive, he was awake and hungry. His dinner was being prepared, as all of us were busy with the BBQ stuff.
After his dinner, we bathed him. While dressing him, a loud thunderous BANG was heard from outside. Immediately, I told Mike to go and take a look. There was an accident and it involved Jonathan's Nissan with an Ang Moh's Harley. Never in my almost twenty years of staying here had an accident occurred on this road.
The big Ang Moh was injured, so I told KS to call 995 for an ambulance to be sent. Then somebody asked if anybody called the police, then KS called 999. Somehow, my instinct was to call 995, not 999. But who cared then. The most important thing was to get this guy to the hospital.
According to Mike, the Ang Moh was thrown forward and the first thing he said when Mike asked if he was ok was "Where is my bike?" Siao (crazy) right? I think his mind was not straight and Mike thought he smelt some alcohol. Drink driving, maybe? It was 7:10pm then and still bright. Given that Jonathan's car was a light colour and there was streetlight right at that spot and a road hump about 20metres on the uphill, how could anyone be blind not to see a car parked right there. There were no skid marks, i.e. no emergency braking, the Harley slammed right into the Nissan.
Jonathan called KS this afternoon and told her that the Ang Moh has been arrested for drink driving. Lucky for Jonathan, i.e. he would not be implicated for parking along the road with single white line, but he would not be able to claim from the insurance of the Harley. Well, he could claim his own insurance or take that guy to court on a civil lawsuit. His dad is a lawyer who would know more than we do.
By the way, this morning after breastfeeding Matthew, we left him to play on his own, while we slept in a little longer. Then we heard some crying and woke up to find him under the table (luckily not under the bed!). Somehow he had crawled, reversing himself towards the table, right under the chair. We think he cried because he had backed up against the wall. Ha ha ha... Too bad no photo to show. ;o)The photo showed how Matthew ended up sleeping after his 10:30pm night feed last night... Seems very comfy, right?
