two accidents…

October 1, 2007

last friday i was on the way to office… that was the last day of our dohs office life. my face looked pale and i was traveling by a black cab. on the midway suddenly i heard some unfamiliar metallic sound. a mishuk (a three wheeler deshi made auto rickshaw) was just ahead of my cab and i realized that the sound was coming from that. it could be a few seconds… i was guessing to see something and suddenly it happened. one of the wheel come out from the mishuk… the mishuk jumped once, crawl few yards on the road… got a stuck on the road divider and and stopped in front of a running bus. i just screamed… and luckily the bus stopped… few people come out from the bus to help the mishuk’s driver and the passenger. i felt sorry… and i thought i’ll never ride a mishuk…

today (30 sep)  i was on the way to our new office… it was the first day. i wasn’t in a good mood because i am still not familiar with the new location and i had to walk a long way under the burning sun. i had to cross a road… the road in front of the hotel sheraton. its a busy road and i was too careful. i crossed it and i was trying to reach the footpath. it has rain early in the morning and rain water stored alongside the road. i was trying to jump over it… and suddenly a pajero came… it had enough room to save me… but it was fast. within a micro second i realized it has hit on my left shoulder by its left side back view mirror. i just felt a touch and heard a big sound. first few second i couldn’t realize what really happened. many people on the road were starring on me. i was surprised… nothing happened to me! even i couldn’t feel a simple mosquito bite like pain. am i lucky? definitely i don’t want to blame me… yes i should be more careful. but what had happened today was fault of the driver of the pajero. later i thought lot about that driver person. what did he think after hitting me? did he feel any regret? i can’t imagine…