I spent a night in a Police Station

17 June 10:20pm Extreme loud drilling heard right outside my home. Stuck my head out and thought, “Oh no!!! They’re starting to drill AGAIN!” - Previously, there was this road construction on Sunday and Monday night that started about 10+ at night, ended around 6+ in the morning. *Can u believe that?*

17June 11:30pm Have a throbbing headache. Went to the security tower to see what management was doing about the noise. Their response, “Arr… it’s beyond our control cause it’s OUTSIDE the building, but we’ve talked to them with some other residents and they’ve promised to stop the drilling at 12:00am.

17 June 11:45pm Dialed 999 and was directed to the Uptown police station. Their response, “Arr… you need to come here physically to lodge a report.” Aiyoh… so troublesome. I resorted to counting sheep trying to sleep. Anyway, the noise is going to stop at 12, right? Err… RIGHT??!!??

18 June 1:30am Gosh… I cannot believe what I’m doing *shakes head* I suddenly find myself in my car, one something in the morning, driving towards the police station. Arrived, parked the car and a cute policeman said to me (hey, he had a set of dimples, k?), “You need to park down the alley. This parking lot is for the police residents.” I obliged. *smiles*

18 June 2:00am Finished lodging report. Overheard lots of ring rings from other residents complaining about the drilling. Good to know I wasn’t the only cuckoo bothering the police about it *nyek nyek* Walked towards car. Found large police truck blocking my exit. Cute policeman’s response, “Arr… sorry. The truck’s from another station. I have no idea who’s having the keys. Perhaps you can wait awhile?” Suddenly cute policeman wasn’t so cute anymore. *groan*

18 June 3:00am Car still stuck. Checked wallet. Total of RM2 in it. Just enough for a drink. Not enough to catch a cab. Went to a nearby mamak. Watched *gasp* football.

18 June 4:00am I began to wonder if I could lodge a police report AGAINST the police for holding me against my will.

18 June 5:00am Policemen tried to make me feel better by telling me that I could sue EMKAY (the developer) for public peace disturbance. I should get a lawyer. Did I feel better? Noooo…. I just wanna go homeeee… *whine whine*

18 June 5:20am Ooooo… look at that! I see birds flying in the air. No, wait. They’re pigs. Or Santa Claus. Serious sleep deprivation and stress causes hallucination. Sigh… there were no birds, nor pigs, nor Santa. Just a zombie-fied Juan driving home after a rough night. :P

I just wonder, “How many people reading this can actually say they’ve spent a night in a police station like me?” *grin* Strange how everything seems so comical when I write about this. For the entire night… I was feeling like crap and remember salty tears dripping over my cup of iced tea :P

Proof of my little misadventure:

Lesson learnt: Don’t listen to cute policemen.

But seriously… I learnt two hard lessons that night:

1. Trying situations WILL pass, find a way to laugh about it, and the experience can be a joke that will last a lifetime :)
2. Someone whom I had given a lot of myself to, and regarded as a good friend knew that I was stranded. What sort of a person is this friend that could sleep peacefully whilst knowing a girl was alone and needed help? *sigh* I am sure there is more to this lesson learnt.