the joy of driving

"memandu dengan laju adalah perbuatan yang TIDAK COOL"

Bak kata Aziz dalam Pendekar Bujang Lapok: "Segala pokok bakau ko langgar daa..."

last night was a humbling experience. We should never consider getting into a car when the driver was a) woman b)very mad c)texting and driving at the same time d)calling/ talking in an aggressive manner AND driving at the same time. VERY DANGEROUS!
i was at the wrong place at the right time. I wanted to go home, and she wanted to go home as well. BUT, the thing was i didn't know that she was in the middle of heated argument with her so called "scandal".
when eventually we reached home, i felt so relieved..Pheww!

But i dont know if it can only be applied to a certain individual.

i was in a quite similar situation before. i was on my way back from some place sending a friend away on holiday. And at that time i was very sad, i was crying in my car. Full with emotion and driving at the speed of 120km/hour.But thank god, i was only racing at a long winding road.. and as i was still crying, when i reached the guard post, i wiped my tears, rolled down my window and talked to the guards, asking them their holiday plan, and wishing them a blessed hari raya. it was a weird thing to do, but calming at the same time. I felt glad because it meant i was able to control my emotion, and be okay again. Afterwards, the whole day started to fall back into places, and i forgot about my sadness..But again, different people coped with emotion differently.

i was thankful for this lesson. i would never ever drive like a lunatic. it is not a practical thing to do. it is dangerous. and it is childish. The joy of driving in the first place is that we are able to master the skill, being artful about the way we go about it, and always be considerate when we do it.

Thank you Allah for this experience.