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Saturday 9th July 2005 ... my first car accident.. >_<
eeck~
cos parents are away AGAIN at China, had to make use of the opportunity to practise my driving, so wenyong and i drove out to Shaw Towers to catch a movie. But town isn't really the best place for me to warm up my rusty skills.. and with road blocks at city hall, i was all the more jumpy than i already was. gee.. so we got safely to Shaw Towers but the LONG, WINDING, SCARY slope up to the carpark was too much for me! at the last lap before i entered the carpark, i couldn't engage my first gear properly and the car kept rolling back no matter how much i accelerated.. the driver behind kept pressing on his horn.. and i was about to burst out crying le.. so wenyong had to take over.. *phew*

well, so we got safely to the theatre, got tix to Fantastic Four.. hey! that Invisible Woman really looks like Britney Spears right??

anyways, after the show, we were heading back home cos had to pack for our tioman trip the next morning.. just when wenyong was calling mi lil sis, i found miself stuck in the yellow box of a busy cross junction! freaking out, i decided to change lane, turned on my left signal, checked the left side mirror, checked mi blind spot and all clear, so i turned out.. then WHAM!~ >_<;

i couldn't actually remember anything after i got hit, it was wenyong that filled in mi memory to tell me he knew i did my checks.. but i was already so freaked out and on the verge of crying.. so wenyong helped me do the negotiations.. couldn't let my dad know and so there and then we had to get it settled..
that guy just took advantage of the situation and demanded his 2 right doors to be replaced. we stood there and talked for like 2 hours? cos he wanted me to put down on paper that i admit all liability which wenyong of cos was against doing. strangely, dad's car only had some scratches on the tyre rim, a gash in the tire and scratches on the bumper and that the bumper was a little out of place, but the other car had like 2 deep scratched out holes in the side doors, which wenyong analysed to be probably not my doing. but i was just the unlucky one to have to pay for all the damages then.. cos i was scared of getting dad involved in the accident.

the worst bit was when i was away at tioman, he kept harassing my sis's father-in-law (who helped me with engaging a reliable workshop to handle the repairs), asking him for $2000++ and that he would go to his own workshop. uncle was really angry cos however expensive the repairs may be, only concerns me since i've agreed to pay. so anyways, that guy getting reprimanded could only settle for full payment by me. horrible. total costs: $820 for his car, $250 for dad's car...

Lessons learnt:
1. Never admit you are at fault
2. After the accident, take pictures of the damages, take down each others' particulars and LEAVE! don't stay there to negotiate immediately. Go back to do some analysis and thinking before make rash decisions.
3. Never let the other party know of your concerns (for my case, i didn't want my dad to know)