Saturday, July 29, 2006

Am I lucky or what?

I haven't post anything in a while, that is cuz there is not much density of happenings with me. Since the world cup ended, I hit a rock bottom of boredom. Wht I do? I don't go out much, watch movies, the gym is no more fun, chill at home pretty much. However, today I felt a very urge need to post. Mainly because of wht happened the past two days.

Well, before I go forward on the the past two days. I'm gonna take a look on those previous 20 days since the World Cup final. I don't go out much, simply cuz I dont have much friends left here. Well, I know plenty of friends, but none of them is really free to chill all the time with the all-around-free Ammar, or tht's my excuse for them. Anyways, I have been away for a almost three yrs, and things wouldn't stay the same as I left them, this is a fact. Then, I watch a lot of movies. Not the most I ever did, but in different way. I try to watch movies from a critic perspective, beside an entertained perspective. I dont know why I'm doin this, or why I want to do it. Actually I will post a different post about this. I said I hit a rock bottom of boredom. It's tht bottom tht u really don't feel like doing anythin anymore. You just feel like a potato setting around waitin for the time to pass time.

So, yesterday the high school scores came out. For those that don't know the system in here, the students' admittion in unis in here is solely based on each student's score's average. So, for example med school in the X uni only accepts students with averages above Y, and so on. So, my sister got a good grade, at least to what she is expecting. It was a good day. Even though it's not the most civilised thing to do, but me, my sis, and couple of my cousins went out drivin around yelling, screamin, and honking like in a wedding. I mean we weren't the only car, nor we were the worst, just a little way to have fun! then we came back home, and my uncles families visited us to congratulate my sis. In addition to that, there were the unstoppable phone showers. Then yesterday is a good day!

Today, we have workers coming in the house because my sister wants to "reinovate" her room; paint the walls, new ground, and new furniture. So, my dad woke me up around noon. (I have been sleeping after fajer and wake well into afternoon, just to catch thuhur before asr's time!) sooo ... my dad woke my up to go and by lunch for us and the workers. I went and bought some shawerma sandwichs. ( I gotta get enuff of those before I get back : ) ) I don't have to mention how I looked; I had just woken up, didnt shower, my hair is messed up, u kno ... anyways, I had the lunch with me, and on my way back. The strt is pretty packed; there are two rows of car parkin on the right side, which leaves the strt with two tight lanes. I was driving on the so called right lane, when I noticed a driver tryin to get on his double parked bus. I noticed the driver, slowed down, and tried to just stay in my lane, thinking tht he will wait untill I pass him. Well, tht @#! waited untill I'm right next to his damn bus, and open his door. few seconds, they were crazy. My sis Yelled out LOUD ... and I looked to the right and saw the right side of my car smashin into his door. I couldn't do but keepin straight, because there is a guy to my left. Then, I pulled over to the right, and got off the car. I and my sis were ok. I got off the car, went to the other side, and saw the mirror crushed, and pretty much all the right side is messed up. I went to the other driver, and he starting yelling at me and cussing, like it was my fault. I asked him to calm down, and left him. He kept yelling, claiming that I was driving the car right into him, and that I almost killed him. Well, I went back to my sis, calmed here down, and gave here the phone to call my mom. I talked to my mom, asked her to not tell my father and only tell my bro. I asked my bro to come and take my sis, and the SHAWERMAS! well, Allah yesam7o, he was like,"I didn't shower yet, wait untill I shower!" oh well. While we were waiting the cops to come, the passengers in the bus started getting off and takin other busses the driver stopped for them. Many passenger came by me and assuring me tht it's completely the driver's fault. I wasn't really sure. Because, I honestly don't know much about the accidents' rules here, since I actually dont have a Jordanian lisence! I know I would get a 10$ ticket for driving a car with a non-jordanian lisence, but I was afraid of getting an unfair judgment from the cop because of tht. Well, the cop came. He asked us what happened, and asked us to meet him in the police station in a lil bit to get the report from him. I drove home to drop off my sis and the SHAWERMAS!

Offcourse, my mom convinced me to tell my dad and ask him to go with me to the station, since I dont know how to deal in these situations. Well, she was kinna right! Extremly angry in a very tense atmosphere, my dad drove to the station. We went to the officer who met us in the strt. In a third world country, my dad's "I'm DR. Ahmad Asfour" can really change the way ppl talk to u. and that's only why I left the talkin to my dad! The first office relieved me when he agreed tht it was the driver's fault. hehe ... who is gonna convince tht driver tht it is his mistake. poor him, he still thinks tht I was heading to kill him. His obection took us to some other office, which try to judge in these issue before it goes to the court, and boy my dad's introduction worked. The officer wanted to listen the driver's objection. So the guy goes like this, "Well, he is driving his car. and next to him there is a girl, I dunno, his sis, or cousin or whatever ... he was talkin to her when he was drivin right into me. and unless I got on the buss quickly he would've killed me now." In the part tht he talks about the girl next to me, he is hinting tht ... u kno ... I'm setting next to SOME girl ... He said tht part the first time, and I quickly replied tht it was my sis. I wasn't defendin my self, since I felt he is insultin my sis. Then when he said it again, my dad, snapped and started yelling on him right infront of the officer. The driver's tone wasn't respectfull at all, and the officer saw tht. So he calmed the situation down, and asked us to leave the room to convince the guy tht his case is at lost, so cut it here before it goes any farther. The driver as a fool and wasn't respectfull at all. He tried to play the race card, and the pitty card. But none of them worked, and after all he gave up, but didn't actually admitted tht it's his fault. After a bit over an hour there, we took the report tht proves tht it was the driver's mistake with all his infos and left. It was a bit tense days, and my legs still in pain from those scary few seconds. Now, in a 7 mnths span, I have been in three different car accidents in three different cars, and allhamdulillah none of them were my mistake! Allhamdulillah

Anyways, thas all, it is almost fajr time, and I have been writin this blog for a while. I think it's a long enuff post. It can compete with Fatani's and Dre's most recent posts. I don't think anybody other thn u guys actually check the blog, well .. fine with me ...

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