Tuesday, March 07, 2006
I'm on bail!
it's been a pretty horrible week for me by anyone's standards. In organising my first photo shoot with the mag, i managed to piss off three agents, one competing editor and an apparently (from what i've heard) stereotypical diva model. On top of that, BOTH my PCs got burnt this week from TNB's funky power supply (maybe they're trying goddamn durian power or something), spent about RM400 repairing one of them, missed out on my entire gaming weekend due to fixing it, and dealt with rejection from the girl of my dreams (like literally... every night she's there... it's almost irritating).
Today, for the first time in my life, I'm on bail. See, last year, i got caught with an expired road tax. What i didn't know is that the summon wasn't compoundable (i.e. it means you have to appear in front of a court instead of just pay it off). So yesterday, three cops dropped by my house, scaring the crap out of my mom (yes i still live with her... can't get enough of the home-cooked meals).
they gave her a number, and said i was to be ARRESTED for a traffic offence. Today, i went to the station, and the officer was almost too nice, telling me that it was normal and that he'd put in a good word in court.
IN WHAT!?
It was then that he took out an envelope and asked me how much money i brought. I told him RM400. He took it, and then smiled to assure me that he wasn't pocketing it. He made me sign this letter saying that I agreed to come into court the next day (which at time of writing is in about 10 hours). I asked him how much it was likely to cost and he told me to bring about a grand just in case. Honestly, it's about what i expected.
Pretty bad so far right? Well, here's where my optimism kicks in, thank to a bit of divine intervention from someone upstairs. This morning, when i woke up... there was a message from someone who'd heard my voice on the voice guild website (www.thevoiceguild.org). To those who don't know, doing radio commercials is my rather lucrative side income (well, lucrative once i get my first cheque, for a job i did 4 months ago). Anyhows, the guy told me to go to his place (home studio) at about 12.
So i finished up at the police station, sent a few shock smses about my first time on bail, and went to Sri Damansara to the guys house. Within half an hour, i was RM300 richer in cash. I find it quite amazing that my first really expensive crime and my first cash payment for a radio commercial happened on the same day. Even though it doesn't quite balance out, i was walking around with a stupid smile on my face the rest of the day.
It's almost like God reminding me that I used to be an optimist before. That I used to view every day like i did today. Somewhere somehow i've lost that, but today reminded me of the wonders of optimism in even the worst situations.
I hope tomorrow's better.
Today, for the first time in my life, I'm on bail. See, last year, i got caught with an expired road tax. What i didn't know is that the summon wasn't compoundable (i.e. it means you have to appear in front of a court instead of just pay it off). So yesterday, three cops dropped by my house, scaring the crap out of my mom (yes i still live with her... can't get enough of the home-cooked meals).
they gave her a number, and said i was to be ARRESTED for a traffic offence. Today, i went to the station, and the officer was almost too nice, telling me that it was normal and that he'd put in a good word in court.
IN WHAT!?
It was then that he took out an envelope and asked me how much money i brought. I told him RM400. He took it, and then smiled to assure me that he wasn't pocketing it. He made me sign this letter saying that I agreed to come into court the next day (which at time of writing is in about 10 hours). I asked him how much it was likely to cost and he told me to bring about a grand just in case. Honestly, it's about what i expected.
Pretty bad so far right? Well, here's where my optimism kicks in, thank to a bit of divine intervention from someone upstairs. This morning, when i woke up... there was a message from someone who'd heard my voice on the voice guild website (www.thevoiceguild.org). To those who don't know, doing radio commercials is my rather lucrative side income (well, lucrative once i get my first cheque, for a job i did 4 months ago). Anyhows, the guy told me to go to his place (home studio) at about 12.
So i finished up at the police station, sent a few shock smses about my first time on bail, and went to Sri Damansara to the guys house. Within half an hour, i was RM300 richer in cash. I find it quite amazing that my first really expensive crime and my first cash payment for a radio commercial happened on the same day. Even though it doesn't quite balance out, i was walking around with a stupid smile on my face the rest of the day.
It's almost like God reminding me that I used to be an optimist before. That I used to view every day like i did today. Somewhere somehow i've lost that, but today reminded me of the wonders of optimism in even the worst situations.
I hope tomorrow's better.
# posted by chak @ 10:06 pm 
