March 12, 2007
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R.I.P Nelle
… well, ALMOST!
Holy moly, tonight was one of those nights where my life flashed before my eyes.
I was going about my night, drove to Second Cup to study like a good ol’ innocent student, until I got out the car and made my way to the coffee shop. I was trottin’, crossing the road, looked both ways, saw an on coming van that was at least 50 meters away from me, so my rationale was that it was safe for me to cross. Crossing, until I sensed from the corner of my right eye that the speed of the van is not decreasing — but increasing! I thought, nahh — this guy is going to slow down, oh no — he went for the gas. Then i’m like.. “[insert curse]” and LEAPED for my life, like in the movies.
I wanted to see which ethnicity the person was in the car, so at least I can make cruel jokes about their race. Too dark, and was too shocked to notice. But I think the person was Chinese — which happens to be my own kind. We know the stereotype all too well, SIGH.
To emphasize the fact that it was a near death experience for me, by-standers and people in the coffee shop gave me weird looks afterwards. One of my friends were there and they were like: “wow, that guy wanted to run you over baaad.”
I swear, I have an enemy out there… somewhere.
Note: The other near-death experience was with Paulina. We have our own inside jokes. P: “Yo, that person just pulled an ‘Ellen’.”
Me: “Yo, you want to see a ‘Paulina’?”
If you’re wondering what a “Paulina” is, it’s an 180 swerve on a busy road with a finale of the car up the snow bank.
For an “Ellen“, it’s making a left turn, on the WRONG lane, with upcoming traffic on the left side.
Comments (11)
i was in a “Paul.” that was when friend paul thought he could go fast w/ a small spare tire on went we ended up running off the freeway offramp, going through bushes and into a ditch.
i’ve also been in a “Howie.” that’s when you get nailed nose-to-nose head on by a driver running a red light at 50 mph, have your car hop and spin through four lanes facing opposite traffic, and only walk out with bruises, blood running down your head, and one stitch when you could’ve died.
some lady almost backed into my knee at a parking lot last week while i was getting lunch. she passed me (and must’ve seen me), saw an open stall, backed up w/out looking (didn’t she just see me?) and almost took me out.
i’m glad you’re safe boo. what would i do w/out you?
woooooah haha sounds like an adventure =D but the good thing is you’re okay and you can keep blogging!!
and yes I have maybe a handful, yes a handful of brown friends, ahahaha i missed all the opportunities in 1st and 2nd year…. accounting at waterloo is 95% asian, the yellow kind. ahaha its all goood!
glad you’re ok =)
o.O darn bastords…-_-
hope that never happends again.
glad nothing happened.
omg! i’m glad you’re ok hun! that’s happened to me before at the 4way stop sign by my condo, the car didn’t even stop, it accelerated! maybe someone out there has it in for us lol! but mine wasn’t a van. sheesh i’m glad you’re ok!
miss ya hun!
haha we have lots in common
LOL.
Soooooooooo funny. We’ve been in a car together 3 whole times…and already experienced a “Paulina” and an “Ellen”. Shit, it’s nothing compared to a “Justin” though.
Here’s another experience I’m sure you’ve gone through before. A “Justin”.
“Justin”=Running through red lights and stop signs.
oops – forgot to edit my comment. oh well.
ain’t nothing wrong with out-of-state ventures. i do transactions on some states if it’s worth it.
yes, i do… if the math works.
haha i thought you were gonna shut down your blog when i first read “RIP Nelle”, and i was like..aww
anyway, so glad you decided to act on your impulse to jump!!!!!! oh and thanks so much for the talk on men, you’re so awesome!!! i will get you back somehow 