A little sign from God goes a long way.

On Thursday morning, I drove my family car to SOC, where my sister would take over to continue her journey to her work.

It was around 6.25 am, and I felt rather awake compared to the previous mornings in the last week, despite having to wake up at 4.45 am for Sahur or a light meal before the beginning of fast. I was entering PIE (Tuas) from Tampines Ave 2 slip road, signalling right to change lane. Taking for granted that it usually has light traffic flow at that time, I felt a tinge of complacency in me. As I signal right to change lane, there was an oncoming bus, which was travelling at about the equal speed as me. Rather than slowing down to change lane, I decided to accelerate. But that was obviously the wrong move, cos in the next moment, I was jolted out of my senses when the bus let out a long 3 seconds horn.

On the rest of the journey, I kept pondering how close I was to being involved in an accident. Not only that, I perceived that close shave as a sign from God, reminding me that I shouldn't get complacent again. It also reminded me about the true reality of driving in Singapore. You may practise close to a hundred percent safe driving (not that I was doing that then), but that does not rule out a possibility of getting involved in a traffic accident. When that happens, it will definitely be due to some Singaporean with ego the size of Jupiter, who simply refuses to give way to you. Of course, it is unfair to generalise, undermining those who actually are courteous drivers. It is always nice to witness such encounters sporadically.

Nevertheless, I'm glad I received that sign from God which goes a long way for me =).