Famous Last words
yesterday i had a famous last words situation,
this happened after the 7 swords premiere, as i was driving out of 1U via the old wing form 4th floor. a car was 'stuck' at the exit as the machine keep rejecting his parking ticket. this went on for about 5 min and the driver was at a lost as what to do. it was around midnight and no guard/parking attendant was around, worst, the Q was getting longer. while everyone were very polite about it, i knew the situation was going to change pretty soon. i was one of them.
suddenly i had a briliant idea ! why not go down the enterance slope !
what a Great idea!, here i come, the one who will save everyone for the mess. i coolly walked down the car (feeling 6 feet high), asked one of the driver to reverse and go down the enterance, saying the famous last words - "it's midnight and i don't think there will be anyone coming into the shopping complex".the driver gladly followed my suggestion. Operation exit via enterance was on the way.
the car had not gone even a quater way down, when i heard horning..., all was quiet for a while and behold, all the cars that was going down via the enterance were reversing. a car had come up the entrance slope into 1U!
BLUSH ! good thing the 'correction' was done in an oderly manner and everyone keep their cool. the going down cars reversed far enough for the incoming car to get into the complex. to add salt to the injury, as all this was happening the machine decided to swalloed the ticket, the 'gate' opened to let cars out ! Double BLUSH !!
i'm now about as small as an ant and were there a paperbag around, i'll cut three small holes and put the bag over my head.
well it could have been worst*.
7swords ? don't bother. rent the old 7 samurai movie, it's much better.
now i feel sorry that i gave some tickets to my friend in Penang. Ron, if you didn't enjoy the movie sorry.
* on hind sight the cars would still get stuck at the bottom of the enterance lane as there is another 'gate' to keep cars from coming in without picking up the ticket.