Tuesday, January 13, 2009

I hate Shah Alam

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 @ 6.41pm

I drove a total of 109km today. And it was all for a CD. I started my day off quite busy – settling two submissions with two art directors while sorting out some other work with my boss. At 12.30pm, I left the office to go to Damansara to drop off one of the completed submissions. After having a quick lunch with ex-colleagues, I made my way out to Shah Alam.

I’ve never been fond of the area. And the names of the roads don’t amuse me. They irritate me. I’ve never been to my client’s office in Shah Alam before and being an AE, that’s just something I have to do. Being hired as an experienced AE, they let me go alone. Big mistake.

I left Damansara at 2pm. I knew I’d get lost. But I never imagined that I would be driving for nearly two hours before reaching my destination. Luckily, Ina was on her way back to her office, which also happened to be in Shah Alam. After aimlessly driving around for a good hour and a half, I called Ina. She told me to wait for her. Being the good friend that she is, she met me where I was parked at Caltex and showed me part of the way and left me where I was sure to find the rest of the way following the map (which is not very useful) that was drawn out for me by a colleague.

Once I made the turning after Ina went off to her office, I got lost looking for the actual location. I knew I was in the right area. All the landmarks that were drawn for me was right in front of me. But I kept missing the turning. Another good fifteen minutes of U-turns. After parking illegally (forget claiming for parking – I was already going to claim big time in petrol alone!), I went in, got the CD and got back to Lily.

Then it hit me. I have no idea how to get out of Shah Alam, let alone the area. I made rounds and I kept ending up on Jalan Kontraktor (do you think that’s smart? I don’t). I finally saw the main road at the end of the world and made my way to it. But there’s another problem – I’m still in Shah Alam.

After half an hour, I finally found my way out and saw the sign board saying, ‘Kuala Lumpur’. But it’s never that easy is it? I was driving towards KL, but this motherfucking eighteen-wheeler truck squeezed me to the left of the road. T o avoid crashing into the divider, I was forced to exit at Subang Jaya. And I don’t know how…but I was back in Shah Alam. At the roundabout where I called Ina!

Making my 25th u-turn of the hour, I finally got back on track to Kuala Lumpur. But there’s another problem. The goddamn Duke Highway just opened and the old familiar roads were gone. Half excited, I drove for the first time on Duke. But exited in another world. I could see KLCC and KL Tower to my left in the distance, and the road sign says Jalan Kuching. But it wasn’t registering. I kept thinking I was in Ipoh. It was past 4pm and I was starting to get a migraine.

Another twenty minutes trying to find a familiar road, I finally exited onto the Jalan Kuching I knew – the one I used to take back home every day after school. Reaching the office with what I knew would be the start of a pounding migraine, I quickly popped two ActiFast Panadol and quickly finished my work. Doing my claims as my boss has been hounding me to submit it for days…I discovered that I drove a total of 109km. 84km was because of Shah Alam.

To top it all off, I went to the toilet and discovered that I have my period. Great end to a great day huh? At least it explains why I feel like shit.

4 comments:

LeSScAkAp said...

wow... i never knew that someone could get as lost as that... but well
that's life we tend to get lost even at the place that we're familiar with...

hey look at the bright side;

u learned that there is such thing as Jalan kontraktor (as ridiculous as it might sound)

hehehe

opabicro

miss yna said...

being an AE, u will alwaysssssss.... SESAT! hahahah..

its ok, next time nak dtg shah alam...call me ya!

Ms Martha Moore said...

yuhu!!

what a day!

if i were u...
i'll be getting migrane (however u spell that) too...

anyways....

the experience that counts aite?

hehehe...

cofires

anna r said...

Lesscakap: i didn't know i would have been so lost either! i mean, i knew i'd get lost... but not drive around over 40km!! yeah, i learned that goddamn jalan kontraktor...but if you ask me to go there again... die...

miss yna: kamu dah ada blog yer!?! cepat update! gimme ur blog address, follow my blog, then i follow yours! hehehe... and sesat tu mmg confirm... tapi shah alam bodoh. sku benci... benci benci benci...

ms martha: i'm sure you can relate to where i'm coming from... and migraine is spelt migraine :)