tiu nia seng

You see, I live in an apartment. That means, car park is always a problem for me. Well, not really a problem but, sort of like a constraint — limitation of 1 car park space per apartment unit. I guess this is every apartment dweller’s problem, as most home has more than 1 car nowadays. One for the bread winner, one for the housewife and one for the kid(s).

So, what happen when there’s only 1 car park space for so many vehicles ? One will have to park somewhere else. By the alley. By the roadside. Behind the dumpster. Anywhere. Basically, if there’s a gap big enough to fit a car, it will be used as a place to park their car.

Being the primary ATM machine of the family, I had the privilege to park at the designated parking space, while my mom’s Kancil was shoved in the gaps around the apartment compound. There’s a general rule that all the residents here abide - that one should never park at a designated parking space …. except if the apartment unit belongs to a lawyer or a government clerk. Kidding.

Common sense, if it’s a designated parking space, that means it belonged to someone. That ’someone’ actually paid to own the space. The owner has the right to leave it blank or park his car whenever he wants. Nobody… even mother in laws … has the right to park at a designated parking space without the consent of the owner.

Being a very rational person, I always respect this rule everytime I pay a visit to anyone who lives in an apartment. I always park at the visitor car park or somewhere that doesn’t invade other’s property rights. And I believe for any educated being, this is as rational as not to punch your mother in law in public (at least do it when she’s alone and was sleeping). It’s all about being civilized.

But to my surprise, some ignorant people doesn’t think so. They think it’s a right thing to do by parking at someone’s designated parking space. Just like those idiots who parked at mine recently. I was fuming mad, not because I have no place to park…. but because I am paying for someone else to park. Tiu nia seng !

Those owners always gave the same reason - that someone else have parked their space and they have nowhere else to park. Hello !?? Use your brain please .. if someone park at your space, you don’t park at mine. You go search for the owner, and do whatever you want with him/her. Why is that logic so hard to understand ?? If I were to think like them, then… should I park at someone else’s place in turn ? Then the person who lost his place will do the same thing ? And eventually, the chain reaction will trigger a massive blooper of parking at the wrong place. This is fucking ridiculous !

And that kinda proves that a lot human beings actually lacked of common sense. They are bestowed with a powerful human brain .. but never really utilizes it. Damn I am so disappointed with the society nowadays. Leave me alone.

P/S: Please don’t misunderstand, I don’t have an issue with my mother in law. In fact, I’ve never seen her before. That’s because she passed away before I get to meet her. She’s actually a very respectable and altruistic person. I’ll explain why but…that’s a story for another day. I am quoting MIL’s as an example because majority of them are flagitious and despicable.