Monday, October 18, 2010

I Did It Again, My Poor Babe

After helping my florist friend to settle all the graduation flowers, we packed our stuff and was driving out from the university when my friend suddenly saw a big balloon at the field. She wanted to get down and have a look at what the exhibition was all about at the campus field. She told me that she saw some flowers displaying and wanted to see their prices... hahahaa.. wanted to compare hers and theirs...

Leaving no choice, I parked the car... but on second thoughts, she changed her mind. Too hot to walk, she said... actually it was, I prefer to go home fast... the weather was really burning.

Then I started then engine and slowly reversed my car out... looking left and right... And all of a sudden, I saw another car also reversing out, I quickly changed my gear to "D" and wanted to go back in... TOO LATE!! His car was reversing out quite fast and it Banged onto mine... in fact both of our cars banged at the corners.. A big Sigh could be heard from me!

Got down and saw this... bumper crooked there...

and a gap could be seen.... another sigh..
As for the other driver, his was a big scratch too
and the light has a small crack....
Both of our cars almost the same damage...
Both of us were in the wrong...
Both of us said "never mind" and then "goodbye"...

But my friend was very gracious.. her husband told me to go to his mechanic friend and he insisted on paying him this morning... he didn't want to tell me how much but I think it was less than a hundred.. what do you think?

Since that accident yesterday, I seem to have a phobia in reversing my car today....

36 comments:

smallkucing said...

adoi..really kek sum

But your friend also very nice. Got it repair for you FOC

tuti said...

ah yo. lucky everybody ok. so it's a small price lah hor.

reanaclaire said...

kathy: yeah lo.. i will give her back when i see her next week.. this morning in mechanic also chang chi pei lui...


tuti: yeah.. small price but troublesome only..

Gratitude said...

She is a true friend, and so are you. ;)
+Ant+

Patty said...

That's why they call them accidents. Neither of you intended for this to happen. I have a feeling someone that knows what they are doing were able to pull that gently back into place. When i bumped my back end into another car, I had to have the whole bumper replaced. Cost a little over $500.00, we have $100.00 deductible, insurance paid the $400.and some odd cents, and our son sent me a check to cover that, so I got off pretty easy. LOL Glad yours wasn't anything more serious and no one was hurt.

Bananazஇ said...

You may need to pay a couple of thousand. Dismantle the whole bumper get a new one, respray the desired color and then...just kidding not sure myself..haha

Ming Na said...

Well, not that little, should be more than RM400. I paid RM600 for my damaged front bumper.

CathJ said...

some people just don't see 1st b4 reverse oh.. I always saw this type of people.. eee.... sakit hatiiii oo...

Sheoh Yan said...

I can understand your phobia. Think positive, this just a small price. My car broke down 2 days ago, and I needed to pay RM650 for replacing a "tangki" and battery.

claire said...

gratitude: what a nice thing to see.. hahaha..


patty: mine will be around 100rm.. less than that, i guess..


bananaz: i nearly pengsan!!


mingna: no need la.. cos just put back into place..no need to spray.. little bit only.. i think around 50rm can ...


cath: sometimes i wanted to be careful but cannot.. :(


sheohyan: wahhh...so much? lagi heartbroken..

Together We Save said...

Wow - you have a good friend. Sorry about your car, glad you got it fixed.

Ginny said...

Wow! I can see where you would be afraid to back up now!! So sorry! But I'm so glad no one was hurt! Your friend and her husband were a real help! You made a good decision, if it was reported to insurance, your payments would go up!! My e-mail is on my blog profile, but here it is:

pghart@ntelos.net

sexyjessie said...

Aiyoh, this how many times you kena bang?

Hmmmm, a little knock back, attach back the bumper and some touches up, think will be RM80?

reanaclaire said...

togetherwesave: yeah it si fixed. :)


ginny: this is a small matter so i didnt report .. thanks for email..


jessie: yeah all bumper kissed.. hahaha...

cleffairy said...

Lucky your friend kasi u repair for free, Else... lagi sakit hati!

suituapui said...

Happened to me once...in school. Reversed out...and felt it was so very hot, so I stopped to adjust the air conditioning in the car. Mana tau, BANG....my colleague's hubby driving and it seemed he has a glass eye, one eye only. Since sama-sama colleague, I did not insist that my car was not moving and just said that we would just settle our own...

suituapui said...

P.S. Nice car , you've got! My old 1st generation Wira - people wanna bang, bang lah... LOL!!!

claire said...

cleff: not nice also.. i will pay her back when i see her, with her hubby, difficult to force him to take the money.. :)


stp: yeah, with colleagues, susah one.. unless she/he is really in the wrong.. my car also old liow.. bang, repair, bang repair.. heart not so painful nowadays.. hahaha..

Jarlin Paul said...

Great friend, it is good nothing happened to anyone

ChrisAu said...

That tells how good your driving skills are......*peace*

grace said...

HI this is grace ... got email for you.. Hope to be of service to you again. Kindly add this site please. TY. God Bless.

reanaclaire said...

jarlin: yes, that I am grateful..


Chris: u wont dare to sit in my car liow.. hahaha...


grace: yes, i will.. thanks!

mommy to chumsy said...

oh no...poor red babe. probably cost more to repair it here in KL.

yvonne said...

Oh my... Accidents lurk around every corner. Fortunately yours was a minor one and your friend was so generous to pay for the damage.

Elin said...

Poor babe...time to change a new one :)

Tekkaus said...

Haste makes waste right? :p Never mind since someone is willing to pay.

Carol said...

Its good to hear that everybody is fine, i really feel sorry about the car but your friend is really very sweet...

reanaclaire said...

barb: over here if no painting, should be less than hundred ...


yvonne: yeah, but i am going to pay back to her..paiseh..


elin: u seem to hint that u r sponsoring.. hehehee..


tekkaus: no la.,. i got to pay her back.. wait till i see her..


carol: yeah, she and her husband, so kind of them..

De'Little Ones said...

Your friend is so kind. If I am her also I will pay on your behalf.

Alice Law said...

Aiyor~! Can not claim ar...? Sigh~!Definitely a nightmare, in another hand...very lucky too, since your friend paid for the repair!^-^

Cheer up and have a nice day!

Alice Phua said...

Yes, I nderstand this kind of thing, even though kena not serious is very leceh one. And your friend is very kind to pay for you. About the phobia in reversing, trust me, the phobia will soon fade as days go by and you have to drive to run your day-to-day affairs. (I was like that to!)

~LiLHypPo's mUMmy~ said...

So sorry to hear about your babe :(

But now it's all pretty again!

reanaclaire said...

delittleone: yeah so kind of her but i paiseh, my mistake too..


alice: yeah, she wanted to pay.. :)


alicephua: hopefully.. but all along i scared to reverse one.. :)


agnes: yeah, pretty again but with a scar.. never mind la.. old car liow..

Merryn said...

ooops... oh dear.. :(

Mommy Ling said...

yes, sometimes ar look front n back, left n right...still we seems like amissed something...sigh..but good to know the driver seems to be very polite over this n admit bth in wrong

slavemom said...

Dun think too much abt it. Accidents happen. Luckily it's not something serious.