highway drama

okay, it didn't really happen on a highway. i just think it makes a much better title....hehehe.... my mom and i were driving back home from FTI in taguig today because i went in for an interview for a position at a beach resort.as we exit the compound i even got us a little lost because i insisted on turning left towards bicutan instead of right which would have taken us to pasay.anyway, just as we turned into that little road that brings us back to C-5, the car's stick shift starts to act funky and won't go into any of the gears! so ofcourse we had to stop, as there was no way we could drive at all. my mom leaves for a couple of minutes and gets a policeman who in turn fetches a "mechanic". i use the term loosely, because when he arrived he didn't bring any tools and even manged to tear up the rubber cover of the stick shift. urgh! by now we have the "mechanic", the policeman my mom called over, plus 2 more policemen (who are not really doing anything, just making osyoso) and a guy who's just making pakialam and getting in everyone's way!urgh! too many cooks in the kitchen!

after 30 minutes of the "mechanic's" fiddling, we finally get the car to move and go on our way. as we get on to C-5, my mom turns to me and say "buti nalang medyo nawala tayo kanina!" hahaha! she's right in a twisted way. if i hadn't insisted on turning left we would have been on C-5 with all the fast moving cars when the stick shift broke. talk about fate!