;Tuesday, April 27, 2010
As everyone knows, one should not walk alone at night especially when you are a girl. Today, it just so happened that I missed two straight buses home. I was so frustrated as I had to wait for a very long time for another bus to arrive. I sat down at the empty bus stop waiting, angry and frustrated at myself for missing two buses home. What a waste of time!
And there I sat, humming to myself the song that I was listening to while reading my book, oblivious to the fact that the sun was setting. Suddenly I felt someone standing behind me. I turned around and found nobody there. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing on its edges as a shiver ran down my spine. I shrugged and told myself that I was just being silly.
"Come on Fatin. Don't we such a wimp. Even if there was someone I bet you could handle him. Just give the person a good kick in the gut that's all you have to do," I whispered to myself intending to pour confidence into myself even though I knew that I had no chance in beating whoever I came face to face with on the street.
And there I sat, thinking of ways which I could use to defend myself. Then out of no where, my primary school friend Jeremy jumped out and scared me half to death. Acting on impulse, I swung my arm and hit his arm. He howled in pain. At the point of attack, I was unaware that it was Jeremy that was my target. When I snapped out of my daze, I quickly help Jeremy to a bench and used my cold water bottle to numb the pain. I apologized to him over and over again, ashamed that I had actually attacked someone. He gave me a dirty look but forgave me in an angry kind of way.
When the bus came, I scrambled onto it, my face red with embarrassment. Even though I had accidentally hit someone, I actually felt a sense of prise. Not because I hurt someone with my steel bones but because I was able to defend myself when necessary. This will always stay in my memory because not only was it funny but it was also something I must remember. Do not go home on your own at night especially if you are a girl.
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Messedsy&& 8:33 PM