"Virgin" Accident

Experienced my "virgin" accident yesterday evening....was driving to school along Farrer Road and it was heavy traffic at that time. I was about to move off when the traffic in front of me starting to move, and then I felt a knock from behind...a van had collided into the back of my car.

Didn't know what to do at first as I was all alone...but realised I had to at least get down the car and see the damage. Thousand things running through my mind then...how bad was it? Would the van driver be nasty about it try to push the blame? How do I handle it? Does my car needs to be towed? Need to call Police? My mind was really in a blur then!

Thank God the driver seems like a nice guy...first thing he did was to apologize and told to send the car for repair and let him know how much it cost...being stuck at Lane 2, was quite gan cheong to get the whole thing over and done with and move on...so we exchanged numbers and drive off. From what I see, nothing too serious...except that the bumper paint was chipped off. 

When I started the engine and started driving, I heard a strange sound coming from the back of my car and decided to pull over to the side of the road to have a closer look. Managed to manoeuvre the car through the heavy traffic to the side where I'm not obstructing traffic. After inspecting the rear, I found out that the bumper had actually dropped and was rubbing against my wheels, and therefore causing the sound. 

Decided that it was time to call hubby to come to the rescue...amazingly, somehow he was expecting my call...he later shared that when we parted just 15 mins before that after our dinner, he sensed that something was going to happen. So he arrived soon in a cab and took a look at the car. I told him we couldn't drive the car anymore cos the bumper was already touching the wheels...but he simply pushed the bumper up and we could drive home...haha...so simple only!

Before that, I msged my classmate and lecturer that I won't be going for class that night, as I didn't know what else needed to be settled. On our way home, the van driver sms-ed me again to apologize and we arranged to go to his workshop for the repairs...we didn't want to make things too difficult for him also lah...

This morning, I took leave and Hubby was already on leave anyway because he is having exams tonight. We went to the workshop in the morning and now our car is undergoing the bumper repair and spray-painting for the chipped off part. We topped up money to spray paint the front of the car as well since the paint also chipped off when hubby "kissed" another car's bumper some months back.

Once again, lots to thank God for!

1. For protection upon myself and baby Caleb...I believe God's hand of protection was upon me as somehow I didn't really feel much of the impact. I usually get startled quite easily, but I was unusually calm about the whole thing...I knew someone had collided into my car but I almost wasn't impacted at all.

2. Thank God that the van driver was a nice chap...I wouldn't have known how to handle the situation if he was one of those demanding people who try to fight their way out of it. Thank God he had a good attitude about it and was responsible for the whole thing.

3. Thank God for immaculate timing...that Hubby was on leave and agreed to take time off his revision to go down to the workshop with me! After we went there, I realised I wouldn't have managed to find the place as it was somewhere at the AMK Industrial Park...a foreign land to me.

4. Thank God for allowing this to happen so we can finally repair our bumper!! My bro actually got into an accident late last year and the bumper had already loosened...so whenever there were passengers in the rear seats, and we were turning a corner, the mud guard will rub against the right rear wheels. This second impact simply made it worse. We were contemplating if we wanted to do up the car or buy another 2nd hand car...but now, it seems like with the repair and the new coat of paint over where was chipped off, we can now drive the car till the COE expires in 2011! This is really a big savings for us as we can put off putting aside money to get another car for now, and don't have to worry about our car falling apart!

Really interesting how God provides us with what we need and all in His perfect timing :) He is indeed our Shepherd and Provider!