Walking home at night, later than usual. Being tired and just wanting to get home makes me realise how short my legs are, and how little distance I cover with each stride.
Then all of a sudden: ZOOOM. What was that, you might wonder? A shooting star, a speeding car in the distance? No it’s a YP (or Young Punk) speeding past me on his PMD, faster than a speeding bullet. The proximity between me and him at the moment he passed me was so close, that had I been sticking my hand out or something, I would actually have accidentally hit him.
That gets me wondering, what would I actually have done if that were to have happened. I mean, I’d definitely apologise, thats standard. But what if theyre the kind with a lil bit of ego u know, and lives by the phrase ‘sorry no cure’. Would he get physical? It doesn’t help that I’m sort of an easy target, being smaller than the average Singaporean Joe.
So what am I supposed to do if I’m being squared up? I can’t call the Police if they didn’t actually hit me. I can’t exactly hit them first because thats stupid, and also would make me the crime do-er. I can’t rlly run away becos they have PMDs, which my previously established little legs are no match against.
Well I don’t exactly have a solution for if it happens, lol. Best form of defence is prevention I guess. Can’t get into this situation if I don’t accidentally cause it, yea. So I will always make it a point to be careful when I’m walking home alone at night. Ofc sometimes the music I’m listening to while walking is straight up buzzing, causing some unconscious movement of my arms to the beat. But maybe I shldnt listen to those kinds of songs at night, specifically when I’m alone and it’s slightly later than usual.
21.06.2025
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