UM's security guard.

desmond was fetching me home from CG on friday. Time: 1+ am.

pj gate was closed. the sign said to go through the kl gate.

at the kl gate:

"kolej ape ni?"

"kolej 1"

"ah, kolej 1 turun jalan. sori eh. pukul 12 kita tak bagi masuk lagi."

(go in a bit by car, you reach law faculty. masuk lagi would be first college).

desmond gives me the =.= look.

"selamat ke jalan masuk?"

don't know what he replied la, but it sounded rude.

so i walked on in. it was further than i'd thought. a few motorcycles passed by, and a few CARS passed by, and i remembered what i learned in primary school - keep my bag on the left side, away from the vehicles on the road. i have to admit, desmond's words sounded in my head a few times.

selamat ke jalan masuk?

"a few times" would make it look like this in my head:

selamat ke jalan masuk?

selamat ke jalan masuk?

selamat ke jalan masuk?

selamat ke jalan masuk?

selamat ke jalan masuk?

you have to understand where i'm coming from. literally.

in malacca, snatch thefts don't happen as often as they do in pj and kl. sure, they do happen do poor unfortunate souls. but not as often. people still walk around with their wallets in their hands in malacca. liverpool told me of instances in the train or ktm where it is common for two individuals who are isolated from the rest of the passengers at one corner of the train to get robbed by a group of ruffians. and nobody does anything about it. because they can't. or because they're afraid. which is understandable.

so i blame liverpool for scaring me out of my wits.

=p

nola. i know it's true also. so i thought of some kungfu moves i could pull off in the event of an unarmed snatch thief. as if i know kungfu. and calculated my running speed in case i had to run. 'bout 10cm/second.

nola. i prayed.

i got back safely. whee. if it weren't for the fact that the guard had said "sori" the first time, i would've looked for his name and blogged him to death in pure anger and anguish and any other feelings that start with that letter.

had he never thought of what could have happened to me if some ruffians had said "kolej 12" and then driven in to conduct a series of thefts on pedestrians? would he have been prepared for the consequences? i doubt so.

readers, when a guard next tells you to walk in alone, report it immediately. you have your rights. you should claim them. i should have. i didn't think so until i walked inside in the dark for 8 minutes. slow walker. i blame my flat feet for it. i shall do so the next time.

shannon asked me what i learned from university. i think this would be it.

pj is not malacca. period.